Communities

Certified Work Ready Communities have the skilled workforce that business demands and the educational infrastructure to drive economic growth and prosperity. To earn the designation, counties must:

• Demonstrate a commitment to improving public high school graduation rates through a measurable increase
• Show a specified percentage of the available and current workforce have earned Work Ready Certificates

All of the current Certified Work Ready Communities are working on recertification plans to maintain their status.

Georgia's current Certified Work Ready Communities include (click name of county for more information):

Atkinson County - October 2010
Bacon County - September 2010
Baldwin County - November 2010
Barrow - October 2009
Bartow County - February 2009
Ben Hill County - October 2010
Berrien-January 2011
Bibb- December 2010
Bleckley - October 2009
Brantley- May 2011
Brooks - October 2009
Bryan- October 2011
Bulloch County - February 2010
Burke-January 2011
Calhoun-January 2011
Camden County - February 2010
Candler County - July 2010
Catoosa - October 2009
Chattooga County - June 2009
Cherokee- April 2011
Clay- April 2011
Coffee- November 2010
Colquitt County - November 2010
Cook County - June 2009
Crawford- April 2011
Crisp County - March 2010
Dade- October 2011
Decatur County - September 2010
Dodge County - February 2010
Dougherty County - February 2009
Douglas- August 2011
Early County - March 2010
Echols - October 2009
Effingham- May 2011
Elbert County - December 2009
Emanuel County - March 2010
Evans- October 2011
Fannin- October 2011
Floyd County - December 2009
Franklin County - April 2009
Gilmer- August 2011
Glascock-January 2011
Glynn- April 2011
Gordon- May 2011
Grady County - June 2009
Greene County - February 2009
Gwinnett- October 2011
Habersham County - August 2010
Hancock County - December 2009
Harris County - June 2010
Hart County - February 2009
Henry- October 2011
Houston County - February 2010
Jackson County - July 2010
Jeff Davis County - October 2010
Jefferson County - October 2008
Jenkins County - June 2009
Johnson County - March 2010
Jones- April 2011
Lanier County - November 2010
Laurens County - February 2009
Lee- October 2011
Liberty- May 2011
Long County - November 2010
Lowndes County - December 2009
Macon- April 2011
Madison County - July 2010
Marion- October 2011
McDuffie - October 2009
McIntosh County - December 2010
Meriwether- September 2010
Miller- April 2011
Mitchell County - December 2009
Monroe County - November 2010
Montgomery- October 2011
Newton County - October 2010
Oglethorpe County - October 2010
Paulding County - June 2010
Pickens County - October 2010
Pierce- October 2011
Pike - October 2009
Polk County - May 2010
Pulaski County - March 2010
Putnam County - June 2010
Rabun- May 2011
Randolph- April 2011
Rockdale-January 2011
Schley County - March, 2010
Screven County - May 2010
Seminole-January 2011
Stephens - October 2009
Stewart- October 2011
Sumter County - July 2010
Talbot County - July 2010
Taliaferro - October 2009
Tattnall- October 2011
Telfair County - May 2010
Terrell-January 2011
Thomas County - July 2010
Tift- April 2011
Toombs- October 2011
Treutlen- October 2011
Troup County - March 2010
Turner County - May 2010
Twiggs County - July 2010
Upson County - April 2009
Walker County - December 2009
Walton County - July 2010
Ware - October 2009
Warren-January 2011
Washington County - September 2010
Wayne County - October 2010
Webster- October 2011
Wheeler- October 2011
White- October 2011
Whitfield-January 2011
Wilcox- October 2011
Wilkes County - May 2010
Wilkinson-January 2011
Worth County - February 2010

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