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11/2412014 ACT Certified Work Ready Communities - CWRC Academy <br />• K -12 career and technical education staff <br />• Business and /or chamber representative <br />• Other representative <br />LOCAL LEADERSHIP TEAMS SHOULD CONSIST OF <br />• Local chambers of commerce <br />• Local economic development organization <br />Local workforce organization <br />• Local community or technical colleges <br />• Local school board officials <br />Local elected officials <br />• Local businesses and leaders <br />• Local civic organizations <br />Upon completion of the ACT WRC Academy and implementation of the WRC framework, teams will have <br />successfully established a sustainable, county -based Certified Work Ready Community effort. Successful states. <br />regions and communities will enjoy established performance metrics and documented return on investment that <br />can be leveraged to integrate and connect current workforce development efforts and to jump start new initiatives. <br />States, regions and counties who successfully taunch WRC programs aligned with the ACT WRC Common Criteria <br />will receive continued long -term support from ACT to sustain their initiatives post -WRC Academy, <br />HOW TO GET INVOLVED <br />There are two avenues to engage with the ACT WRC Academy. Statewide CWRC teams and large regions may <br />apply for the state /regional WRC Academy. ACT is also now offering a county -level program that allows individual <br />counties in non - participating states to join the ACT WRC initiative. <br />0 2011 -2014 by ACT, Inc. Terms of Use I Privacy icv I Ethics and Compliance I ACT Main Site I State and C©clnty Lo gin <br />http:ll workreadycommunities .orglindex/cwrc- academy F -2 Page 114 212 <br />