Local Workforce Area Overviews
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Served by: Bluegrass, Maysville
Total Businesses: 25,493
Workforce Participation Rate: 61.6%
Unemployment: 4.1%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $508,706 |
| Total company commitment | $296,570 |
Impact Partnerships
- Bluegrass Area Development District
- Bluegrass SHRM
- Central Kentucky Regional Jobs Training Consortium
- Commerce Lexington
- Goodwill Industries
- Lexington Healthcare Collaborative
- TPM Kentucky Distillers Association Collaborative
- TPM Kentucky Equine Collaborative
Served by: Elizabethtown, Somerset
Total Businesses: 7,670
Workforce Participation Rate: 49.8%
Unemployment: 4.7%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $279,176 |
| Total company commitment | $131,603 |
Impact Partnerships
- AdvanceKentucky
- Lake Cumberland Regional Training Consortium
- Laurel County Detention Center
- Pulaski Detention Center - Reentry Program
- Somerset Pulaski Economic Development Authority
- Utility Technician Apprenticeship Program (UTAP) - ElectriciComm, Vermeer Midwest, Power and Communication Contractors Association, National Utility Contractors Association, and Wireless Infrastructure Association
Served by: Ashland, Big Sandy, Hazard, Maysville, Somerset, Southeast
Total Businesses: 9,290
Workforce Participation Rate: 37.5%
Unemployment: 7.0%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $641,655 |
| Total company commitment | $282,175 |
Impact Partnerships
- 418 Intelligence Corporation
- Appalachian Regional Healthcare
- Bell County Economic Development Foundation
- Big Sandy Community Action
- Corbin Economic Development Agency and Center for Rural Development
- Harlan County Economic Development Association
- Job Corps
- LKLP Community Action Agency
- TLD Logistics
- TPM Construction Collaborative
- TPM Equine Collaborative
Served by: Henderson, Madisonville, Owensboro
Total Businesses: 5,765
Workforce Participation Rate: 55.8%
Unemployment: 4.5%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $989,399 |
| Total company commitment | $422,767 |
Impact Partnerships
- Audubon Area Community Services
- Daviess County Detention Center
- Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corp
- Green River Area Development District
- Henderson Economic Development
- Housing Authority of Henderson
- Kentucky Farmworkers
- Owensboro Chamber of Commerce
- Talent 2025
Served by: Jefferson
Total Businesses: 33,480
Workforce Participation Rate: 63.1%
Unemployment: 4.6%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $1,668,929 |
| Total company commitment | $966,195 |
Impact Partnership
- Greater Louisville Inc
- Goodwill Industries
- KentuckianaWorks – Career Centers
- Louisville Urban League
- University of Louisville – Modern Apprenticeship Pathways to Success
Served by: Elizabethtown
Total Businesses: 6,852
Workforce Participation Rate: 54.5%
Unemployment: 4.8%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $1,242,268 |
| Total company commitment | $612,099 |
Impact Partnerships
- Bardstown/Nelson County Workforce Hub
- Elizabethtown Chamber of Commerce
- Elizabethtown/Hardin County Industrial Foundation Training Consortium
- Goodwill
- Knox Regional Development Authority
- KY Career Center-CareerTeam
- Lincoln Trail Area Development District
- SITE-Strategic Initiative for Transformational Employment
- TPM Manufacturing, Construction, Healthcare and Bourbon Spirits Collaborative
Served by: Gateway, Jefferson
Total Businesses: 13,534
Workforce Participation Rate: 65.0%
Unemployment: 4.0%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $439,997 |
| Total company commitment | $215,039 |
Impact Partnerships
- Brighton Center
- Freestore Foodbank
- Housing Authority of Covington
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- NKADD - GROW NKY
- NKY Career Center
- NKY Chamber of Commerce
- NKY TriED
- University of Louisville – Modern Apprenticeship Pathways to Success
Served by: Southcentral
Total Businesses: 8,076
Workforce Participation Rate: 55.2%
Unemployment: 4.4%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $411,158 |
| Total company commitment | $198,098 |
Impact Partnerships
- Barren County Economic Authority
- Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
- Franklin Simpson Industrial Authority
- Goodwill Industries
- Kentucky Career Center
- Kentucky Farmworker Programs
- Logan Economic Alliance for Development
- Southcentral Workforce Development Board
- Training Consortium of Southcentral Kentucky
Served by: Ashland, Maysville
Total Businesses: 5,177
Workforce Participation Rate: 47.6%
Unemployment: 5.9%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $189,307 |
| Total company commitment | $110,876 |
Impact Partnerships
- Big Sandy Community Action
- Cynthiana-Harrison County Chamber of Commerce
- FIVCO Area Development District
- Kentucky Farmworkers Program
- Maysville Chamber of Commerce
- Nicholas County Community Action
- Northeast Kentucky Career Center
- Northeast Kentucky Community Action Agency
- TENCO - KWIB
- TPM Healthcare Consortium
- TPM Manufacturing Consortium
Served by: Hopkinsville, Madisonville, West Kentucky
Total Businesses: 11,130
Workforce Participation Rate: 51.2%
Unemployment: 5.0%
| Total TRAINS dollars invested | $756,933 |
| Total company commitment | $534,835 |
Impact Partnerships
Campbell Strong Defense Alliance
- Fort Campbell Career Skills Program Office
- Muhlenberg Alliance for Progress (MAP)
- Operation Next Powered by LIFT
- PACRO-Paducah Community ReUse Organization
- Pennyrile Area Development District
- Pennyrile Industrial Managers Association
- Purchase Area Development District
- West Kentucky Society of Human Resource Managers
- West Kentucky Workforce Board
