WAGE
(Workforce Alliance for Growth in the Economy)
- WAGE is a community-based workforce development program that addresses the need to improve the basic skills of the unemployed and the underemployed.
- Click here for a list of Certified Wage Centers PDF

- WAGE places the employer at the center of an effort to redefine basic skills required by today's high-performance workplaces.
- WAGE is a partnership between local employers, city government, employment agencies, industrial development organizations, and educators.
- For more information contact:
Ralph Edds
StateWAGE Coordinator
Arkansas Department of Workforce Education
Three Capitol Mall
Luther S. Hardin Bldg.
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-682-1975
Fax: 501-682-1706
Ralph.Edds@arkansas.gov - Check out the WAGE PowerPoint Presentation
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