About the Benchmark Grant
The goal of the Benchmark grants is to honor schools that have been doing an outstanding job in educating students in collision repair, but need some financial assistance to improve their program’s teaching materials and equipment. With strained school budgets, we are honored to have the opportunity to bridge the program’s financial gap and to make a difference in the lives of the students studying collision repair.
The winners are selected by a Selection Committee composed of industry members and the winners are announced at SEMA.
Award Categories for 2023!
Attraction/Recruitment
Highlight efforts your school is making to attract and recruit students and new talent into your program and therefore into the collision repair industry. How will this grant assist you in attracting more students to your program?
Program Maintenance
Explain the equipment and/or training you and your school needs to keep the program a viable option for the demands of preparing collision repair professionals. How will this grant help you maintain a successful program?
Program Additions
Explain what you need tools and/or equipment that will bring you closer to meeting the next Benchmark Tier outlined by CREF. How will this grant help you meet the next available tier?
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Employment
Highlight how you are making the connection between your program and the employers in your area. How are you assisting your students in becoming more employable? How will this grant increase student employability?
Wildcard: Fueling Innovation Grant
Highlight the exciting, new, innovative ways you and/or your program is training our next generation. Or—What great idea do you have that with this grant you can create innovation at your school or in your program?
2022 Benchmark Applicant Schools
School | City | State |
Aims Community College | Windsor | Colorado |
Area30 Career Center | Greencastle | Indiana |
Assabet Valley Regional Technical H.S | Marlboro | Massachusetts |
Athens Technical College | Athens | Georgia |
Atlantic Technical College | Coconut Creek | FL |
Baton Rouge Community College | Baton Rouge | La |
Bay Path | Charlton | Massachusetts |
beaver county career and technology center | monaca | pa |
Berks Career and Technology Center | Oley | Pennsylvania |
Bethlehem Area Vocatioal Technical School | Bethlehem | pa |
Big Sandy Community and Technical College/KCTCS | Prestonsburg | Kentucky |
CA BOCES-CTE Center @ Olean | Olean | New York |
Career Center of Southern Illinois | Red Bud | Illinois |
CATEC | Charlottesville | Virginia |
Cattaraugus Allegany Boces Center At Ellicotville | Ellicottville | New York |
Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES | Auburn | New York |
Central Montco Technical High School | Plymouth Meeting | Pennsylvania |
Central Nine Career Center | Greenwood | IN |
Chippewa Valley Technical College | Eau Claire | Wisconsin |
Coastal Carolina Community College | Jacksonville | NC |
Collin College Technical Campus | Allen | Texas |
Contra Costa College | San Pablo | California |
Dauphin County Technical School | Harrisburg | Pa |
Dennis Technical Education Center | Boise | Idaho |
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) | Ankeny | Iowa |
Dos Palos High School | Dos Palos | California |
Dowell J Howard Center | Winchester | Virginia |
Duncanville High School | Duncanville | Texas |
Earnest Pruett Center of Technology | Hollywood | Alabama |
East Valley Instute of Technology | Mesa | Arizona |
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology | Willow Grove | Pennsylvania |
EHOVE Career Center | Milan | Ohio |
Erie Community College South | Orchard Park | New York |
Etowah County Career Technical Center | Attalla | Al |
Etowah High School | Woodstock | Georgia |
Fayetteville Technical Community College | Fayetteville | North Carolina |
Forbes Road CTC | Monroeville | Pennsylvania |
Fox Valley Technical College | Appleton | Wisconsin |
Freedom High School | Freedom | Wisconsin |
Ft. Hayes Career Center | Columbus | Ohio |
Gaithersburg High School | Gaithersburg | Maryland |
Gateway Community College Central City Campus | Phoenix | Arizona |
Germantown High School | Germantown | Wisconsin |
grant career center | bethel | ohio |
Greater Lowell Technical High School | Tyngsboro | Massachusetts |
Greene Technology Center | Greeneville | Tennessee |
Greenville Technical College | Greenville | South Carolina |
GST BOCES Coopers Education Center | Painted Post | New York |
Hamilton Fulton Montgomery Career and Technical Center | Johnstown | NY |
Hawkeye Community College | Waterloo | Iowa |
Hennepin technical college | Eden Prairie | Minnesota |
Hillsborough Community College | Tampa | Florida |
Hodgson Vo-Tech | Newark | Delaware |
Holmes County Career Tech Center | Lexington | MS |
Iredell-Statesville Career Acadamey & Technical School | Troutman | North Carolina |
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Fort Wayne Campus | Fort Wayne | Indiana |
Judson High School | Converse | Texas |
KENNEDY KING COLLEGE | CHICAGO | Illinois |
Kingwood Park High School | Kingwood | Texas |
Kootenai Technical Education Campus | Rathdrum | Idaho |
Lake Career and Technical Center | Camdenton | MO |
Lake Technical College | Eustis | Florida |
Lebanon County Career and Technology Center | Lebanon | Pennsylvania |
Lewis and Clark Career Center | St Charles | Missouri |
Lex La-Ray Technical Center | Lexington | Missouri |
Lincoln Tech Nashville | nashville | tn |
Livermore High School | Livermore | CA |
Lockhart High School | Lockhart | TX |
Lorenzo Walker Technical College | Naples | Florida |
Madison Oneida BOCES | Verona | NY |
Marengo Comm HS Dist 154 | Marengo | Illinois |
Maxwell High School of Technology | Lawrenceville | ga |
Mcfatter college | Davie | fl |
Mercer County Technical Education Center | Princeton | West Virginia |
Metropolitan Community College | Omaha | Nebraska |
Miami Valley CTC | Englewood | Ohio |
Middlesex County Magnet Schools | Piscataway | New Jersey |
Minnesota State College Southeast | Winona | Minnesota |
Monroe Advanced Technical Academy “MATA” @ the Academies of Loudoun | Leesburg | Virginia |
Montana State University Billings City College | Billings | Montana |
Morgan Community College | Ft. Morgan | Colorado |
New York Automotive & Diesel Institute | Jamaica | New York |
Nichols Career Center | Jefferson City | Missouri |
North Dakota State College of Science | Wahpeton | North Dakota |
North Georgia Technical College | Clarkesville | Georgia |
North Idaho College | Coeur d’Alene | Idaho |
North Technical High School | Florissant | MO |
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER | Jonesboro | AR |
Northwest High School | Clarksville | Tennessee |
ogden high school | Ogden | Utah |
Oxford Hills Technical School/ Maine Vocational Region 11 | Norway | Maine |
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School | Palmer | Massachusetts |
Paulding County High School | Dallas | Georgia |
Pennsylvania College of Technology | Williamsport | PA |
Prosser Career Education Center | New Albany | In |
Pulaski High School | Milwaukee | WI |
RCTC Ypsilanti Community Schools | Ypsilanti | MI |
Rolla Technical Institute (RTI) | Rolla | MO |
Rosedale Technical College | Pittsburgh | PA |
Sandhills Community College | Pinehurst | North Carolina |
Sheridan Technical College | Hollywood | Florida |
South Central College | North Mankato | Minnesota |
South Plains College | Levelland, Texas | Texas |
South Tech Academy | Boynton Beach | Fl |
South Technical High School | Sunset Hills | Missouri |
Southeast Communtiy College Milford | Milford | NE |
Southeastern Community College | West Burlington | Iowa |
Southwest Tech | Fennimore | WI |
Stanly Community College | ALBEMARLE | North Carolina |
SUN Area Technical Institute | New Berlin | PA |
SUNY Morrisville | Morrisville | New York |
Tennessee College of Applied Technology | Morristown | Tennessee |
Tennessee College of Applied Technology of Knoxville | Knoxville | Tennessee |
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology | Lancaster | Pennsylvania |
Thornton Fractional H.S. Center for Academics and Technology | Calumet City | IL |
Tidewater Community College | Chesapeake | Virginia |
Union County Career and Technology Center | Union | South Carolina |
W.D.Ormsby Educational Center | East Aurora | New York |
Waite High School | Toledo | Ohio |
Walker Career Center | Indianapolis | Indiana |
Warren Tech | Lakewood | Colorado |
Wenatchee Valley Tech | Wenatchee | Washington |
West Sound Technical Skills Center | Bremerton | WA |
West-MEC | Phoenix | Arizona |
Westover High | Fayetteville | North Carolina |
Wilkes Community College | Wilkesboro | North Carolina |
William M. Davies, Jr. Career and Technical High School | Lincoln | Rhode Island |