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Collision Repair Education Foundation Benchmark Grant


 

Applications Due June 30, 2023

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Click Here to Apply for Benchmark Grant
Click Here to Download Budget Template

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?  

Click Here for more information on the Benchmark Tiers

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

SchoolCityState
Aims Community CollegeWindsorColorado
Area30 Career CenterGreencastleIndiana
Assabet Valley Regional Technical H.SMarlboroMassachusetts
Athens Technical CollegeAthensGeorgia
Atlantic Technical CollegeCoconut CreekFL
Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton RougeLa
Bay PathCharltonMassachusetts
beaver county career and technology centermonacapa
Berks Career and Technology CenterOleyPennsylvania
Bethlehem Area Vocatioal Technical SchoolBethlehempa
Big Sandy Community and Technical College/KCTCSPrestonsburgKentucky
CA BOCES-CTE Center @ OleanOleanNew York
Career Center of Southern IllinoisRed BudIllinois
CATECCharlottesvilleVirginia
Cattaraugus Allegany Boces Center At EllicotvilleEllicottvilleNew York
Cayuga-Onondaga BOCESAuburnNew York
Central Montco Technical High SchoolPlymouth MeetingPennsylvania
Central Nine Career CenterGreenwoodIN
Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau ClaireWisconsin
Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonvilleNC
Collin College Technical CampusAllenTexas
Contra Costa CollegeSan PabloCalifornia
Dauphin County Technical SchoolHarrisburgPa
Dennis Technical Education CenterBoiseIdaho
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC)AnkenyIowa
Dos Palos High SchoolDos PalosCalifornia
Dowell J Howard CenterWinchesterVirginia
Duncanville High SchoolDuncanvilleTexas
Earnest Pruett Center of TechnologyHollywoodAlabama
East Valley Instute of TechnologyMesaArizona
Eastern Center for Arts and TechnologyWillow GrovePennsylvania
EHOVE Career CenterMilanOhio
Erie Community College SouthOrchard ParkNew York
Etowah County Career Technical CenterAttallaAl
Etowah High SchoolWoodstockGeorgia
Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayettevilleNorth Carolina
Forbes Road CTCMonroevillePennsylvania
Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppletonWisconsin
Freedom High SchoolFreedomWisconsin
Ft. Hayes Career CenterColumbusOhio
Gaithersburg High SchoolGaithersburgMaryland
Gateway Community College Central City CampusPhoenixArizona
Germantown High SchoolGermantownWisconsin
grant career centerbethelohio
Greater Lowell Technical High SchoolTyngsboroMassachusetts
Greene Technology CenterGreenevilleTennessee
Greenville Technical CollegeGreenvilleSouth Carolina
GST BOCES Coopers Education CenterPainted PostNew York
Hamilton Fulton Montgomery Career and Technical CenterJohnstownNY
Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterlooIowa
Hennepin technical collegeEden PrairieMinnesota
Hillsborough Community CollegeTampaFlorida
Hodgson Vo-TechNewarkDelaware
Holmes County Career Tech CenterLexingtonMS
Iredell-Statesville Career Acadamey & Technical SchoolTroutmanNorth Carolina
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Fort Wayne CampusFort WayneIndiana
Judson High SchoolConverseTexas
KENNEDY KING COLLEGECHICAGOIllinois
Kingwood Park High SchoolKingwoodTexas
Kootenai Technical Education CampusRathdrumIdaho
Lake Career and Technical CenterCamdentonMO
Lake Technical CollegeEustisFlorida
Lebanon County Career and Technology CenterLebanonPennsylvania
Lewis and Clark Career CenterSt CharlesMissouri
Lex La-Ray Technical CenterLexingtonMissouri
Lincoln Tech Nashvillenashvilletn
Livermore High SchoolLivermoreCA
Lockhart High SchoolLockhartTX
Lorenzo Walker Technical CollegeNaplesFlorida
Madison Oneida BOCESVeronaNY
Marengo Comm HS Dist 154MarengoIllinois
Maxwell High School of TechnologyLawrencevillega
Mcfatter collegeDaviefl
Mercer County Technical Education CenterPrincetonWest Virginia
Metropolitan Community CollegeOmahaNebraska
Miami Valley CTCEnglewoodOhio
Middlesex County Magnet SchoolsPiscatawayNew Jersey
Minnesota State College SoutheastWinonaMinnesota
Monroe Advanced Technical Academy “MATA” @ the Academies of LoudounLeesburgVirginia
Montana State University Billings City CollegeBillingsMontana
Morgan Community CollegeFt. MorganColorado
New York Automotive & Diesel InstituteJamaicaNew York
Nichols Career CenterJefferson CityMissouri
North Dakota State College of ScienceWahpetonNorth Dakota
North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesvilleGeorgia
North Idaho CollegeCoeur d’AleneIdaho
North Technical High SchoolFlorissantMO
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTERJonesboroAR
Northwest High SchoolClarksvilleTennessee
ogden high schoolOgdenUtah
Oxford Hills Technical School/ Maine Vocational Region 11NorwayMaine
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High SchoolPalmerMassachusetts
Paulding County High SchoolDallasGeorgia
Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsportPA
Prosser Career Education CenterNew AlbanyIn
Pulaski High SchoolMilwaukeeWI
RCTC Ypsilanti Community SchoolsYpsilantiMI
Rolla Technical Institute (RTI)RollaMO
Rosedale Technical CollegePittsburghPA
Sandhills Community CollegePinehurstNorth Carolina
Sheridan Technical CollegeHollywoodFlorida
South Central CollegeNorth MankatoMinnesota
South Plains CollegeLevelland, TexasTexas
South Tech AcademyBoynton BeachFl
South Technical High SchoolSunset HillsMissouri
Southeast Communtiy College MilfordMilfordNE
Southeastern Community CollegeWest BurlingtonIowa
Southwest TechFennimoreWI
Stanly Community CollegeALBEMARLENorth Carolina
SUN Area Technical InstituteNew BerlinPA
SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisvilleNew York
Tennessee College of Applied TechnologyMorristownTennessee
Tennessee College of Applied Technology of KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTennessee
Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancasterPennsylvania
Thornton Fractional H.S. Center for Academics and TechnologyCalumet CityIL
Tidewater Community CollegeChesapeakeVirginia
Union County Career and Technology CenterUnionSouth Carolina
W.D.Ormsby Educational CenterEast AuroraNew York
Waite High SchoolToledoOhio
Walker Career CenterIndianapolisIndiana
Warren TechLakewoodColorado
Wenatchee Valley TechWenatcheeWashington
West Sound Technical Skills CenterBremertonWA
West-MECPhoenixArizona
Westover HighFayettevilleNorth Carolina
Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboroNorth Carolina
William M. Davies, Jr. Career and Technical High SchoolLincolnRhode Island

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Recent Posts

  • Three Collision School Programs Receive $5,000 Benchmark Grants Funded by Caliber Collision through CREF
  • Operative Talent: A Mission to Engage Students in Collision Careers
  • Chief Automotive’s $75,000 In-Kind Donation Benefits Collision Schools Through CREF
  • CREF Introduces 2023 Executive Committee
  • CREF Opens Applications for 2023 Benchmark Grants
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