The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced more than $500,000 Ultimate Collision Education Makeover school grants supported by donations from industry companies and local I-CAR committee fundraising activities. The announcement came during the foundation’s annual reception held Oct. 30 at the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel during the 2018 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

The Ultimate Collision Education Makeover school grants announced will go to help improve 173 schools in 37 states with more than 6,700 students enrolled in collision repair training programs.

The makeover grant program incorporates the foundation’s Collision School Career Readiness Benchmark that the foundation launched in 2016. Under the new program developed by the foundation, schools are classified into three tiers based upon criteria including the number of hours of instruction and curriculum in place, along with what tools, equipment and supplies a school uses to prepare their students for employment in the collision industry.

The grants awarded will assist schools to advance to the next tier, or to allow top tier schools to further expand their program’s capabilities.

“Collision repair training programs are facing tremendous budgetary pressure,” said Melissa Marscin, director of operations/administration for the foundation. “It is difficult for many to maintain their program at current capabilities, no less invest in increasing their abilities to satisfy the industry’s current and future workforce needs. The makeover grant program is designed to help collision schools get the much needed tools, equipment and supplies they couldn’t get otherwise and increase their capabilities. For the third year in a row, every school that applied received some level of support through both grants and in-kind donations.”

Collision repair facilities, insurance companies and suppliers interested in supporting school grants should contact Education Foundation Director of Development Brandon Eckenrode at (312) 231-0258 or [email protected].

The grants awarded include:

Athens Tech College: $5,000 (Athens, Ga,)

Chattahoochee Technical College: $15,000 (Jasper, Ga.)

Maxwell High School of Technology: $10,000 (Lawrenceville, Ga.)

North Georgia Technical College: $7,500 (Clarkesville, Ga.)

Sheridan Technical College: $5,000 (Hollywood, Fla.)

Central Piedmont Community College: $12,000 (Charlotte, N.C.)

Eastern Center for Arts and Technology: $2,500 (Willow Grove, Pa.)

Chantilly HS STEM Academy: $5,000 (Chantilly, Va.)

C.S. Monroe Technology Center: $5,000 (Leesburg, Va.)

Dowell J Howard Center: $5,000 (Winchester, Va.)

Fauquier High School: $5,000 (Warrenton, Va.)

East Valley Institute of Technology: $5,000 (Mesa, Ariz.)

Gateway Community College: $5,000 (Phoenix, Ariz.)

West-MEC: $5,000 (Phoenix, Ariz.)

Westover High School: $12,000 (Fayetteville, N.C.)

Lake Career & Technical Center: $4,500 (Camdenton, Mo.)

Lewis and Clark Career Center: $4,500 (Saint Charles, Mo.)

Nichols Career Center: $4,500 (Jefferson City, Mo.)

North Technical High School: $4,500 (Florissant, Mo.)

Ranken Technical College: $4,500 (St. Louis, Mo.)

Rolla Technical Institute: $4,500 (Rolla, Mo.)

South Technical High School: $4,500 (Sunset Hills, Mo.)

Greene Technology Center: $5,000 (Greenville, Tenn.)

Tennessee College of Applied Technology: $5,000 (Morristown, Tenn.)

Northwest High School: $7,500 (Clarksville, Tenn.)

Franklin County High School: $2,000 (Winchester, Tenn.)

Tennessee College of Applied Technology: $2,000 (Livingston, Tenn.)

Ivy Tech Community College: $5,200 (Fort Wayne, Ind.)

Hudson Valley Community College: $3,000 (Troy, N.Y.)

Laramie County Community College: $3,000 (Cheyenne, Wy.)

Lorenzo Walker Technical College: $3,000 (Naples, Fla.)

Morgan Community College: $3,000 (Ft. Morgan, Colo.)

Tidewater Community College: $3,000 (Chesapeake, Va.)

Judson High School: $11,000 (Converse, Texas)

Regional Career Technical Center: $5,000 (Saline, Mich.)

Eastside Technical Center: $3,000 (Lexington, Ky.)

GST BOCES Coopers Education Center: $3,000 (Painted Post, N.Y.)

Mid-Coast School of Technology: $3,000 (Rockland, Maine)

Randolph Technical Center: $3,000 (Elkins, W.V.)

Tazewell County Career and Technical Center: $3,000 (Tazewell, Va.)

Cuesta College: $5,000 (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)

Gaithersburg High School: $5,000 (Gaithersburg, Md.)

Miami Northwestern Sr High: $5,000 (Miami, Fla.)

Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College: $5,000 (Miami Lakes, Fla.)

Morrisville State College: $5,000 (Morrisville, N.Y.)

St. Philip’s College: $5,000 (San Antonio, Texas)

Fayetteville Technical Community College: $4,000 (Fayetteville, N.C.)

Greenville Technical College: $4,000 (Greenville, S.C.)

Ranken Technical College: $4,000 (St. Louis, Mo.)

Assabet Valley Regional Technical H.S.: $5,000 (Marlboro, Mass.)

Bay Path: $5,000 (Charlton, Mass.)

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School: $5,000 (Littleton, Mass.)

Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School: $5,000 (South Easton, Mass.)

Eden Area ROP: $3,000 (Hayward, Calif.)

Prosser Career Education Center: $3,000 (New Albany, Ind.)

Rosedale Technical College: $3,000 (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Stanly Community College: $3,000 (Albemarle, N.C.)

Trumbull Career and Technical Center: $3,000 (Warren, Ohio)

El Camino College; $10,000 (Torrance, Calif.)

Ivy Tech Community College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 15 laptops

Texas State Technical College (Harlingen, Texas) 10 laptops

Ft. Hayes Career Center: $5,000 (Columbus, Ohio)

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology: $5,000 (Lancaster, Pa.)

Kent Career Technical Center: $2,000 (Grant Rapids, Mich.)

Center for Academics & Technology (Calumet City, Ill.)

Texas Southmost College (Brownsville, Texas)

Kennedy King College (Chicago, Ill. )

Warren Tech (Lakewood, Colo.)

Earnest Pruett Center of Technology (Hollywood, Ala.)

Etowah County Career Technical Center (Atalla, Ala.)

University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College (North Little Rock, Ark.)

Collision Career Institute (Yorba Linda, Calif.)

Dos Palos High School (Dos Palo, Calif.)

Aims Community College (Windsor, Colo.)

Hodgson Vo-Tech (Newark, Del.)

Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, Fla.)

Lake Technical College (Eustis, Fla.)

Manatee Technical College (Bradenton, Fla.)

Seminole High School (Sanford, Fla.)

SouthTech Academy (Boynton Beach, Fla.)

College of Southern Idaho (Twin Falls, Idaho)

Dennis Technical Education Center (Boise, Idaho)

Kootenai Technical Education Campus (Rathdrum, Idaho)

Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, Idaho)

North Idaho College (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho)

Highland Community College (Freeport, Ill.)

Marengo Comm HS Dist 1554 (Marengo, Ill.)

Area30 Career Center (Greencastle, Ind.)

Hinds Career Center (Elwood, Ind.)

Des Community College (Ankeny, Iowa) Moines Area

Hawkeye Community College (Waterloo, Iowa)

Butler Community College (El Dorado, Kan.)

Kansas City Kansas Community College (Kansas City, Kan.)

Washburn University Institute of Technology (Topeka, Kan.)

Big Sandy Community and Technical College (Prestonsburg, Ky.)

Oxford Hills Technical School (Norway, Maine)

North Point High School for Science Technology and Industry (Waldorf, Md.)

Essex Technical High School (Hathorne, Mass.)

Greater Lawrence Technical High School (Andover, Mass.)

Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School (Palmer, Mass.)

Hennepin Technical College (Brooklyn Park, Minn.)

Minnesota State College Southeast (Winona, Minn.)

Ridgewater College (Willmar, Minn.)

South Central College (North Mankato, Minn.)

Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center (Cape Girardeau, Mo.)

Franklin Technology Center (Joplin, Mo.)

Lex La-Ray Technical Center (Lexington, Mo.)

Perryville Area Career & Technology Center (Perryville, Mo.)

Montana State University Billings City College (Billings, Mont.)

Metropolitan Community College (Omaha, Neb.)

Southeast Community College (Milford, Neb.)

Thomas A. Edison Career & Technical Academy (Elizabeth, N.J.)

CA BOCES-CTE Center (Olean, N.Y.)

Cattaraugus Allegany Boces Center (Ellicottville, N.Y.)

Erie 1 BOCES Kenton Career & Technical Center (Tonawanda, N.Y.)

Erie Community College South (Orchard Park, N.Y.)

GST Boces Bush Campus (Elmira, N.Y.)

HFM Career and Technical Center (Johnstown, N.Y.)

LoGuidice Center- Erie 2 BOCES (Fredonia, N.Y.)

W.D.Ormsby Educational Center (East Aurora, N.Y.)

Cleveland Community College (Shelby, N.C.)

Forsyth Tech Community College (Winston Salem, N.C.)

Iredell-Statesville Career Academy & Technical School (Troutman, N.C.)

Randolph Community College (Asheboro, N.C.)

Sandhills Community College (Pinehurst, N.C.)

Southwest High School (Jacksonville, N.C.)

Weaver Academy (Greensboro, N.C.)

North Dakota State College of Science (Wahpeton, N.D.)

EHOVE Career Center (Milan, Ohio)

Grant Career Center (Bethel, Ohio)

Knox County Career Center (Mount Vernon, Ohio)

Live Oaks Career Campus (Milford, Ohio)

Miami Valley Career Center (Englewood, Ohio)

Waite High School (Toledo, Ohio)

Indian Capital Technology Center (Tahlequah, Okla.)

Clackamas Community College (Oregon City, Ore.)

Berks Career and Technology Center (Oley, Pa.)

Central Montco Technical High School (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.)

Chester County Technical College High School Pennick’s Bridge campus (West Grove, Pa.)

Cumberland Perry Area Vocational Technical School (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)

Dauphin County Technical School (Harrisburg, Pa.)

Forbes Road CTC (Monroeville, Pa.)

Lebanon County Career and Technology Center (Lebanon, Pa.)

Northern Westmoreland Career & Technical Center (New Kensington, Pa.)

Reading-Muhlenburg Career and Technology Center (Reading, Pa.)

Steel Center (Clairton, Pa.)

TCHS Pickering (Phoenixville, Pa.)

West Side Career and Technology Center (Kingston, Pa.)

Beaufort Jasper Academy for Career Excellence (Ridgeland, S.C.)

Tennessee College of Applied Technology (Athens, Tenn.)

Tennessee College of Applied Technology (Chattanooga, Tenn.)

Tennessee College of Applied Technology (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Tennessee College of Applied Technology (Paris, Tenn.)

Tennessee College of Applied Technology (Shelbyville, Tenn.)

Alvin ISD, Hensler CTE Campus (Manvel, Texas)

Duncanville High School (Duncanville, Texas)

Eastfield College (Mesquite, Texas)

Kingwood Park High School (Kingwood, Texas)

R L Turner High School (Carrollton, Texas)

Texarkana College (Texarkana, Texas)

Texas State Technical College (Waco, Texas)

CATEC (Charlottesville, Va.)

New Horizons (Hampton, Va.)

Rockbridge County High School (Lexington, Va.)

Triplett Tech (Mount Jackson, Va.)

Northern Neck Technical Center (Warsaw, Va.)

Bellingham Technical College (Bellingham, Wash.)

Renton Tech College (Renton, Wash.)

Walla Walla Community College (Walla Walla, Wash.)

Wenatchee Valley Tech (Wenatchee, Wash.)

Mercer County Technical Education Center (Princeton, W.V.)

United Technical Center (Clarksburg, W.V.)

Chippewa Valley Technical College (Eau Claire, Wis.)

Fox Valley Technical College (Appleton, Wis.)

Freedom High School (Freedom, Wis.)

Southwest Tech (Fennimore, Wis.)