The Auto Care Association’s Tool and Equipment community has launched a grant program to supply tools and equipment to high school automotive vocational programs across the United States, the association announced April 9. The “Tools for Tomorrow’s Technicians” initiative invites high school instructors and program leaders to describe their classroom needs and the challenges they […]
USDOT Makes Nearly $1 Billion Available for Road Safety Grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $999.5 million in available funding through the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program, targeting improvements to emergency response, truck parking, rail crossings and pedestrian infrastructure. The grant program, which funds both planning and infrastructure projects aimed at reducing roadway fatalities, is relevant to the collision repair and […]
AASP/NJ Sets March 9 Deadline for Young Technician Award Nominations
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) has set a March 9 deadline for nominations for its Sixth Annual Young Technician of the Year Award, which will be presented during the organization’s NORTHEAST 2026 trade show. The award will recognize two technicians with $2,500 each in tools and equipment. Eligible candidates include […]
Carolinas Collision Association Accepting Applications for $2,000 Student Tool Grants Through February 28
The Carolinas Collision Association (CCA) has opened registration for its 2026 Tool Grant Program, which provides $2,000 grants to collision repair students in North and South Carolina. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 28, with recipients to be announced April 1. The program awarded eight students $2,000 each in 2025. “The Tool Grant Program reflects […]
CREF Opens 2026 Benchmark Award Applications for Collision Repair School Programs
Last year, program benefited 104 high school and college programs. The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) has opened applications for its 2026 Benchmark Awards, with a deadline of June 30. The organization has awarded nearly 1,200 grants totaling more than $5 million over 16 years, according to CREF. In 2025, 104 high school and college […]
Industry Donates Record $726,500 to Collision Repair School Programs
Collision Repair Education Foundation Annual Benchmark Awards benefit over 100 schools this year. The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) distributed $726,500 to 104 collision repair schools through its 2025 Benchmark Awards program, marking the highest annual funding total since the program launched in 2009. The awards, funded by nearly two dozen industry partners, will serve […]
Two Automotive Instructors Win $50,000 Each in Harbor Freight Teaching Excellence Awards
Two automotive technology instructors were among 25 skilled trades teachers awarded a total of $1.5 million in the 2025 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, the organization announced Oct. 8. Joseph “Joe” Drury of Jackson High School-Massillon in Ohio and Rebecca Fenton of Marshall High School in Virginia each received $50,000 awards, […]
Women in Auto Care Awards Record-Breaking $448,745 in Scholarships and Tool Kits
Women in Auto Care, a community of the Auto Care Association, announced another record-breaking year for its scholarship program, awarding $448,745 in scholarships and tool kits in 2025. This marks the sixth consecutive record-breaking year for the program. The Women in Auto Care scholarship program began in 2004 with its very first $2,000 scholarship. Since […]
TechForce Opens Public Voting for 2025 Techs Rock Awards
Twelve finalists compete for grand prizes as foundation works to address technician shortage. The TechForce Foundation has opened public voting to select winners in its 2025 Techs Rock Awards, which recognizes student and professional technicians amid an ongoing nationwide shortage. Online voting runs through Oct. 15. Two grand prize winners — one student and one […]
State Farm Awarded $105,000 to 16 Collision Repair Schools through CREF Grant Program
State Farm has awarded $25,000 to a collision repair program in western New York as part of its effort to address a skilled collision repair technician shortage affecting the industry. The Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES LoGuidice Educational Center (E2CCB) in Fredonia, N.Y. received the funding through the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) Benchmark Award funded […]
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