In 2014 The Gene Haas Foundation established a new partnership program with the most dynamic CNC training programs around the world to provide the opportunity for qualifying schools to become Gene Haas Centers. This honor is coupled with a large grant for the purpose of expansion of the program to have even more impact in their communities, exchange for naming rights attached to those programs. Candidate schools will be judged on a variety of factors including leadership within the technical education community, providing the maximum opportunities to many students and companies in their region and beyond. Our focus is on the programs who are training the maximum amount of CNC machinists and that training is recognized and proven to be the very best.