Bench Mark Program prepares its participants to enter the workforce by not only teaching them important skills but also by offering in-house job opportunities. Youth that exhibit leadership skills are ...

Artists with arts-based social service nonprofit Van Go's JAMS employment program work on custom-designed benches Thursday, July 6, 2023. The benches being created as part of Van Go's "Benchmark" ...

Arts-based social service nonprofit Van Go hosted an unveiling for its yearly Benchmark program Friday, July 28, 2023. Two of the 20 benches created this year by Van Go artists Cornelio Ortega-Perez ...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) – The Bench Mark Program on S. Prince St. in Lancaster has been helping at-risk youth for a decade, and its founder had the chance to go to Washington D.C. to talk about his ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– Plans are in the works for a new mural in Lancaster. The plan is for a local artist to work on the project with kids at the bench mark program for at-risk youth. Artists ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis held an event at the Bench Mark Program building on Wednesday to highlight money passed in the state budget to fight gun violence. The bipartisan ...

Jonathan Berlingeri is a lead technician at Smokestack Masonry in East Lampeter Township, where he makes $32 an hour. But his path getting there wasn’t easy. When he was 17, Berlingeri was convicted ...