• AVANCE-Houston Birthday

• First Parent-Child Class

• AVANCE-Houston is established

• 2 employees

• Sylvia Garcia as the Executive Director

• First Lady Barbara Bush visits AVANCE

• The New York Times and ABC World News Tonight features AVANCE’s renowned Parent-Child Education Program

• The Parent-Child Education program starts up in Houston 

• First Summer Youth Program

• First Lady Barbara Bush makes a second visit to AVANCE

• First Summer Youth Program

• Eight Employees and Growing

  
• First Fatherhood Class

• Became a United Way Agency

• La Victoria Bakery Donates Bread

• GED Classes Commenced

• Employees: 14

• Revenue: $217,645

Oprah Winfrey invites AVANCE to be part of “Scared Silent,” a documentary about children.

• First AVANCE Gala

• Parenting, Youth, ESL, GED, Fatherhood

• Employees: 34

• Revenue: $608,690

Even Start Program begins and runs through 2009.

Carnegie, Ford, Hasbro, W.K. Kellogg, Rockefeller, Hilton and Mott Foundations establish an AVANCE funding consortium.

AVANCE-Houston Featured as National Model in Prevention of Crime and Delinquency on McNeil Lehrer NewsHour

Featured in First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s book “It Takes a Village”

Head Start program is awarded First Lady Rosalynn Carter cites AVANCE in her book, “Helping Someone with Mental Illness.”

• Received Early Head Start Grant 

• Launched First Healthy Marriage Program

• Seven New Locations Open 

• Employees: 255

• Received Head Start Grant 

• First Computer Literacy Class 

• Employees: 255

• Revenue: $9,181,176

Recipient of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Families Count Award

• AVANCE Logo Created

• New Slogan: “Unlocking America’s Potential”

• Employees: 255

• Revenue: $17,517,929

• The AVANCE National Headquarters building is included in the National Registry of Historic Buildings

AVANCE founder Dr. Gloria Rodriguez receives National Hispanic Heritage Award in Education 2005

First Healthy Marriage Program services started in Houston

• Developed Five-Year Strategic Plan 

• Created First AVANCE Website

• Opened First Fully Equipped Computer Lab

• Employees: 405

• Revenue: $20,573,951

• Received Golden Eagle Award from Mexican Institute of Greater Houston

• Employees: 344

• Revenue: $20,520,405

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding received to expand Early Head Start and Head Start programs 135 additional employees.

• Received Second Golden Eagle Award from MIGH for most Computer Literacy graduates

• Mangum Education Center opens with the first 0-5 education program under one AVANCE roof

• Opened Second Computer Lab 

• Opened Early Head Start Sites (San Juan, Del Rio, Texas)

• Employees: 455

• Revenue: $24,997,695

• AVANCE-National makes history by becoming the recipient of a $12.6 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

• Opened Lincoln Park and Tidwell

• Employees: 455

• Revenue: $29,583,562

• Texas Association of Parent Educators presents AVANCE with their Best Practices Award

• Simmons Luminary Award for Education Excellence

• Recipient of HEB Supermarket Excellence in Education Award

• New Profit, Inc. selects AVANCE to join their portfolio of investments

• AVANCE President and CEO is featured on NBC’s Education Nation.

• AVANCE participates in an Early Childhood Cohort in partnership with the Bezos Family Foundation

For 7th Consecutive year, AVANCE named a Top 25 Hispanic Nonprofit by Hispanic Business Magazine

• AVANCE-Houston’s first Workforce Training Center opens

• Childcare Partnerships are added, and their services are provided at two Houston centers

• Vision 2025 Houston’s Window to the Future (2015-2025) Strategic Plan was implemented

• Revealed new user friendly website

• New Executive Director – Luz E. Flores

• AVANCE-Houston Board of Directors and Management Staff reconfirmed their commitment to the AVANCE model and embedded a three-year strategic plan (2017-2020) into the Vision 2025.

AVANCE Houston – Survives Harvey Disaster

• AVANCE-Houston celebrates 30 years of service and its impact in the community

• With 20 AVANCE locations

• Five PCEP locations

• And 390 employees