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Come see AVANCE at SXSW EDU

February 17, 2023

Latino Two-Generation Ecosystem of Opportunity Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 11:30 a.m. CTHilton Austin Downtown, Salon J500 E 4th St Austin, TX 78701 AVANCE CEO Dr. Teresa Granillo will lead a session at the 2023 SXSW EDU Conference and … Read more

Every Story has a Beginning

January 27, 2023

Every story has a beginning In 1972, two graduate students working under Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner piloted a Mother-Infant Program in a Latino community on the south side of Dallas, Texas. Impressed by the program, Mr. William Zale, then … Read more

UnidosUS and AVANCE Address Dual Language Learning

January 26, 2023

UnidosUS and AVANCE Address Dual Language Learning Together with AVANCE, UnidosUS conducted focus groups with Latino parents to discuss early dual language development. Unfortunately, the 2022 data demonstrate that Latino families continue to experience a lack of understanding … Read more

PSJA realiza programa de educación para ambos padres e hijos

January 19, 2023

AVANCE apareció en esta historia de 5 noticias en el Valle del Río Grande: PSJA realiza programa de educación para ambos padres e hijos A través del distrito escolar PSJA, se está realizando un programa especial de comunicación … Read more

AVANCE redesigns website to celebrate the power of culture, language and stories

December 12, 2022

AVANCE, a leading national nonprofit of two-generation programming, is excited to announce the launch of a newly redesigned website at avance.org. The design of the new website reflects the updated AVANCE brand and is a celebration of the … Read more

Experience AVANCE with an exclusive Toy Making Kit! 

September 22, 2022

One of the most unique things about our Parent-Child Education Program (PCEP) has always been the toy making component. Our trained toy makers guide parents through the process of creating educational toys for their children from readily available … Read more

AVANCE to build Shared Services Alliance for home child care providers in Texas

August 15, 2022

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and Texas Mutual came together to support AVANCE Inc. (AVANCE), a Texas-based non-profit that specializes in supporting home child care providers (also called family child care providers), by providing funding to establish a … Read more

Family Update: AVANCE-Houston

December 21, 2020

In November, AVANCE-Houston said a bittersweet goodbye to teacher aide Cristina Rodriguez. In 2014, Cristina and her husband Gael enrolled in the AVANCE-Houston Early Head Start program while she was pregnant with their daughter Aria. Two years later, they were … Read more

Past, Present, and Future – AVANCE News

September 14, 2020

It is almost hard to believe it’s already September, and even more hard to believe is that today we celebrate 47 years of serving the community with our early childhood and parenting education programming! Through the past 47 … Read more

AVANCE Inc. expands Head Start services in Rio Grande Valley

June 10, 2020

AVANCE Inc. (AVANCE) has been awarded a $7.4 million grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate Head Start and Early Head Start programs in the Texas counties of Starr and Zapata, expanding services … Read more