Timeline

AVANCE-Dallas holds its first Latino Street Fest, a free, family-friendly event celebrating Latino culture in North Texas.

AVANCE receives the H-E-B Excellence in Education Award and the Simmons Luminary Award for Education Excellence for its innovative programming that serves as a model for improving education. 

AVANCE-Dallas adds its first program sites outside of Dallas in Garland and Irving ISDs.

AVANCE-Dallas celebrates 15 years with Attorneys Serving the Community as the beneficiary for its 25th annual luncheon, featuring keynote speakers Former First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Bush Hager.

With funding from Bank of America and the Zero to Five Funders’ Collaborative, AVANCE-Dallas grows to a total of 23 program sites.

AVANCE-Dallas expands to two new sites through two Born Learning grants from the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas.

AVANCE-Dallas has programs at 14 Dallas ISD sites across the county.

AVANCE-Dallas received the Family Literacy Program of the Year award from Dallas Reads.

AVANCE-Dallas becomes a United Way of Metropolitan Dallas member agency.

The US Dept. of Education awards AVANCE-Dallas an Even Start Family Literacy grant. AVANCE opens a new chapter in the state capital, AVANCE-Austin.