2013 ANNUAL REPORT

We are AVANCE. At the core, AVANCE believes that a program providing culturally-appropriate

parenting education, empowerment, and community-building coupled with early childhood

development will change the trajectory of families.

This year, an external impact study was conducted on AVANCE families years after graduation. It

proved what we already knew, AVANCE works and two-generation early intervention is the best

investment we can make for the future of our country. The researchers concluded that

participating in AVANCE’s Parent-Child Education Program:

●bolsteredaspirationsparentshavefortheirchildren;

●createdsocialcapitalbybuildingparent’sstrengthstocompletetheireducation

andultimatelyimprovetheirowneconomicsecurityandstability;

●helpedparticipantsseizeopportunitiestomoveuptheeconomicandsocialladder

often breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

We must act now. In 2013, we served approximately 15,000 parents and children at 219 sites

across the country. Touching each of those families means the world to us. With millions of

children not school-ready and families struggling each year, we know it is not enough. We must

keepstrivingtoincreaseorganizationalcapacityinordertoreachmorefamilies.Wemustalso

continuecollaborationbetweenorganizations,churches,schools,foundationsandgovernmentsas

we know we cannot do it alone.

Read more about AVANCE and the work we are doing in this report. Join us on this mission to

reverse the cycle of poverty and underachievement in our communities.

Thank you for your partnership and support,

Message from Our

Chair & President

Dean AguillenBoard Chairman

Richard J. NoriegaPresident & CEO

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1.RECORD GRADUATION RATES

LANDMARKanniversaries

AVANCE-Dallas graduated 976 adults from the Parent-Child Education Program (PCEP), a 87% graduation rate. AVANCE-Austin’s graduation rate was the highestinfiveyears.Not only did AVANCE’s founding chapter in

San Antonio celebrate 40 years of serving families, several chapters marked anniversaries as well. AVANCE-Houston, who served just 15 families in 1988, now touches approximately 6,200 families annually 25 years later. AVANCE-Austin and AVANCE-El Paso commemorated 15 years. Meanwhile, AVANCE-Dallas drew a record 3,500 participants at their Dia del Niño event.

2013

milestones

2013 PCEP Delivery Sites

3.EXPANSION

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5.Head start &early head start

AVANCE chapters, like AVANCE-Houston and AVANCE-San Antonio, reach thousands of families through Head Start and Early Head Start. The AVANCE Early Head Start Colonias Project, managed by AVANCE National beginning this year, provides family support services in areas of South Texas counties that lack some of the most basic living necessities.

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Language and LiteracyColonias Impact Statistics Cognitive and General Knowledge

Approach Toward Learning

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This graph reflects the range of scores based on the Head Start School Readiness Goals for Infants and Toddlers for children enrolled in AVANCE’s Hidalgo and Val Verde Early Head Start Home-Based Program upon program entry and completion, respectively.

58%45%

PCEPisnotaone-size-fits-allprogram,butistailoredtoeachcommunity’sneeds.Bycollaborating with local school districts, many chapters and licensees have expanded into a school-based setting. •AVANCE-AustinexpandedintoAustinISD,DelValleISDandManorISD.•TheTexasKindergartenReadinessSystemdeemedtheAVANCE-ElPasocenterlocated insideNewmanElementarySchoolaPre-KCenterofExcellence.•AVANCE-Wacotransitionedfrombeingacenter-basedprogramtoaschool-based program partnering with Waco ISD.•Alreadyintheschools,AVANCE-HoustonofferedfreeEnglishasaSecondLanguage(ESL)classesthroughHoustonISD’swebsiteandpublicaccessTVchannel.

School-Based service

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Funded by a generous multi-million dollar grant from the W.K.KelloggFoundation,theUnlockingAmerica’sPotentialProjectisafive-yearplantoresearchtheculturaladaptabilityofthePCEPmodelinordertorefineand widely introduce the program to diverse ethnic minority populations across the country.

In the third year, AVANCE encouraged peer networking to establish mutual global learning during program delivery within the three research communities: ExcellenceBabyAcademyinBrooklyn,NewYork;LaCasadeDonPedroinNewark,NewJersey;andTheFondduLacBandofLakeSuperiorChippewainCloquet,Minnesota.Allcontinue to receive high acclaim for the program from participating families.

The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) completed preliminary quantitativefindingsandphasetworesearchintheAfrican-AmericanandHispanicnon-Mexicancommunities.Thefinalreportwillrevealcomparisonfindingsbetweenpre-testand post-test growth between PCEP and non-PCEP families.

unlocking america’s potential project

AmeriCorps

In the rural and isolated areas near Doña Ana County, New Mexico, where there are few family support services providers, AVANCE served almost 100 families. This year, AmeriCorps helped staff the program – and many of the AmeriCorps members, who now work with AVANCE, are AVANCE graduate parents. Across chapters, AmeriCorps funded 87 AVANCE members.

8. At AVANCE, parents are able to move along a continuum of services beginning with PCEP. Across program sites, a variety of family services are offered, including: Healthy Marriages, Fatherhood,ESLorWorkplaceEnglish,GED,FamilyLiteracy,Alumni Volunteer Impact, AVANCE Parent-Child Book Clubs, Promotora Home Visitation, Early ON, Family Friends and Neighbors,FinancialLiteracy,computertrainingandvocational training.

In 2013, AVANCE-San Antonio expanded collaboration with HEB Read 3 Initiative into their Early Head Start center-based sites. AVANCE-Austin partnered with the UniversityofTexasSchoolofSocialWorkInternshipProgramto provide intensive case management to AVANCE families. AVANCE-Dallas created the Healthy Initiative program with their local PBS station, targeting nutrition and parent child activitiesforahealthylifestyle;theprogramwillbeshownon PBS nationwide.

holisticAPPROACH

meet

brandon

Brandon began AVANCE-Dallas as a shy boy who preferred to play alone. After a few classes, his teachersrealizedhislimitedvocabularywasholding him back. His mother was embarrassed and hadbeencriticizedbecauseheseemedtobebehindhis peers. Together, they developed a plan of frequentreadingandinteraction.

His vocabulary improved dramatically over the following months. Brandon made friends and participated in class. Today, his mother is deeply thankful for AVANCE and the improvements in Brandon’s language, sociability and personal development.

advocacy

AVANCE joined business and political leaders acrossthenationtospotlighttheneedforhigh-qualityearly education at forums hosted by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, the U.S.DepartmentofEducation,ReadyNationandAmerica’s Promise Alliance, among others.

As a member of the Texas Home Visiting Consortium, AVANCE brought parents to the Texas State Capitol to advocate for expanding home visiting services during the83rdTexasLegislativeSession.

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The Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) interviewed PCEP graduates from San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas and El Paso who completed the program seven to 14 years ago in a study designed to assess whether participation led to changes in education and socio-economic status.

• 90% ofAVANCEchildgraduatesfinishhighschool- compared to 75% statewide in Texas and 66% of Texas Hispanics • 88% of children performed above average in school • Today, 54% of the parents are involved in their communities • 216% increase in number of mothers with higher education degrees • 143% increase in number of families who own their own home

The study proves that AVANCE has positive effects on families long after they graduate – especially, for those families who needed it the most. Children were school-ready and stayed in school, while the parents increased their education, bought homes and found better jobs.

AVANCE-El Paso, with assistance from Region 19 Education Service Center, also completed a study of 2,180 AVANCE child graduates between 1998 and 2012 to determine the long-term academic outcomes of AVANCE students.

impact

combined financials:

national & chapters

national

board of directors

Dean Aguillen, ChairOgilvyGovernmentRelations

Olga Llamas Rodriguez, Vice ChairPort of Houston Authority

Jorge Herrera, ParliamentarianTheHerreraLawFirm

Berthy Aguirre-Corral, SecretaryHIBU-USHispanic

Nicolas Medina, TreasurerExxon-Mobil Corporation

Pete CarrilloSiliconValleyAdvisorsLLC

Celeste Guerra, JD LawOfficeofReneRamirezandCelesteGuerra

Ana (Cha) Guzman, PhD

Steven A. RamosMedeoLinxLLC

Isaac ReyesTarget

Thomas I. StantonBernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation

Kim SymanNewProfitInc.

Jimmy TranCBRE-GlobalCorporateServices

ASSETSCash 3,852,736

Grantspayable 3,763,680

Prepaid rents 62,067

Other receivables and deposits 66,018

Propertyandequipment,net 7,880,234

TOTALASSETS 15,624,735

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSAccounts payable and accrued expenses

1,831,839

Deferred revenue 26,977

Notes payable 298,484

TOTALLIABILITIES 2,157,300

NET ASSETSUnrestricted 11,217,872

Temporary restricted 12,249,563

TOTALNETASSETS 13,467,435

TOTALLIABILITIESAND NET ASSETS

15,624,735

REVENUE AND OTHER SUPPORTGrants 43,099,622

Contributions 1,241,239

Fundraising 370,723

In-Kind 9,765,902

Other revenues (42,508)

TOTALREVENUES 55,767,871

EXPENSESProgram services 51,200,131

Generalandadministrative 6,876,443

Fund development 506,363

TOTALEXPENSES 58,582,937

Change in Net Assets (2,815,066)

Depreciation Expenses 650,404

Net assets beginning of year 16,282,501

Net assets end of year 13,467,435

meet

angelica

Angelica learned through AVANCE that “children are like a mirror, everything we do they will see as an example,” which has led her to talk and read to her two daughters as often as possible to develop their language skills. It’s working. Her toddler’s communication skills are improving and her soon-to-be first grader loves “everything” about school.

AfterAVANCE,AngelicahascontinuedhereducationthroughESLandcomputercourses.Shegives back to AVANCE by dropping by the AVANCE-Austin office most summer afternoons to prepare toy making materials for the next class of parents. Her children are attached to the toys she made in class and love their special mom-made AVANCE toys above all others.

Angelica joined other mothers to advocate at the Texas State Capitol for Texas Senate Bill 426 that would expand home visiting services to more families. She wanted others to experience the benefits she received from AVANCE.

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