History
AVANCE's name derives from the Spanish word for “advance” It originally started in 1973 as a 500-unit public housing development serving 35 families in San Antonio, Texas. Currently it encompasses over 100 programs across U.S.A. The number of participants in its early childhood education/parenting and family support services number several thousand. The concept of the organization was based on the educational theories of Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner, of Cornell University, and whose graduate students established the first AVANCE Mother-Infant program in Dallas, Texas in 1973. The founders received start-up funding from the Zale Corporation which allowed for an expansion of the Mother-Infant program to San Antonio.
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