FOUR EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS …

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1FOUR EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDING services TO LATINO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AVANCE Family Support & Education Program San Antonio, Texas The AVANCE Family Support and Education Program is an early intervention and pre-vention program that focuses on holistic and comprehensive services to strengthen the family unit. This early intervention model is family-centered, preventive, comprehensive and continuous through integration and collaboration of services . The program targets hard to reach, high-risk, low-income, single-and two-parent Mexican American families in rural and urban communities with children under age four in its core program. Empha-sis is on providing direct service to families so parents and children can realize their full-est. Through AVANCE, families are strengthened, child abuse neglect and educational problems in young children are prevented, and the economic conditions of the family are stabilized.

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