Ninety-nine South Early College High School students completed the AVANCE Building Futures program. This program provided these young adults with a safe space for personal and peer-to-peer relationship skills through interactive cohorts.
The Building Futures Spring Cohort gives new skills to high school youth
The program focuses on financial management, conflict resolution, dating violence awareness, job and career advancement, and relationship skills to improve personal education and the participant’s economic future.
The students attended the in-person workshops for seven weeks, completing a total of 14 hours of instruction. These workshops aim to enhance positive youth development, job preparedness, college readiness, financial planning, and team-building skills.
This website is supported by the Grant Numbers Early Head Start/Head Start 06CH011541, 06HP000564, 06HP000534, FRAMEWorks: 90ZB0030 and Ready for Life: 90ZD0003 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of AVANCE-Houston, Inc. and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.