6001 Gulf Freeway Building B-1,
Suite 102
Houston, TX 77023
Tel: (713) 926-4756
Fax: (713) 926-8035
Principal Official:
Gilbert Moreno Executive Director
Established: 1970
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The Association for the Advancement of Mexican
Americans (AAMA) is the largest Hispanic nonprofit service provider in
Texas and offers one of the most comprehensive arrays of services of any
nonprofit agency in the nation. Programs are focused on the fol-lowing
key areas: Education, Social Services, Cultural Awareness, and Economic
and Community Development. AAMA’s George I. Sánchez High School
is an alternative school for youth who have dropped out of the public school
system. One of the oldest alternative schools in the country, Sánchez
High has become a model school as it is now Texas’ largest charter school
accredited through the Texas Education Agency. Other AAMA pro-grams include:
Adult Literacy, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Gang Prevention programs, AIDS
Education, and emergency shelter for youth with foster home placement with
the Magnolia Residential Housing Project. AAMA Drug Abuse and Gang Prevention
programs have now expanded to Laredo, Edinburg, and San Antonio, Texas. |
