Quick Facts

ESCAPE Family Resource Center is a parenting education agency. We provide child abuse prevention programs and parenting classes to families looking to create a safe, healthy, and happy home lives.

  • Founded in 1983 by Houston-area chapters of the National Exchange Club
  • Privately supported nonprofit, 501(c)(3), organization
  • Does not receive direct funding allocations from the United Way or the government
  • Offers classes at multiple locations in the Greater Houston area

Awards and Recognition

  • Highest program rating award for the Circle of Love program — United Way’s Elders Service Providers Network
  • Sixth Annual Unity Award for Culturally Sensitive, Ethnically Relevant Family-focused Programs — NAACP
  • “Points of Light” Management Excellence Award
  • Outstanding Community Volunteer Service Award — Texas Department of Human Services
  • Presidential Award — Private Sector Initiatives
  • 2004 “Leadership in Action” Award for the Cablispainian program — Leadership Houston, Inc.

In Fiscal Year 2009

  • ESCAPE provided 376 deliveries of our child abuse prevention programs and parenting classes.
  • We served more than 6,710 adults and children.
  • Classes were delivered "on-site" at our facility in central Houston and "off-site" at 73 locations in Harris and Fort Bend counties.