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Changing lives since 1985
In 1976, Grant East began Freedom Ministries, a 501 (C)(3) not-for-profit organization working with juvenile offenders.
In 1985, Dallas Can! Academy was established as a program of Freedom Ministries to serve juvenile offenders with remedial education.
In 1986, the Academy expanded their services to high school dropouts and non-adjudicated youth.
In 1988, the organization’s name was changed to Texans Can! to facilitate schools to be set up in other Texas cities.
In 1995, Texans Can! became one of the first 20 charter schools in Texas and begun expanding in Dallas and to four other major cities in Texas. To date, ten schools are serving youth in need in Texas.
So far, more than 70,000 students have changed their lives and the lives of their families through Texans Can! With your help, we can positively change even more young lives.
Grant East retired on May 31, 2008 as Founder and President Emeritus after 32 years of service to at-risk youth.
Texans Can! Academies Austin Can! Academy Dallas Can! Academy Oak Cliff Dallas Can! Academy Ross Avenue Texans Can! Academy at Dallas South Texans Can! Academy at Carrollton/Farmers Branch Fort Worth Can! Academy Campus Drive Fort Worth Can! Academy River Oaks Houston Can! Academy Main Houston Can! Academy Hobby San Antonio Can! High School
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One More Success Story Having been offered a full athletic scholarship for football, Brian Hernandez believed he would live his dream of playing at collegiate level, and perhaps even as a professional. That dream, however, ended abruptly due to a serious knee injury.
The Latest... The Motherhood Luncheon presented by the Can! Academies is a yearly event held to pay tribute to strong civic-minded women who are also mothers.
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