Houston Independent School District

Located in Houston, Foster Elementary School is recognized by the Texas Education Agency and provides academic instruction to more than 500 students in pre-kindergarten through grade five. The school teaches various subjects, including math, science, social studies, art, reading and writing, speech and language, physical education, music and language arts. Foster Elementary School has a library media center that supports the academic curriculum by providing physical and intellectual access to materials in multiple formats. In addition, the school offers English as a Second Language, gifted and talented, Title I and special education programs. Foster Elementary School is a part of the Houston Independent School District, which operates more than 300 elementary, middle and high schools and serves over 202,000 students annually.

Gulf Coast Community Services Association is one of Texas' largest community action agencies. Its mission in Harris County is to help low-income residents become self-sufficient. The association does this by offering a variety of services that include housing counseling, senior services, adult education classes, summer youth services, after-school programs, clothing and school supply vouchers, and food pantries. It also provides bus tokens for job search and medical appointments, transportation for elderly and disabled individuals, family needs assessments with follow-up, an employment skills program, prescription vouchers for needed medication and a Head Start program for more than 1,860 children in southeast Houston, Pasadena, Deer Park and South Houston, Texas. Gulf Coast Community Services Association is located in Houston.