Viable Options in Community Endeavors, Inc. (VOICE) was established in Corsicana in 1992 by Lois Jean Hart as a Texas nonprofit corporation. A small group of citizens began meeting together to find solutions to the problems that existed locally. The group identified needs in the community and developed a plan to help the local children strengthen protective factors that encourage positive lifestyles and reduce risk factors contributing to negative lifestyles.

The group began providing programs and services for at-risk youth living in Corsicana. Utilizing a small staff and many volunteers, an after-school and a summer program were started at the Martin Luther King Community Center to teach and reinforce skills that would assist these youth in succeeding academically and socially.

Prior to VOICE, Ms. Hart founded the youth substance abuse prevention program called PRIDE [Practicing Reasoning in Drug Education] and received funding for this project from the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse during a four-year cycle 1989-93.

In 2008-09 Fiscal Year VOICE is pleased to announce partnerships with schools in Freestone, Limestone, Henderson, and Hill Counties to their drug prevention and after school programs.