From grassroots to cutting-edge, Casa Esperanza has been seeking better ways to help families break the cycle of addiction and build a community of recovery for more than two decades:
- In 1987, Casa Esperanza opened Massachusetts’ first bilingual/bicultural residential treatment facility for 25 men, based on AA’s 12-step philosophy of treatment and culturally adapted to serve the needs of the Latino community.
- In 1995, Casa Esperanza addressed a key barrier to women seeking treatment services by opening the Latinas y Niños Center, the Commonwealth’s first bilingual/bicultural residential treatment program allowing residents to maintain custody and care of their children.
- In June 2006, Casa Esperanza once again extended the reach of hope as we broke ground on an innovative community center for people in recovery—Familias Unidas. Scheduled for completion in Summer 2007, the “Families United” Center will serve as a long-term anchor for people in recovery as they work to rebuild their lives.
- In 2007, Casa Esperanza was chosen to represent SAMHSA at the Latino Addiction Conference as a national model for substance abuse treatment.
- In response to the growing concern about the lack of safe supportive housing for single women, we are now in the planning stages of building Nueva Esperanza, 14 new units for single women, which we expect to open in 2009.
Today, Casa is a recognized leader in developing holistic approaches to substance abuse treatment, helping people gain the skills they need to become self-sufficient and reuniting families torn apart by addiction. Understanding that recovery is a lifelong process, Casa Esperanza has continued to evolve to meet the unique, long-term needs of people in recovery, providing integrated, tailored services to each individual and each family, including: affordable sober housing; parent-child education and reunification; job training, placement, and advancement; trauma counseling; and health and wellness services with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, tobacco cessation, nutrition and exercise.
By focusing on whole people, not a single problem, Casa seeks to help families regain the lives they have lost and create a strong, supportive community for those who hope to follow in their footsteps.
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