Supportive Housing at Casa Esperanza provides a safe and sober living environment that promotes continuing recovery and the development of independent living skills for residents. Casa Esperanza operates Nueva Vida, a15 resident supportive housing facility for Latino men in recovery Dunmore Place, 6 modern units, designed specifically for women and their children, and two new family units for women and children on Eustis Street. Additionally, we are now in the planning stages of building Nueva Esperanza, 14 new units for single women, which we expect to open in 2009.
Like the Residential Programs, the Supportive Housing Program is based on an integration of the12-Step philosophy of recovery and evidence-based practices. The goal of Supportive Housing is to help residents become self-sufficient through employment and return to family and community life. Services Include:
- Counseling and Case Management, designed to assist residents in meeting critical health, rehabilitative and other personal/life goals, while assisting each resident in meeting four overarching goals: maintaining sobriety/recovery; gaining residential stability; increasing their skills and income, and obtaining a greater level of self-sufficiency.
- Referrals to agencies, such as the BHA, for permanent housing program to assist residents with alternative housing arrangements upon leaving the program.
- Referrals to Relapse Prevention & Outpatient Services located within one block of the residences
- Provide training in activities of daily living, such as financial management, meal preparation and nutrition, personal hygiene and fitness, personal and fire safety, household management, and conflict resolution skills that will help residents to maintain permanent housing
- On going concerns of residents will be addressed through referrals to primary health services, substance abuse outpatient counseling, medical and dental services, HIV testing and counseling, vocational and job counseling, and educational services.
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For more information or housing applications please contact Casa Esperanza. |
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