Casa Esperanza, Inc. is a bilingual and bicultural behavioral health center that specializes in providing a continuum of comprehensive behavioral health, primary care, and support services in Spanish and English to the Latine community in Massachusetts.
Our Mission
Our mission is to empower individuals and families to recover from addiction, trauma, mental illness and other chronic medical conditions; overcome homelessness; and achieve health and wellness through comprehensive, integrated care.
We believe…
That behavioral health treatment is a human right;
That culture, in all of its diverse representations plays an essential role in each person’s unique pathway in recovery;
That physical, mental and spiritual health are the essential building blocks of economic independence, family reunification, and community development;
We believe that our work is about sustaining hope and encouraging dreams – helping people move beyond “just getting by” so they can lead lives filled with pride, purpose, and love.
Our Roots
Casa began in 1984 as a grassroots response to the addiction crisis in the Latine community. Over time, Casa established a nationally recognized, integrated care model to deliver evidence-based recovery treatment and mental health services to multiply-diagnosed Latine patients. This integrated model remains rooted in the self-help and self-sufficiency traditions in which we were founded to remain accountable to our mission, clients and community.
Casa Esperanza opens first bilingual/bicultural residential addiction treatment program
Casa answered the growing need among graduates for sober, affordable, transitional housing by opening Nueva Vida, a graduate house for men
Opens first bilingual/bicultural residential program for pregnant/postpartum women in Massachusetts
Opens Dunmore Place, supportive, permanent housing for families
Opens Familias Unidas, bilingual/bicultural mental health services
Publishes first research article “Client Retention in Residential Drug Treatment for Latinos”
Founder Rick Quiroga retires, Emily Stewart becomes Executive Director. Opens Nueva Esperanza, supportive, permanent studio units
Familias Unidas is licensed as a CARF accredited mental health clinic
Launches Greater Boston’s only Spanish language Structured Outpatient Addictions Program (SOAP)
Partners with Boston Healthcare for the Homeless to offer integrated primary and behavioral healthcare
Opens Conexiones, a bilingual/bicultural Clinical Stabilization Services program
Launches youth substance use and HIV/STI prevention intervention Mi Vida, Mi Historia
Adds Telehealth service delivery option during the COVID-19 pandemic
Receives Federal Grant to Establish Greater Boston’s First Bilingual/Bicultural Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic
Initiates the license of the first fully bilingual ATS/CSS and COE Program for Women
Our Values
Integrity
Communication
Respect
Teamwork
Dedication
Thank You
Thank you so much for supporting our mission to empower individuals and families to recover from addiction, trauma, mental illness and other chronic medical conditions; overcome homelessness; and achieve health and wellness through comprehensive, integrated care! We deeply appreciate your support for healthcare access and equity.
