La Casa Hogar

Citizenship Education and Legal Services La Casa Hogar is a recognized Department of Justice (Executive Office for Immigration Review) Organization and employs DOJ-accredited staff. The program offers high-quality, trauma-informed and culturally competent citizenship education and legal representation to hundreds of eligible lawful permanent residents in their journey to become U.S. citizens. Citizenship alone affords many concrete benefits to immigrant people such as the right to vote, economic stability, higher likelihood of purchasing a home, family reunification, and safety from deportation.

Early Learning Center (Escuelita) - Early Learning Center (Escuelita)offers a bilingual (Spanish/English) school readiness program for children, ages 3 - 5, who otherwise would not have preschool education. The Escuelita uses the linguistically and culturally competent, "Creative Curriculum and measures children's development across six developmental domains: linguistic, cognitive, mathematics, literacy, social emotional, and physical. Parents are incorporated in their child's learning experience through parent teacher conferences, volunteering, and parent-education and training classes in topics such as ACEs, methods of positive discipline, STEM and rights/responsibilities within the school system.

Adult Education The organization offers pre-GED education, technology literacy, parent advisory and civic engagement groups, English-Spanish language exchange classes, leadership development, and six levels of English as a Second Language classes. Each Year, the Adult Education Program alone serves approximately 200 families. Leadership development is a core element of this program and La Casa supports adult immigrant students to develop their self-confidence and skills to pursue positions of leadership at local organizations, businesses, boards, committees, and within La Casa Hogar itself.