Casa Esperanza, Inc. (Boston)
Joshua Croom is an experienced producer currently working at Living on Earth since February 2022. In addition to this role, Joshua serves as a Recovery Specialist at Casa Esperanza, Inc. in Boston since July 2020. Previous positions include Real Estate Research Data Intern at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Municipal Data Analyst for the City of Revere, and Highway Safety Data Intern at MassDOT. Joshua has also contributed as a Tax Preparer with Quantity Tax Services and as a Corp Member with City Year. Educational qualifications include a Master's degree in City and Regional Planning with a focus on Housing and Community Development from Rutgers University and a degree in Community Development from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Hands-on experience includes data analysis for voter trends with the Watauga County Democratic Party and teaching in a volunteer program in Colombia.
Casa Esperanza, Inc. (Boston)
Casa Esperanza, Inc. is a bilingual and bi-cultural human services organization that specializes in serving the Latino community in Massachusetts. Our mission is to empower individuals and families to recover from substance use disorder, trauma, mental illness, and other chronic medical conditions; overcome homelessness; and achieve health and wellness through comprehensive, integrated care. Our services: Residential Recovery: Casa Esperanza's Men’s Program serves 29 adult men and Latinas y Niños serves 20 adult women and can also house up to 12 of children age ten or younger so clients in recovery may maintain or regain custody while still in treatment. Residential services usually last six to twelve months and offer evidence-based treatment methodologies as well as assisting clients with setting long-term goals for maintaining their recovery as they transition to independent living. Structured Outpatient Addictions Program (SOAP): Familias Unidas Outpatient Services is a licensed, CARF-accredited clinic that provides client-centered, integrated services to support the complex, long-term needs of people with co-occurring disorders. Familias is co-located with primary care services and is the only Spanish-language SOAP in Greater Boston. Supportive Housing: Nueva Vida provides15 single-occupancy units, Dunmore Place & 300 Eustis Street provides eight family units, and Nueva Esperanza provides 14 individual studio units for a total of 37 units of permanent safe, sober housing for individuals and families, with on-site support for maintaining recovery and building independent living skills. Clinical Stabilization: Conexiones is a structured 24-hour inpatient clinical stabilization program for individuals early in their recovery which includes nursing care, individual and group therapy, psycho-educational groups, case management, health education, and aftercare planning. Our job openings: https://www.casaesperanza.org/who-we-are/our-team/join-our-team/