Transcend: Empowerment, Recovery and Re-entry Program

Casa Esperanza’s Transcend: Empowerment, Recovery and Re-entry program will serve Latine returning citizens with substance use or co-occurring mental health disorders in Massachusetts. By delivering integrated recovery-oriented services in culturally appropriate Spanish language, participants will have access to expanded services focused on reintegration and reduced recidivism. Casa expects over 40 percent of clients to be monolingual Spanish speakers and all to be below the national poverty line.
Casa will subcontract with an independent evaluator (TRX Development Solutions LLC) to measure the program’s success through the number of assessments completed, case management services provided, and staff training. Casa’s Transcend team will administer prerelease screenings for services directly in the correctional facilities to support successful transitions from incarceration to reintegration. Casa anticipates completing 200 screening assessments throughout the project’s lifespan, with 125 receiving prerelease services and 100 continuing to engage through post-release.

Expected outcomes include reduced recidivism, significant decreases in substance use at the six-month follow-up, reduction in feelings of depression and anxiety, increased rates of sustained employment, and increases in permanent or long-term transitional housing.