Mission | Purpose | Goals and Objectives

The Casa de la Esperanza (House of Hope) family, farm worker housing site is owned and operated by the Boulder County Housing Authority (BCHA). The mission of the BCHA is to foster the availability of quality, affordable housing and related services for the residents of Boulder County, using broad community resources. It will accomplish this mission through community collaboration, effective services and programs, efficient resource management and expansion of funding sources. The Boulder Community Housing Corporation is the non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization that serves as the umbrella agency for the Casa de la Esperanza Resident Program. The BCHA is the fiscal agent for the Resident Program.

Casa de la Esperanza is made up of seven buildings, six of which are the apartment housing. Thirty-two, three and four bedroom apartments compose Casa de la Esperanza and house an average of 85 children and 70 adults. The seventh building is the community center and the heart of the activity at Casa de la Esperanza. The community center is made up of a large community room, management office, restrooms, laundry facilities and has two wings: a Head Start classroom and a larger academic center for the Resident Program.

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The purpose of the Resident Program is to improve self-esteem, school performance, and respect for home and school by providing the participants with a positive, caring environment through educational and recreational activities. It is an asset-based program that aims to connect the program participants with opportunities that will empower and educate them. The program activities occur in the academic center, community room, playground and outside common area including the basketball court. The academic center is made up of a larger computer lab that contains a dozen top of the line computer stations with Internet access, scanner, CD-Writer, network printer and a second color printer plus a variety of educational and resource software. It also has a small classroom, storage area and program coordinator’s office. The community room is used for both academic and recreational activities, community meetings, and celebrations.

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Goals of the Casa de la Esperanza Resident Program are:

• To provide secure, safe, enriching, and fun activities for the children of Casa de la Esperanza and other program participants.
• To offer structured, participatory activities as an alternative to non-structured, aimless, and sometimes destructive behavior.
• To offer dependent care for the farm worker families who are unable to be at home in the after school or summer hours.
• To make other agencies and programs in the community more accessible to the residents for eventual greater community involvement.
• To provide assistance for academic success and promote secondary education to the limited English proficient students.

Objectives of the Casa de la Esperanza Resident Program are:

• Provide 70 school aged children with academic assistance with tutorial assistance, educational resources, enrichment classes and promoting post secondary education.
• Provide 75 children aged 4 to 18 years of age and 30 adults with computer access and instruction to bridge the technology gap, providing them computer knowledge and skills.
• Distribute 50 used computers to the Resident Program participants and other low-income individuals helping them access technology at home.
• Provide at least 5 structured activities every week for the students and their parents.
• Recruit 20 volunteers yearly to provide needed services and classes to the community.
• Collaborate with at least 12 agencies and programs to bring added services and resources to the community.

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