Our Impact

From our beginning, Su Casa de Esperanza has emphasized the strength of family, at the family level. From pregnancy through toddlerhood, the heart of our mission is equipping and empowering women, providing useful family skills, supplying health and wellness information, encouraging youth to stay in school, sharing community resources, and reinforcing family values. We provide our services at no cost to our families. We encourage self-empowerment and instill strong family values. We create more equitable learning environments. We accomplish our mission person-to-person, with women supporting women, and moms mentoring moms. 

2020 At A Glance

  • 75

    mothers participated in the Prenatal Phase of the Early Childhood Development Program. Staff home visitors worked with the mothers-to-be in their homes monthly until Covid-19. Services continue remotely since then.

  • 53

    healthy babies born to mothers participating in 2020 Prenatal Program.

  • 119

    babies and mothers (238 participants) received support and instruction twice weekly from staff home visitors in their homes through the Infant Stimulation phase of the Early Childhood Development Program until Covid-19. Services continue remotely since then.

  • 311

    toddlers, mothers, and fathers participated in developmental activities at our centers until Covid-19. Services continue remotely since then.

  • 2,660

    staff home visits/phone calls to our families in Pharr and Progreso. In March, we began our services remotely.

2020 Accomplishments

  • Health for the Entire Family

    We offered nutrition and fitness classes and programs for families through partnerships with Texas A&M Agrilife and Methodist Healthcare Ministries. Classes focused on diabetes prevention and the effects of obesity on overall health. Due to Covid-19, we halted in-person presentations in March and will resume as soon as possible.

  • Summer Educational Enrichment

    Our two week summer program is for alumni, ages 6-12 years old. Sixty youth in summer of 2019 came together for a variety of experiences. The Pharr Library presented storytelling and literacy skills, and our students celebrated their heritage while seeking to better understand the person they are and hope to become. Due to safety precautions during Covid-19, we did not have our summer camp in 2020.

  • Expansion in Progreso

    Since 2001, our Progreso program has been housed out of a Hidalgo County portable. In 2020, thanks to the help of individuals, businesses, churches, and foundations, we completed construction on a 4,000 square foot facility. Su Casa De Esperanza is now serving more Mid-Valley families thanks to so many community partners.

  • Collaboration and Community Partnerships

    Through our partnerships with Hope-2-Others Foundation, Knapp Community Care Foundation, United Way of South Texas, Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation, and other private foundations and public agencies, we educated our families and connected them to current parenting and early childhood development resources.

  • Passionate Staff and Trust

    Staff provided critical social and emotional support for families. We assisted mothers with recommendation letters for citizenship, translated federal documents for families, assisted with the completion of forms, and provided advice on community resources, especially due to Covid-19. We hosted celebrations for families who would not otherwise be able to afford on their own.

  • New Branding and Logo

    Our new logo was adopted in August 2020. The sun with its rays signifies hope (“esperanza”) and “a point of light” - who we hope to be for our families. The house for the “A” in Casa symbolizes our home but also that our services are delivered by home visitors. The primary colors signify early childhood; green is our main color to honor our original logo.