Thursday, May 15, 2025
5/15/2025
La Casita Residential Pregnant and Postpartum Program - United Bronx Parents (UBP) is proposing to expand and enhance its "La Casita Residential Program" (La Casita) to serve 50 additional pregnant or postpartum women with substance use disorders and their minor children and family supports each year (150 women over the life of the grant), providing them with a full continuum of care that includes evidence-based substance abuse and mental health interventions, medical care, health and wellness education, HIV/STD education, smoking cessation, peer support, life skills training, parenting training, educational and vocational services, recreational activities, resource referral, housing location services, and on-site licensed child care. The women, drawn from the five boroughs of New York City, will all be low income (living below the Federal Poverty Line) and have active substance use disorders at the time of admission. Approximately 33% of the women served will be African American, 33% will be Hispanic/Latina, and 33% will be White. The average age of the women served will be 23-25 years old. Licensed by NYSOASAS and as an affiliate of the Acacia Network, La Casita will draw upon its rich history of serving pregnant and postpartum women suffering from substance use disorders, as well as that of the entire Network, for this proposed project. La Casita is a family-centered, bilingual, culturally competent and trauma-informed residential program designed to provide a safe and nurturing therapeutic environment for New York City's pregnant and postpartum women suffering from substance use issues and their minor children, in order to assist them in overcoming the debilitating effects of addiction and restoring dignity and self-reliance to each woman and family served. As a program under the umbrella of the Acacia Network, women served by La Casita benefit from access to the largest community based Latino-led health and human services agency in New York.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).