Casa De Misericordia

Education center programthe education center provides educational and life skills classes aimed at helping victims of domestic violence become self-sufficient. Casa works with the mexican consulate and individuals from the community to provide instructors and materials for each class. In fiscal year 2024, casa provided beauty, english as a second language (esl), sewing, health and wellness, and job and life skills classes. Through the educational and life skills classes, survivors of domestic violence are able to gain the skills needed to establish or supplement an income needed to attain financial independence. Beauty class had a total of 128 attendances, esl recorded 154 attendances, sewing class recorded 113 attendances, arts and crafts class recorded 120 attendances, music class recorded 281 attendances, health and wellness classes recorded 51 attendances, and citizenship classes reported 80 attendances.through the education center, casa provides many opportunities for community education. The education center provides domestic violence and teen dating violence presentations and awareness activities both in the center and out in the community. Casa has provided these presentations to different businesses, schools, social service and government agencies, and social, community and educational organizations. These presentations and activities help the community understand domestic violence, its effects, and how the community can support and respond to the needs of victims of domestic violence. In fiscal year 2024, casa provided 87 community presentations with attendances totaling 5,368, 33 television interviews and/or public service announcements, 6 radio interviews, and 17 newspaper interviews/articles.casa is committed to working with community collaborators. Casa is one of the founding members of the webb county domestic violence coalition, a grassroots organization composed of approximately 35 community organizations that meets monthly to discuss how best the community can address domestic violence. The coalition also facilitates an annual conference that brings together law enforcement, advocacy, education, health, and other community professionals.