Casa Aurora

Casa Aurora is our state-of-the-art gender responsive clinical program for female offenders. The program is a Female Rehabilitative Community Correctional Center that provides services for up to 83 women.
Our program provides a broad range of habilitation and rehabilitation, including:

• Trauma treatment due to abuse and battering
• Educational development and vocational training
• Job skills, including how to interview, what to wear, and how to behave
• Daily living skills including budgeting, cooking, and self-care
• Parenting courses to support parenting responsibilities
• Treatment for substance abuse
• Treatment of underlying psychiatric disorders
• Treatment of medical and dental problems, and promotion of health and wellness
• A safe and nurturing environment in which trust can be developed to confront the shame and guilt that results from their past substance abusing and criminal behavior
• Skill building to develop self-esteem, confidence, and tools for pro-social living
• Problem solving, anger management and other decision skills
• Pro-social leisure activities

Casa Aurora is a vital next step in the treatment continuum for women who begin treatment in prison, and are ready to serve the remainder of their sentence in a therapeutic, community-based setting.