Community for the Re-education
and growth of Character
Hogar CREA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention
and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse, since 1968.

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What do we do at Hogar CREA?
Hogar CREA, Inc. is an private nonprofit organization dedicated to the recovery and rehabilitation of persons struggling with substance abuse. Hogar CREA, Inc. is a re-education community that believes persons with addictions can fully recover and reclaim their place in the society, in their communities, and even in their own homes. The very name of Hogar Crea translates to ‘Create Home’ in Spanish.

Hogar CREA implements unconventional techniques to help people re-learn decision-making skills. It functions as a therapeutic community home.

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Testimonials
  • This program must be very successful. The guys in the program stop at my shop every week to sell flan, cheese cake and pastries. The men are always very humble and respectful. They are willing to answer any questions and are very honest. I think it is great that these guys are out there earning money to help pay for their housing while in the rehab program. I just wish the flan wasn’t so damn good because I need help with my willpower skills.

    Heather Leseney
  • This is a caring helpful group of people who strive to change the way an addict looks at life. I would recommend Crea to anyone who has a real interest in changing there lifestyle. The staff there understands how an addicts mind works and they will work with everyone on an individual basis to create a proper work plan to help individuals move forward back into the community as respectful members of society!!!

    Jeremy Stankiewicz
  • This is a caring helpful group of people who strive to change the way an addict looks at life. I would recommend Crea to anyone who has a real interest in changing there lifestyle. The staff there understands how an addicts mind works and they will work with everyone on an individual basis to create a proper work plan to help individuals move forward back into the community as respectful members of society!!!

    Jeremy Stankiewicz

About Hogar CREA

About Hogar CREA CREA is actually a Spanish acronym which, when translated, stands for Community for the Re-Education and Growth of Character". At Hogar CREA, Inc. we believe in, self-effort, and collective responsibility, and mutual help.

Hogar CREA was established by the founder, Juan Jose on the 28th of May, 1968, in the Saint Just Ward Municipality. Since then, Hogar Crea, Inc. has focused on preventing substance and alcohol abuse, and offering therapeutic alternatives to recover and rehabilitate individuals from these addictions.

Hogar CREA currently operates one hundred and four facilities across United States, Puerto Rico, South America, and Central America. Our services include recovery and rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug addiction to adults, within a residential environment.

The directors in the re-education homes are people who themselves have been re-educated through this program. Thus, they themselves are a testimony of the effectiveness of this re-education program. It also makes the entire recovery and rehabilitation processes much more effective. This is because a person who himself/herself used to struggle with addictions, would be able to better guide others in the same situation. It helps to build up a peer morality, allowing the directors to closely understand the individuals struggling against substance abuse.

At each of our residential facilities for re-education purposes, we offer a homely environment. We help the residents form a favorable character by exposing to various spiritual, emotional, moral and physical mechanisms.

Our residents perform themselves all the chores at the Home. These daily duties help in reconstructing their lives as they learn to take up individual as well as collective responsibilities.

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