Mi Casa Transitional Housing Program

In 1998, Consejo developed the Mi Casa to assist homeless Latino women and children who are victims of domestic violence who fled their abusers to safety and put an end to the violence threatening their lives once and for all. Mi Casa is a one-of-a-kind development in Washington. Residents are mostly low-income. Many have no income at all because, typically, their abuser was the sole wage earner in their household. All adult residents are primarily monolingual Spanish speaking clients. Some are also undocumented residents although their children are primarily citizens of the United States and speak fluent English. Aside from an array of Domestic Violence Services, all of these women and their children have access to Consejo’s broad continuum of services including children’s programming, mental health, substance abuse, youth programming, peer support groups and Effective Parenting Classes. Mi Casa houses up to five families at a time. Each family has one bedroom in a large home with their own private bathroom. In 2005, Mi Casa provided a total of 4,115 bednights of safety for Latina victims and their children.