About Hogar Crea – Reading
East of the Schuylkill River in Reading, Pennsylvania, and south of Reading’s city center, you can find one of Hogar Crea’s six treatment centers in Pennsylvania. Here, Hogar Crea offers a residential treatment program for people in severely disadvantaged positions. As a nonprofit organization, they rely on donations and fundraising to allow them to be able to provide the services they offer.
Their model for helping people recover from alcohol or substance addictions takes place within an intensive residential community. The program runs for 12 months, during which participants undergo individual and group therapy. The goals at all times are to develop the skills needed to sustain recovery and sobriety as well as to develop the inner strength of character the residents need to face their individual challenges.
The residential program requires strict abstinence from substance use, adherence to the program’s rules, and participation in activities. These activities (like sport, art, occupational training, and education) run side by side with the therapeutic program and are meant to help develop skills and character within the residents. This dual focus allows a person to recover safely from their addiction while also strengthening them for the phase of life they’ll enter after graduating.