From Google Reviews: La Casa Inc. in Las Cruces, NM has a 2.9-star rating based on 108 reviews, Many reviews express concerns about management and organization. Management Issues: Reviews mention disorganization and communication problems. Work Environment: Mixed feedback on employee treatment and management practices. Management Concerns: Employees express dissatisfaction with management, citing issues like lack of organization and communication. Work Experience: While some find the work meaningful and fulfilling, others report a challenging work environment due to management practices. My best friend had a highly negative experience with La Casa in Las Cruces. This organization took my friend on as a client, a woman who was in an abusive relationship. I have read the other reviews here and on google. I wanted to make a few comments. My girlfriend had a weirdly similar experience as to another posters here on Yelp. She also said she had done all these intakes and paperwork for assistance. And that the organization had she constantly re-filling out paperwork that they "had lost'". My friend had an fair experience while at the shelter and tried very hard to advocate for herself while there. The problems started started when my friend just had to return to the bad relationship. She said that many of them had very limited options when leaving the place. And that La Casa was very indifferent to them once they had exited. My friend kept a detailed journal while at the shelter. She told me that she feel discriminated against because she was not Hispanic and did not speak Spanish. My best friend made several good friends among the other woman (an one man) while she was in the there for 3-4 months. She said she over heard female staff at the shelter make remarks about that males had "no business" being housed at the shelter. When I hear stuff like this, I did some research on domestic violence shelters. Most (if not all) get state and federal funding. That funding is contingent on that the organization "not discriminating" when it comes to race or gender. Treating my Caucasian friend differently because she is white and the attitude that "males'" have no place in the shelter environment is illegal. It's probably just a matter of time until this organization is sued and in a courtroom. read more

It was a strange place to drop off my donation. I had to leave everything outside after ringing a door bell. They didn't give me a receipt or have anyone greet me To take my stuff. read more

I'm not surprised that is place has such negative google reviews. They must have been able to rid themselves of bad yelp reviews by stating a new account. I wanted to share with all of you the experience my mother had with this shelter. My mom was fleeing from a near by state and La Casa brought her 500 miles from where she was had been living. They housed her for 3 months. She was in a hotel the first month. The minute she arrived in Las Cruces she begged for assistance with stuff related to DV, but they ONLY provided shelter. She appreciated that. But when my mother exited, she was worst off then when she arrived. She met with her case manager each week she was there. And every week with an outside case manager once she left. She abided by all the rules and was constantly doing "intakes" over and over. She often had to refill-out paperwork, because they were claiming to have "lost" the originals. When ever she begged for help or assistance, they would tell her we'll immediately "staff" that. Then she'd wait a week, and they'd still not have any answers for her. She told me that she made friends with several other shelter participates. La Casa claimed to help or assist with "transitional housing" My mother told me that several of the other women (and even men) just returned to their abusers because La Casa did nothing to assist them with housing once they left the shelter. Many just ended up in the LC homeless shelters. She said this (Nubia?) person in housing was the worst. She did the intake, my mom signed the paperwork, and then never heard from this woman again. She never returned my mother's calls or emails. And when my mom tried to follow up with her, crickets. Now how is this helping a woman (or a man) that has experienced DV? My mother is friends with several individuals in the Santa Fe (roundhouse) That's what they call the state legislature in NM. I told her that maybe they need to pull the state funding for the non-profit-until La Casa can show they are really helping DV victims who they take in and are leaving them in better place than when arrived at this organization. My mother's advice: seek help elsewhere in NM if you're a victim of domestic violence. read more