"Casa de Esperanza"
Jodi Sandfort, Associate Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

This case documents the main leadership and management decisions made in the life of a nonprofit founded to provide safe haven for Latinas experiencing domestic violence. Through three segments (Case A, B & C), the case chronicles the life cycle development of the organization, from organizational founding, expansion, dependence upon government funding, and ultimately transformation so the agency can operate "bi-culturally" - both effectively garnering mainstream resources and creating new programs from within Latino values. The development of this organization is cast in relation to the evolution of the larger domestic violence movement.