Hogar CREA is an international drug rehabilitation institution founded in Puerto Rico.
In 1968, José Juan García founded Hogar CREA.
The acronym is for a Spanish phrase, comunidad de reeducación para adictos meaning 'community for the re-education of addicts'; crea is also a word meaning 'creates', and Hogar Crea translates to 'Home Creates'.
Participants were required to attend church services on Sundays until a court ruling changed that.
Besides Puerto Rico, facilities are also established in Florida,[4] Costa Rica,[5] Venezuela, Colombia, Dominican Republic,[6] Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.