Organization: CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY INC
Mission: CAPC strives to promote the safety of children and prevent child abuse by raising community awareness, educating our community, and by providing resources and support to families.
Activities: The Parent Partner Program is a mentoring and support program serving parents as they navigate through the child welfare dependency court system. Parent partners are paraprofessional with a shared personal history of involvement with the child welfare system and have sustained successful outcomes. Their guidance is essential to insure parents reunify with their children following the removal by Children and Family Services. During the fiscal year 2019-2020 parent partners mentored 152 parents and 244 youth.
The Nurturing Parenting Center Based Program is an evidence-based, primary prevention program providing parent education to at-risk, low-income families of vulnerable populations in Contra Costa County. This 20-week course provides culturally and linguistically appropriate education to parents in a direct service approach to prevent child abuse and neglect. During the fiscal year 2019-2020 CAPC graduated 305 parents and 329 children.
The Baby Bag Program distributes essential information on child safety, child development and child abuse prevention to parents at hospitals, clinics and birthing centers in Contra Costa County. Each bag also contains CAPC's "Surviving Parenthood, A Resource Directory for Contra Costa County". During the fiscal year 2019-2020 CAPC distributed approximately 5,919 baby bags in English and Spanish to new parents. CAPC distributed an additional 18,268 Surviving Parenthood Resources Directory booklets to the community.
NTEE category: Human Services
Secondary category: Food, Agriculture & Nutrition