CAPA’s Story
Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization primarily serving Jackson County, Missouri, and the surrounding Kansas City metropolitan area. CAPA was founded in 1975 as a parenting helpline, staffed by volunteers and members of the Junior Service League. CAPA became a United Way partner agency in 1978. Since those early days, CAPA has grown from a simple helpline to a holistic agency that provides counseling and treatment programs for children and non-offending caregivers who have experienced abuse or trauma, child abuse prevention education, parenting education classes, and home-visiting family support services.
What does CAPA do?
- CAPA offers both individual and family counseling for children and adults who have experienced child abuse, neglect, or family trauma.
- CAPA’s Healthy Families Jackson Country Program provides home-visiting services for parents of young children to support them in developing strong families.
- CAPA offers educational classes to strengthen families, school-based prevention programs, and community education opportunities to help individuals, business leaders, and community groups recognize and prevent child abuse and neglect.