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Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP)

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For more than thirty years, the Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) has given children the tools they need to prevent and report child abuse. Using life-sized puppets to provide school children with safety information, CAPP’s Child Safety Workshops have reached more than half a million children across New York City.

CAPP’s goal is to ensure that all children receive their basic right to safety so that they can have the opportunity to grow and thrive. Teaching children to recognize, resist and report physical and sexual abuse helps to keep them safe and works to end the cycle of abuse. By giving children a chance to feel loved and valued, they can embrace their childhood and achieve their potential. The cornerstone of CAPP’s work is an award-winning program that utilizes life-sized puppets to educate eight-and nine-year-olds about physical and sexual abuse, providing them with the tools to decipher between safe and unsafe touch. CAPP also trains school counselors and social workers about the dynamics of abuse and offers parenting classes to help parents learn positive parenting skills as an alternative to corporal punishment.

Contact Us:
Phone: 212-660-1376
Email: capp@nyfoundling.org

To schedule a CAPP workshop at your school call 212-660-1376 or email us at trevor.raushi@nyfoundling.org

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Success Stories

Nyyim Achieves his Lifelong Dream

Nyyim, a young adult in our TFFC Foster Care program, had an interest in the military since the age of 7 - and with the support of The Foundling, he completed his school's ROTC program and became a US Marine this summer! Joseph Alexander, a Foundling staff member who has worked with Nyyim over the past two years, attended his boot camp graduation ceremony. "I was able to witness one of the most amazing young men I’ve ever known accomplish the dream that has carried him through a rather difficult childhood," he shared.

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Our Continued

Impact

Up to 96%

of families avoided foster care placement

153

years providing life changing services to children, families, and adults in New York

64%

of children that are mistreated every year have at least one developmental disability

150+

instances of serious abuse or neglect uncovered as a result of participation in the CAPP program

40+

programs and services serving children, families, and adults across New York and Puerto Rico

evidence-based models and adaptations implemented with fidelity across our array of programs and service areas

DID YOU KNOW

When young people age out of the foster care system at age 21, they're at a higher risk of homelessness, incarceration, and early parenthood

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Contact Information

Phone: 212-660-1376
Email: capp@nyfoundling.org

To schedule a CAPP workshop at your school call 212-660-1376 or email us at trevor.raushi@nyfoundling.org

HISTORY

1972
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