CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION
503 E 23rd Street, Independence, MO 640551502 capacares.org

Total Revenue
$1,866,615
Total Expenses
$1,558,299
Net Assets
$952,996

Organizations Filed Purposes: To prevent and treat all forms of child abuse by creating changes in individuals, families, and society which strengthen family relationships and promote healing. The Association provides education, counseling and family support program services.

Counseling: CAPA's Counseling Program provides trauma-focused individual and group therapy and case management services for child victims of abuse and their non-offending family members. The Counseling Program is designed to help children, youth, and their families overcome the negative effects of traumatic life events such as child sexual abuse, physical abuse or exposure to family or community violence. Counseling increases the protective factors of stress-management skills, affect regulation, problem solving, safety skills, communication skills, self-esteem, and interpersonal trust. In 2019, this program served a total of 596 individuals. In-kind specialized services with a value of $367,148 were donated to this program.

Family Support Services: CAPA's prevention efforts includes on-going family support services designed to keep kids safe from abuse by strengthening families through in-home case management as well as an intensive parenting support group. These services prevent child abuse by increasing family resiliency, knowledge of parenting and child development, and to increase the presence of social supports within the family. They also help to increase bonding and attachment between parents and children. CAPA bases its home-visiting program on the Healthy Families America model and the parenting support group on the Strengthening Families curriculum created by the University of Iowa. These tools give CAPA a powerful and verifiable strategy for helping to keep kids safe from child abuse. In 2019, this program served 92 individuals. In-kind specialized services with a value of $15,418 were donated to this program.

Prevention Education: CAPA's abuse prevention education programming is designed to empower communities to create healthy and safe homes for children. The goal of this service is to prevent child abuse by giving parents, caregivers, educators and children the tools and knowledge needed to keeps kids healthy and safe. As part of its prevention strategy, CAPA provides educational programming to the community, which includes parenting classes, mandated reporter trainings to area childcare workers and school district employees, and safety-skills trainings to elementary-aged children designed to give children the tools needed to protect themselves from abuse. In 2019, this program served at least 1,402 individuals with prevention education programming. The program's expenses are included in the Counseling budget since staff and resources are shared. CAPA's programs and operations were supported in 2019 by 81 volunteers who generated more than 15,358 hours of service.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Rochelle ParkerExecutive Director40$117,275
Jhordan WoodwardBoard Member0.25$0
Angela VolkmerVP Resource Development0.25$0
Emily SnowBoard Member0.25$0
R Scott SmithTreasurer0.25$0
Justin ShirelyBoard Member until March 20190$0
Tom SeckVP Program Committee, resigned March 20190$0
Katie RooneyBoard Member0.25$0
Meredeth ParrishPresident0.5$0
Jen Oswald BrownBoard Member0.25$0
Mary HouseBoard Member0.25$0
Kelle GilmoreVP Governance Committee0.25$0
Jill EsrySecretary0.25$0
Shanna DennieBoard Member0.25$0
Alex ColleyBoard Member until March 31, 20190$0
Kirk BeyeBoard Member, resigned January 20190$0

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