CAP4KIDS: The Children's Advocacy Project

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CAP4KIDS is known as The Children’s Advocacy Project that was developed in 2005. The purpose of this organization is to provide reliable information about resources in communities for healthcare providers, social workers, child advocates, and parents and teens. There are thirteen CAP4KIDS city and they all have a different tab on the website. You can then click on the city you live in or are closest to and see many different tabs with different topics. CAP4KIDS is proud of their easy to use parent handouts and say they are the backbone of their organization. These handouts allow everyone to easily find resources including employment option, health care, after school programs, and multiple other resources. Also, the site makes it easy for everyone

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