Safe, Strong & Free

    Child Assault Prevention (CAP) addresses the issue of child abuse and neglect by providing information to adults and children of Ottawa County to lessen their vulnerability to abuse and neglect through education and awareness.  CAP is based on teaching children the realities of abuse and neglect so that they can be better prepared to recognize and deal with potentially dangerous situations.  Whether those situations are sexual assaults, physical abuse, or bully situations on the playground, the philosophy of CAP is to help children be less vulnerable.  The key to success lays in its foundation- its basic philosophy of empowerment and positive reinforcement.

·        CAP workshops help prevent child abuse and neglect through a three-pronged approach.  School staff members, parents and future parents are offered programs which give them skills to recognize and report abuse along with strategies to use at home, in the classroom and in the community.

·        Children’s workshops are offered to all Headstart Preschool programs, all first and fourth grade students and eighth grade students in Ottawa County.

·        CAP is a nationally recognized program.  The curriculum is research based.  CAP is currently in 39 states and in 38 counties in Ohio.  CAP has been translated into 7 languages including American Sign Language.

·        CAP has 7 active volunteers.  Volunteers are instrumental to the CAP program.

Come and see what CAP is all about and have some fun!!!

We will be at the Chili-Cook Off

at Camp Run-in-muck in Marblehead on April 30 and May 1. 

Come join the fun!!!!

If your organization would like CAP to do a presentation or you are interested in being a volunteer please call

Tonya M. Couture-Grubb at 419-734-3021 or e-mail to tmcg35@aol.com

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Posted April 16, 2005