Children’s Advocacy Programs of the Blue Ridge Inc. (CAPS)

TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN THROUGH
PREVENTION, EDUCATION, TREATMENT, AND ADVOCACY.
Every child has the right to a safe, permanent home; a loving and supportive environment; and the opportunity to be a child. Each year in the United States, millions of children are abused, neglected, or abandoned by their families. Eventually, many of these children end up in court with a judge deciding their future. Sometimes children become victims again, victims of an overburdened child welfare system. Sometimes a child can remain adrift in the system for months, even years. Every child deserves to begin their journey to recovery through a children’s advocacy center, a child-friendly place where even the smallest and most vulnerable of child victims can feel safe telling what has happened to them and where their healing can begin.