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Administrative Offices
153 S. 5th Street
Chris's Place
300 South 9th Street
Salina, KS 67401
Telephone: (785) 825-4493
Fax: (785) 825-4736
email: caps@salhelp.org
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A United Way Community Partner
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Child Advocacy & Parenting Services
Improving the quality of children's lives and strengthening
families through education and support systems.
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Positive Family
Communication is
Important:
Parents who
communicate positively
create an environment
that encourages the
development of
emotionally secure
children and a stable
family.
Action Plan for Positive
Parent-Child
Communication:
1. Choose words that
your child can
understand.
2. Be a good listener.
3. Be direct, honest, and
open.
4. Be sensitive to the
emotional impact of the
messages you send
your child.
Think before you speak.
5. Make time each day to
have a conversation
about anything you or
your child like to discuss.
6. Use questions in
conversations with your
child to show your
interest and to generate
an open response.
All CAPS Services are
FREE OF CHARGE.
CAPS receives program funding from the
Salina Area United Way, local service
organizations, churches, memberships,
foundations, corporate grants and the
annual Celebrity Benefit Auction.
Local donations providing solutions to
local problems!
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Programs of CAPS:
Family Mentoring & Social Work Services-
Comprehensive services that provide professional and
emotional support for over-burdened families.
Services include social work case management,
weekly in-home visitation, crisis counseling and
one-on-one parent training.
Mornings Out for Moms/Dads (MOMS)-
Licensed child care for lower-income parents needing
time away from the stresses of parenting their young
children. Parents may use child care one morning
each week, Tuesday through Thursday mornings.
MOMS provides an enriched experience for children
ages three weeks through five years.
Parenting Education-
Positive discipline classes help parents develop the
knowedge and skills needed for healthy functioning
families. Multi-session classes are offered throughout
the year. Free child care is available at all parenting
classes.
Services Available in Spanish-
Social work case management, crisis intervention
services and one-on-one parent training through home
visitation are available for Spanish-speaking families.
CAPS also offers group parenting classes in Spanish
throughout the year.
Bullying Prevention-
(Click here for more information about Bullying)
Classroom presentations for elementary students
aimed at reducing the incidences of peer abuse.
Conflict resolution and empathy-building exercises
strengthen the roles of both targets and witnesses.
Happy Bear- (Click to watch a short clip)
Sexual abuse prevention instruction for children ages
4 through 8 years. This "good touch/bad touch"
program empowers children to trust their feelings, to
never keep secrets about touching and to tell
someone they trust if they ever get a "bad touch".
Chris's Place - Child Advocacy Center-
Opened in February of 2006 - Chris's Place is a child
advocacy center where serious physically and sexually
abused children in the NE Kansas region are
interviewed by specially trained investigators. CAPS
manages the center and provides 24-hour advocacy
and support. Victims are provided with
compassionate, non -judgmental services by
individuals who have the knowledge, experience and
advanced education key to assisting victims.
Smart Start-
A quality improvement grant program for Saline County
early childhood educators. The goal of Smart Start is
to ensure that all children enter school ready to learn.
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