2009 - 2010
Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants (CBCAP)
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| CBCAP was established in 1985 as part of the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. It is designed
to support networks of coordinated resources and activities to better strengthen and support families to reduce the
likelihood of child abuse and neglect.
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The CBCAP program is intended to:
- improve family functioning, problem solving and communication
- increase social support for families
- connect families to concrete supports
- increase knowledge about child development and parenting
- improve nurturing and attachment between parent and child
CBCAP (Community Based Child Abuse Prevention)
A program of the Children’s Trust of South Carolina and funded by the U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services, Administration for Children and Families.
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To accomplish this, CBCAP activities should:
- offer assistance to
- provide early, comprehensive support for parents
- promote the development of parenting skills, especially in young parents and parents with very young children
- increase family stability
- improve family access to other formal and informal resources and opportunities for assistance available within communities
- support the additional needs of families with children with disabilities through respite care and other services
- demonstrate a commitment to meaningful parent leadership, including among parents of children with disabilities, parents with disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, and members of underrepresented and underserved groups
- provide referrals to early health and development services
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| Click here to view the Grants Management Training Workshop Presentation
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2009-2010 CBCAP Funding Awards
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Charleston County – District 1
Community in Schools of Charleston
Student Support Program
$30,000
This program is designed to counter the risk factors associated with school failure by providing protective factors that can influence a student’s decision to remain in school and be successful in life. The program is focused on students attending Title I Unsatisfactory rated elementary and middle schools in Charleston and Berkley counties using the Lions Quest curriculum. The services provided include mentoring, tutoring, life skills education, case management, individual and group counseling sessions in drug/alcohol and teen pregnancy prevention, reading literacy activities, quality after school activities, service-learning opportunities, anger management and conflict resolution, and parent education and family cohesiveness activities.
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Lexington & Orangeburg Counties – District 2
Healing Species
Bump It Up Program
$32,066
The purpose of this program is to provide a compassion education and violence intervention program for 700 children to address learned, negative behaviors and break the cycle leading to the perpetuation of violence. Healing Species is expanding its services to provide a follow-up unit to three cohorts of students who have received the 11-week foundational program and to continue the foundational program at Clark Middle School for all incoming 6th graders. Rescued dogs are an integral part of the curriculum to develop compassion, responsibility, empathy, and citizenship given that oftentimes cruelty to animals is a precursor to abusive relationships to others.
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Pickens County – District 3
Clemson University
Building Dreams Program
$37,076
Building Dreams is a community-based one-on-one mentoring initiative for children and youth who have a parent in state or federal prison. With the assistance of local faith- and community-based partners, the program recruits and matches eligible children with volunteer adult mentors. Mentors commit to a one-year mentoring relationship with their mentee and meet for at least four hours a month in person. Mentors stay in touch with their mentees weekly through phone calls, emails or other means. The program also assists families and siblings by providing connections to supportive services and social networks.
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Greenwood County – District 3
Greenwood Community Children’s Center
Healthy Steps for Young Children Program
$32,500
The purpose of this program is to foster safe, healthy growth and development of children ages birth to three years. The Healthy Steps program promotes family strengthening, positive parent-child interactions, and increases the protective factor in families. All first time families in the target population receive parent education and support as well as regular screenings to detect and address risk factors for child maltreatment. Additional services are offered through home visits as well as office visits which coincide with pediatric visits, both of which give opportunities for practice and modeling of appropriate parenting behavior and skills.
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Pickens County – District 3
Prevent Child Abuse Pickens County
WINGS Home Visitation Program
$30,000
The purpose of this program is to provide in home pre-natal and parenting education and support to primarily low income, single teen mothers (first-time) in Pickens County. This program will collaborate with Palmetto’s Health’s Prenatal Clinic to identify clients. Last year 31 moms were served. The program will focus on prenatal health and well-being, positive parenting, stress management, and accessing supportive community resources utilizing the Healthy Families America model.
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Greenville County – District 4
Greenville Rape Crisis & Child Abuse Center
Fathers Are Essential Program
$15,630
This program is designed to reconnect fathers to the family by offering weekly programs which educate men on the appropriate skills required to build a healthy relationship with their child(ren), including education assistance and conflict resolution. Sixty-six men have participated in this program to date, 45% of whom were from the Upstate Fatherhood Coalition and Men’s Detention Center. In addition, the program will begin offering an additional 36 weeks of sessions for court-ordered fathers and participants in the 13th Judicial Circuit Drug Court. These sessions are focused on helping fathers gain the skills necessary to build healthy relationships with their children such as expressing affection, communicating, and disciplining.
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Newberry & Lexington Counties – District 5
Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program
$31,064
The purpose of this program is to provide training and specific skills to 500 adults (18 and older) on how to prevent, recognize and react to child sexual abuse. The participants are individuals who work and interact with youth, personally and professionally and are associated with community-based nonprofits or faith-based organizations. The training will utilize Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children curriculum.
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Florence, Darlington, Dillon, & Williamsburg Counties – District 6
PeeDee Coalition
Parenting with Excellence Program
$22,500
The purpose of this program is to provide parent education programs on-site at five child care centers in Florence, Darlington, Dillon and Willamsburg counties. The participants in the program will be the parents of children, whose ages are birth to four and are attending the center. Each center will host 15 one-hour parent education sessions, which will take place after the work day.
The Parenting With Excellence Programs focus is:
- To increase parents’ knowledge about children and parenting
- To give parents a chance to practice using what they have learned
- To teach parents how to prevent child abuse and neglect
- To teach parents to ways to expand their social network and build a broader base of parenting support (social connections)
- To teach parents how to cope and effectively deal with everyday stress or major crisis (parental resilience)
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Florence County – District 6
Lighthouse Ministries
Working Mothers Education & Support Program
$30,000
The purpose of this program is to serve as a specialized outreach to low-income mothers while providing them with life skills and resources known to prevent child abuse and neglect while increasing their ability to raise healthy children and manage stress.
The Working Mothers Education & Support Program has already served 121 low-income working mothers with a total of 146 children.
The programs four components are:
- teaching parenting skills
- teaching credit and money management
- providing participants with community resources
- providing hygiene kits and diapers for the participant’s small children in order to facilitate healthier children, reduce stress, and increase family finances.
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