The Iowa Department of Human Services contracts with Prevent Child Abuse Iowa to administer the Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) program in Iowa. 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.

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

To accomplish this, CBCAP activities should:

• offer assistance to families
• 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

Community Partnerships for Protecting Children sites develop, implement and evaluate these activities locally in communities across Iowa.
These include:

Crisis Child Care
     Adams, Adair, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Dallas, Franklin, Grundy, Hancock, Union, Winnebago and Worth counties

Group and Home-Based Parent Education
     Adams, Adair, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay, Delaware,
     Dickinson, Fayette, Floyd, Hancock, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Keokuk, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monona, Montgomery,
     Muscatine, Worth, Winnebago, Osceola, O’Brien, Shelby, Harrison, Poweshiek, Tama, Washington, Van Buren, Polk, Lyon, Plymouth,
     Union, Webster and Pocahontas

Parent Support Groups
     Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Hamilton, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Linn, Polk, and Sioux

Respite Child Care
     Allamakee, Audubon, Bremer, Butler, Carroll, Clayton, Dubuque, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Johnson, Howard and Winneshiek,

Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Activities
     conducted by all CPPC sites

Prevent Child Abuse Iowa also subcontracts with Iowa Respite and Crisis Care Coalition to offer respite care to families with children with disabilities and crisis care to families in need of emergency child care.

FFY 2008 CPPC Site Press Release

Click here to download a sample press release for you to use to announce your FFY 2008 CBCAP grant award. Click here for detailed instructions on how to distribute your press release locally.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Lisa Golly at , 1-800-CHILDREN, or 515-244-2200

FFY 2008 CBCAP Reporting Forms

FFY 2008 Report Form
FFY 2008 Family Information Form

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For general comments and questions, please contact:

Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
505 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Phone: 515-244-2200
Toll Free: 800-237-1815
Fax: 515-280-7835
Email:

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