As a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting survivors of physical and sexual abuse, CAPSA is committed to working with local businesses and organizations to create safe and supportive environments for survivors.
What is CAPSA?
CAPSA is a nonprofit organization that provides support, advocacy, and resources to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Our services include a 24-hour crisis hotline, emergency shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, and community outreach and education. We are dedicated to creating a community free from violence and abuse.
Benefits of Partnering with CAPSA
Expertise: CAPSA has been providing services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault for over 45 years. Our staff are trained and experienced experts in working with survivors and are knowledgeable about the issues related to domestic violence and sexual assault. When you partner with CAPSA, you are gaining access to this expertise and knowledge.
Customized Training: CAPSA can provide customized training to your organization on how to recognize and respond to domestic violence and sexual assault. This training can help create a culture of prevention and support in your workplace or organization.
Resources: CAPSA can provide your business or organization with resources such as posters, brochures, and other educational materials to help raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Corporate Social Responsibility: Partnering with a local nonprofit organization like CAPSA is an excellent way for businesses to demonstrate their commitment to creating and maintaining a sense of safety in our community. By supporting an organization that is dedicated to helping survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, businesses can show that they are invested in their community and making a positive impact. Supporting CAPSA showcases an organization’s dedication to social responsibility and ethical practices. This commitment can enhance the organization’s reputation and attract customers who value socially conscious businesses.
Employee Engagement: Involvement in supporting a cause like CAPSA’s can boost employee morale and engagement. Many employees appreciate working for companies that actively contribute to social causes they care about.
Long-term Impact: Supporting a nonprofit resource center for abuse victims helps create a lasting impact on the local community, potentially breaking cycles of abuse and providing essential support to those in need.
Here to Help
At CAPSA, we are committed to providing survivor-centered services that meet the unique needs of everyone who seeks our support. When you call CAPSA at 435-753-2500, you can expect a warm and welcoming response, information and support, advocacy and support, and confidentiality. We want survivors to know that they are not alone and that they have the power to make informed decisions about their safety and well-being. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault, please don’t hesitate to call CAPSA.
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At CAPSA, we believe that hope begins when you start by believing. This means that we approach survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence with trauma-informed responses, recognizing the impact that trauma can have on individuals and prioritizing their safety and well-being.
Why Trauma-Informed Responses Matter
Trauma-informed responses are essential for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence because of the impact that trauma can have on individuals. Responding in an appropriate, trauma-informed manner helps prioritize survivors’ safety and well-being. When survivors come forward, they are often met with skepticism and blame, which can exacerbate the trauma they have experienced. Trauma-informed responses, on the other hand, center the survivor’s experiences and prioritize their needs.
Trauma-informed responses also recognize that trauma can have long-lasting effects on individuals and that recovery is a process. By providing trauma-informed care, survivors are given the tools and resources they need to cope with the impact of trauma and move toward healing.
How CAPSA Provides Trauma-Informed Responses
At CAPSA, we are committed to providing trauma-informed responses to survivors. Here are some of the ways we do this:
Survivor-Centered Approach: CAPSA’s services are survivor-centered, which means that we prioritize the needs and experiences of survivors in all aspects of our work. We recognize that each survivor’s experience is unique, and we believe that survivors are experts in their own experiences and that they should be empowered to make decisions about their own healing journey. We work with survivors to develop safety plans that prioritize their safety and well-being. This includes providing information on legal options, counseling services, and emergency housing, all the while providing survivors with choices and empowering their independence.
Trauma-Informed Care: Our staff receive ongoing training in trauma-informed care to ensure that they have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide effective support to survivors. CAPSA’s staff, including caseworkers and therapists, recognize and understand trauma responses, such as the fight, flight, freeze, or fawn responses. This helps in avoiding re-traumatization and responding appropriately to survivors’ needs.
Peer Support: We offer peer-based support groups for survivors. These groups provide a safe and supportive space for survivors to connect with others who have experienced similar trauma.
Collaboration and Referrals: CAPSA collaborates with other local service providers and agencies to offer comprehensive support, effectively establishing a network for referrals, and ensuring survivors have access to various resources.
Trauma-Informed Programming: CAPSA has developed programs and activities that are mindful of trauma, such as yoga, art therapy, mindfulness practices, and support groups.
Cultural Sensitivity: CAPSA is sensitive to diverse cultural backgrounds and how trauma might intersect with various cultural experiences. At CAPSA, we know that providing culturally competent care is crucial to providing trauma-informed services.
Here to Help
At CAPSA, we are committed to providing survivor-centered services that meet the unique needs of everyone who seeks our support. When you call CAPSA at 435-753-2500, you can expect a warm and welcoming response, information and support, advocacy and support, and confidentiality. We want survivors to know that they are not alone and that they have the power to make informed decisions about their safety and well-being. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault, please don’t hesitate to call CAPSA.
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A mother and her two children were trapped and isolated in their home. Her husband was physically and emotionally abusive, and although she believed she was shielding her children from the abuse, the turning point came when her seven-year-old daughter witnessed her being strangled.
Overwhelmed and scared for herself, and even more terrified for the emotional scars on her children, she decided they had to leave. She reached out to CAPSA’s crisis phone line and, over several calls, worked with a caseworker to craft a plan for a safe departure. They fled their home during a brief window when her husband was out on an errand.
Upon arriving at CAPSA’s emergency shelter, her first request was to sleep, revealing, “I haven’t slept in months, fearing what he might do next.” During their stay, she met daily with her caseworker to devise a tailored action plan, with employment and housing as primary goals.
CAPSA’s youth advocates also stepped in, focusing on her children’s emotional healing. Their support continued beyond shelter, with home visits and support groups.
Securing a job at a call center, she began applying for rentals. It was then she discovered her partner had taken out credit cards in her name, damaging her credit. Devastated and fearing she’d never find a home, her caseworker arranged for her to move into a home in Independence Place, a CAPSA-owned neighborhood.
Imagine the joy and hope she felt walking her children into their own home – a truly safe home. As part of CAPSA’s transitional housing program, they received ongoing support from housing caseworkers, including home visits and support/educational groups.
Both she and her eldest child benefited from CAPSA’s clinical therapy. At her call center job, a customer with a deep voice once triggered a panic attack. She later shared that CAPSA’s therapy “helped me learn how to recognize my trauma and use grounding techniques to center myself.” For her seven-year-old daughter, therapy was a healing sanctuary where she was able to process her fears and her own trauma.
The legal journey, from divorce to creditor negotiations, was both challenging and costly. Thankfully, CAPSA’s COACH funds helped cover some expenses, allowing her to finalize her divorce just over a year after leaving.
After 1.5 transformative years in CAPSA’s shelter and then neighborhood, the family was ready and financially stable enough to move into their own place. In gratitude, she expressed, “I am so grateful for CAPSA and wish to move out early, so this home will be available for the next family like mine.”
When you donate to CAPSA, you provide a family with a safe home and wrap around supportive services to be successful.
Here is a breakdown of how your donation supported this family:
Crisis Phone Line (4 calls): $52.00
Emergency Shelter: $7,655.38
Youth Advocates: $2,094.69
Transitional Housing: $16,228.84
Clinical Therapy: $3,176.60
COACH Funds (Legal Fees): $2,500.00
Total Cost for Crisis and supportive services for this family was $31,717.51.
The Benefits of Partnering with CAPSA – Your Local Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Service Providers
As a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting survivors of physical and sexual abuse, CAPSA is committed to working with local businesses and organizations to create safe and supportive environments for survivors.
What is CAPSA?
CAPSA is a nonprofit organization that provides support, advocacy, and resources to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Our services include a 24-hour crisis hotline, emergency shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, and community outreach and education. We are dedicated to creating a community free from violence and abuse.
Benefits of Partnering with CAPSA
Here to Help
At CAPSA, we are committed to providing survivor-centered services that meet the unique needs of everyone who seeks our support. When you call CAPSA at 435-753-2500, you can expect a warm and welcoming response, information and support, advocacy and support, and confidentiality. We want survivors to know that they are not alone and that they have the power to make informed decisions about their safety and well-being. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault, please don’t hesitate to call CAPSA.
Hope Begins When You Start by Believing: Why Trauma-Informed Responses Matter for Survivors
At CAPSA, we believe that hope begins when you start by believing. This means that we approach survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence with trauma-informed responses, recognizing the impact that trauma can have on individuals and prioritizing their safety and well-being.
Why Trauma-Informed Responses Matter
Trauma-informed responses are essential for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence because of the impact that trauma can have on individuals. Responding in an appropriate, trauma-informed manner helps prioritize survivors’ safety and well-being. When survivors come forward, they are often met with skepticism and blame, which can exacerbate the trauma they have experienced. Trauma-informed responses, on the other hand, center the survivor’s experiences and prioritize their needs.
Trauma-informed responses also recognize that trauma can have long-lasting effects on individuals and that recovery is a process. By providing trauma-informed care, survivors are given the tools and resources they need to cope with the impact of trauma and move toward healing.
How CAPSA Provides Trauma-Informed Responses
At CAPSA, we are committed to providing trauma-informed responses to survivors. Here are some of the ways we do this:
Here to Help
At CAPSA, we are committed to providing survivor-centered services that meet the unique needs of everyone who seeks our support. When you call CAPSA at 435-753-2500, you can expect a warm and welcoming response, information and support, advocacy and support, and confidentiality. We want survivors to know that they are not alone and that they have the power to make informed decisions about their safety and well-being. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault, please don’t hesitate to call CAPSA.
Providing a family with a safe home and wrap around supportive services…
A mother and her two children were trapped and isolated in their home. Her husband was physically and emotionally abusive, and although she believed she was shielding her children from the abuse, the turning point came when her seven-year-old daughter witnessed her being strangled.
Overwhelmed and scared for herself, and even more terrified for the emotional scars on her children, she decided they had to leave. She reached out to CAPSA’s crisis phone line and, over several calls, worked with a caseworker to craft a plan for a safe departure. They fled their home during a brief window when her husband was out on an errand.
Upon arriving at CAPSA’s emergency shelter, her first request was to sleep, revealing, “I haven’t slept in months, fearing what he might do next.” During their stay, she met daily with her caseworker to devise a tailored action plan, with employment and housing as primary goals.
CAPSA’s youth advocates also stepped in, focusing on her children’s emotional healing. Their support continued beyond shelter, with home visits and support groups.
Securing a job at a call center, she began applying for rentals. It was then she discovered her partner had taken out credit cards in her name, damaging her credit. Devastated and fearing she’d never find a home, her caseworker arranged for her to move into a home in Independence Place, a CAPSA-owned neighborhood.
Imagine the joy and hope she felt walking her children into their own home – a truly safe home. As part of CAPSA’s transitional housing program, they received ongoing support from housing caseworkers, including home visits and support/educational groups.
Both she and her eldest child benefited from CAPSA’s clinical therapy. At her call center job, a customer with a deep voice once triggered a panic attack. She later shared that CAPSA’s therapy “helped me learn how to recognize my trauma and use grounding techniques to center myself.” For her seven-year-old daughter, therapy was a healing sanctuary where she was able to process her fears and her own trauma.
The legal journey, from divorce to creditor negotiations, was both challenging and costly. Thankfully, CAPSA’s COACH funds helped cover some expenses, allowing her to finalize her divorce just over a year after leaving.
After 1.5 transformative years in CAPSA’s shelter and then neighborhood, the family was ready and financially stable enough to move into their own place. In gratitude, she expressed, “I am so grateful for CAPSA and wish to move out early, so this home will be available for the next family like mine.”
When you donate to CAPSA, you provide a family with a safe home and wrap around supportive services to be successful.
Here is a breakdown of how your donation supported this family:
Total Cost for Crisis and supportive services for this family was $31,717.51.