Children's Advocacy Project

What Children's Advocacy Project does

Children's Advocacy Project (CAP), legally Children's Advocacy Project, Inc., is a Wyoming-licensed nonprofit child advocacy center founded in 2002 and headquartered at 350 North Ash, Casper, Wyoming. It is the first child advocacy center in Wyoming to receive National Children's Alliance (NCA) Accreditation and is one of three NCA-accredited centers in the state. CAP operates the standard child advocacy center model, bringing law enforcement, prosecution, the Wyoming Department of Family Services, forensic interviewers, nurse practitioners, therapists, and child and family advocates into a single child-friendly facility to deliver a coordinated, multidisciplinary response to child maltreatment in Natrona County and the surrounding region.

CAP's core services are forensic interviews, counseling/therapy, medical examinations, and child and family advocacy, supplemented by the Darkness to Light "Stewards of Children" adult prevention training ($10 per participant) and broader community education programming. The business model is a donation- and grant-funded nonprofit: all direct services are provided at no cost to children and families, and operating revenue is sourced from private donations, community grants (e.g., a $5,000 Enbridge Community Investment Grant in 2024), and partner-agency support including United Way. Distribution is direct-to-client at the Casper facility plus referral-driven intake from police, DFS, and the Childhelp national hotline (1-800-422-4453). Scale commentary indicates CAP has served nearly 4,000 children since opening, with approximately 300 children served per year on average and 273 served in 2023, supported by a small professional staff of roughly 11-50 employees including an Executive Director, forensic interviewers (some dually credentialed as licensed therapists, MS/LPC/NCC and MS/PCC), an Office Manager/Child Advocate, and a Child & Family Advocate. CAP is governed by a Board of Directors, has no parent company or subsidiaries, and reports no equity or institutional ownership.

Name

Children's Advocacy Project

Legal name

Children's Advocacy Project, Inc.

Website

https://childrensadvocacyproject.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Children's Advocacy Project (CAP) is a Casper, Wyoming-based nonprofit child advocacy center, founded in 2002 and the first NCA-accredited center in the state, providing forensic interviews, counseling, medical exams, and family advocacy to child abuse victims and families in Natrona County at no cost.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Advocacy Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

Keywords

• Child advocacy services
• Forensic interviews
• Victim counseling
• Multidisciplinary response
• Child abuse prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

Casper

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Children's Advocacy Project operates a child advocacy center that delivers coordinated, multidisciplinary services for alleged victims of child maltreatment. Its offerings include forensic interviews, counseling, medical exams, and child and family advocacy, all delivered at no cost from a child-friendly facility in Casper, Wyoming. CAP also provides community education and the Darkness to Light Stewards of Children prevention training.

Product overview

Children's Advocacy Project (CAP) operates as a child advocacy center providing a coordinated, multidisciplinary response to child abuse allegations. The core service is the child advocacy center model, which brings together forensic interviews, counseling services, medical exams, and child and family advocacy under one roof in a private, child-friendly facility. CAP was the first child advocacy center in Wyoming to receive National Children's Alliance Accreditation. Beyond direct victim services, CAP provides community education programs including the Darkness to Light Stewards of Children training for adults, and various awareness initiatives such as pinwheel gardens during Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child Advocacy Center Services Coordinated, multidisciplinary response to child abuse allegations delivered in a child-friendly facility where children tell their story once to a trained forensic interviewer and a team of law enforcement, prosecution, and DFS professionals reviews the interview and coordinates care.
• Forensic Interviews Developmentally sensitive, non-leading forensic interviews conducted by trained interviewers and recorded for review by law enforcement and the multidisciplinary team. Provided at no cost to child victims of suspected abuse.
• Counseling Services Therapy and psychological care provided by licensed therapists to child victims of abuse and their non-offending family members to help process trauma and begin healing.
• Child and Family Advocacy Advocacy support for child victims and their families throughout the investigation and healing process, including connection to resources and services.
• Medical Exams Medical examinations provided to child abuse victims as part of the comprehensive services offered at the advocacy center.
• Stewards of Children Training Authorized Darkness to Light sexual abuse prevention training program for adults and organizations. Costs $10 per person plus travel expenses when delivered outside Casper.

Quantifiable outcome

• Children tell their story only once instead of repeatedly to multiple agencies
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• National Children's AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002The Children’s Advocacy Project was the first child advocacy center in Wyoming to receive the prestigious National Children's Alliance Accreditation. This accreditation signifies excellence in providing coordinated, comprehensive services to child abuse victims.
• United WaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnited Way is listed as a partner organization, shown in the website footer alongside National Children's Alliance logo. United Way supports the mission of child abuse prevention and intervention.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Childhelp: National nonprofit operating a child abuse hotline, treatment centers, and advocacy programs. Comparable to CAP in mission and beneficiary population, with overlapping counseling and advocacy service lines but a national rather than community-anchored delivery model.
• Prevent Child Abuse America: National umbrella organization focused on child abuse prevention through public awareness, advocacy, and state chapter networks. Comparable to CAP in mission and donor base but operates at a national scale rather than as a direct-service CAC.
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: National nonprofit providing forensic, family advocacy, and recovery services for exploited and missing children. Comparable to CAP in service categories (forensic interviews, family advocacy) but at a much larger national scale with different funding model.
• National Children's Alliance: National accrediting body and network for child advocacy centers, including CAP. Operates the standards and accreditation framework under which CAP and ~1,000 other CACs function, making it the closest ecosystem-wide comparable despite being a network rather than a direct service peer.

Direct peers

• Darkness to Light: National nonprofit that developed the Stewards of Children training program CAP delivers. Directly comparable because CAP is an authorized facilitator of Darkness to Light's curriculum and shares the prevention-education mission, even though Darkness to Light is the curriculum owner rather than a CAC.
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): National network of volunteer advocates representing abused and neglected children in court. Comparable to CAP in mission, beneficiary population, and community-based nonprofit funding model, though CASA focuses on court advocacy rather than forensic interviewing and clinical services.
• National Children's Advocacy Center (Huntsville, AL):

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Childrens-Advocacy-Project-1768882950062604

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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