Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)

The Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) is a national program funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to address the needs of First Nations off-reserve children as well as Métis children, Inuit children, and children of recent immigrants and refugees.  The target age group for CAPC is 0 – 6 years old living in low-income families; living in teenage-parent families; experiencing developmental delays, social, emotional or behavioural problems; and abused/neglected children.

CAPC provides parents and families with the support and information they need to raise their children in a healthy and positive environment. A few examples of how CAPC is reaching it’s target audience is by offering various programming such as resource centre’s, parenting classes, parent/child groups, home visits, as well as through other innovative programs such as street level programs for substance abusing mothers.      

In Saskatchewan there are currently 26 CAPC projects located throughout the province. Twenty three (23) offer direct services to participants. Three provincial organizations which house the CAPC Community Development Coordinators offer technical assistance, resource sharing, advocacy, and on-site monitoring to project sites.

The FSIN Health & Social Development Secretariat’s responsibility is to provide technical assistance, resource, and advocacy to eight (8) project sites located throughout the province. The Community Developer located at FSIN is engaging in quarterly site visits to further assist projects in meeting their objectives through on-site monitoring as well as regional gatherings.