2009 was an exciting and busy year for CAP Services! We are proud to highlight these successes which move us closer to achieving CAP’s mission and strategic goals. They matter to the people we serve. Some of the new 2009 program initiatives include:
- The opening of the Children’s Discovery Center (child care) in the Crossroad Commons Business Park in Stevens Point;
- Expansion of services for sexual assault victims in Waushara County;
- The Work-n-Wheels Program, providing assistance with the purchase of vehicles for those needing reliable transportation for work;
- The Neighborhood Stabilization program, which allows CAP services to purchase and rehabilitate eight foreclosed properties for re-sale to low-income buyers;
- The addition of a machining training option at the Welding Training Center in Wautoma;
- The expansion of Fresh Start to Waupaca County, and the construction of the first house in the Eastgate Estates subdivision;
- The Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program, bringing rent and utility assistance to victims of domestic violence served by CAP Services, and to the community at large;
- The announcement of funding for CAP’s Early Head Start Program, with services to begin in March of 2010, and,
- The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act program, bringing more resources to a group with fixed incomes in Waupaca and Outagamie Counties.
Other programs expanded, some in part to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding, including the Weatherization Program, Jobs and Business Development services in Outagamie, Portage and Waupaca Counties, free tax assistance services, CDBG housing rehabilitation administration, dental services (now available to all residents of Waupaca County) and Head Start’s Quality Improvement initiatives. Resources were secured to continue CAP’s Mental Health Navigation Program. The level of investments in CAfP grew significantly, offsetting some of CAP’s losses due to foreclosure and loan defaults, and Wautoma Fresh Start was competitive in its reapplication for Department of Labor funding.
Other projects came to fruition during the year. Examples include the completion of the Intevation Foods Group Lease Purchase project, Kewaunee Senior Village and the infrastructure at Eastgate Estates.
CAP has remained competitive - a result of our creativity and innovation as well as commitment to quality. Needs in our communities have grown and we have more work to do in 2010. We expect to construct two new senior housing projects in Weyauwega and Colby/Abbotsford. In addition to the maintenance of current programming, we will seek new opportunities that allow us to “transform people and communities.”