Child Abuse Prevention Center
AmeriCorps Programs
Who we areThe Child Abuse Prevention Center is a state, national and international training, education, research and resource center dedicated to strengthening children, families, and communities.
The CAP Center administers six AmeriCorps programs with nearly 300 AmeriCorps members serving children, youth, and families throughout California. |
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Become an AmeriCorps PartnerCAP Center AmeriCorps programs partner with nonprofit organizations, state agencies, schools, and other community organizations throughout California.
Interested in hosting AmeriCorps members? Learn more about partnering with CAP Center AmeriCorps. |
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Members of the Month
November 2021
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Member Name: Joyce Ma
Nominator(s): Dayna Freier Site: Fostering UNITY Program: CA Foster Youth Initiative There are no words that give enough acknowledgement or gratitude for the exceptional work done by Joyce Ma as an AmeriCorps Member working with Fostering UNITY. Joyce has been instrumental in delivering real-time support through our youth and caregiver programs. She makes herself available to assist new AmeriCorps members with learning the ins and outs of data collection and time sheet submittals. Joyce intentionally makes a daily effort to encourage and acknowledge the work of her teammates and has truly been a vital component during the growth and development of Fostering UNITY programs.
Joyce exemplifies what it means to be an AmeriCorps Member and to “be the better good”. Joyce leads our Purposeful Placement program and is a crucial member of our social media team, she brings new and valuable concepts that improve the way we deliver services. I honestly can say that Joyce is a true asset to Fostering UNITY and exemplifies what it means to be an AmeriCorps Member. Member Name: Cassidy Paige
Nominator(s): Katherine Landeros Site: Program: B&B AmeriCorps Cassidy has grown tremendously within her transition from AmeriCorps Home Visitor to AmeriCorps Family Resource Aide. She has demonstrated her leadership skills through her class facilitations (EPI, Car Seat, Safe Sleep) and communication with other staff. We lost a member and Cassidy has been able to complete her tasks as well as taking on additional tasks even with the decrease in staff. She began a solo EPI class this month in November, earlier than expected. She has received praise from our Parent Leader, in which Cassidy provided support in the EPI class that the Parent Leader facilitated in October. She has connected families to multiple services that we provide as well as advocated for the families in most need. She has done a great job at deescalating participants and making them feel supported without supervisor interference. Cassidy has completed all of her tasks on time, submits consents, rosters and assessment scores on time. As well as takes the initiative to contact referrals before being assigned to do so. She communicates with her supervisor any concerns and offers ideas in supervision. I am proud to have Cassidy on my team and know she is deserving of being the member of the month.
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Member ProfilesMember Name: Parisa Bana
Nominator(s): Hayley Cox Site: Folsom Cordova Community Partnership Program: CA Foster Youth Initiative "Parisa Bana is serving her second term and is a dedicated, hard-working AmeriCorps member. She is diligent and organized, keeping a detailed schedule of AmeriCorps-related trainings, meetings, or deadlines. She manages her timecards and data submissions with superb time-management skills. Since school shutdowns, Parisa has been integral to the conversion of in-person mentoring curriculum, activities, and workshops into distanced and virtual delivery formats. She is passionate about education and accessibility and is continually increasing her skills and knowledge through research. During this term, Parisa’s ability to connect with youth and manage a group has grown. She has even become known as the in-house homework helper. One refugee youth who Parisa helped successfully graduate high school has recently returned to the Job Center seeking Parisa’s help and guidance in a math class at the local community college. Parisa is a tremendous support to all youth programs at the Partnership. We are grateful for her service." 
Zoe is a second term member with the Foster Youth Initiative program. As a former foster youth herself, she mentors foster youth on independent living skills necessary in order to thrive as an adult.
Zoe was personally recognized by Mayor Darrell Steinberg for her service to her community. She plans to complete four terms with AmeriCorps. “They don’t believe in themselves because nobody’s given them a reason to. [My client] just needed someone to believe in him. He knows what he can do but no one believes in him, so why should he? I became his cheerleader. I believed in him.”
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Interested in Joining AmeriCorps?We are recruiting motivated and community-oriented individuals to provide services to children and families. The CAP Center administers six AmeriCorps programs with nearly 300 AmeriCorps members serving children, youth, and families throughout California. Our programs offer full- and part-time opportunities ranging from home visitation to parenting classes to youth mentoring, and more! CAP Center AmeriCorps members receive excellent benefits in addition to opportunities for personal and professional development. |
