Highlights of Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) :
National Process Evaluation Data
Reporting period: October 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001
The following number excludes the 55 Aboriginal CAPC projects in
Ontario which are conducting an evaluation separate from the national
evaluation
Figures may not add up to 100% due to multiple responses.
The following highlights are based on 405 NPPs (National Project
Profiles) completed across Canada (response rate of 99%).
Projects operate a total of 1790 programs.
Geographic area served:
62% of projects indicated that they served an urban area; 48% a rural
area; 10% an isolated area; 4% a remote area (accessible by plane or boat
only) and 5% covered the whole province or territory. On average, projects
indicated serving 7.6 different geographic communities.
Partnerships:
37% of projects mentioned having between 1 and 5 partners. Average number
of partners per project was 13.
Partnerships are most frequently with:
- 86% of projects have partnerships with health organizations,
- 60% of projects have partnerships with educational institutions,
- 59% of projects have partnerships with neighbourhood/community associations,
- 50% of projects have partnerships with family/early childhood resources,
- 50% of projects have partnerships with child protection services
Participant involvement:
- 86% of projects involved participants informally by giving them opportunities
to express their views and opinions about the project or the programs.
- Projects reported that participants were directly involved in delivery
or management through a committee (44%) or a governing body (53%).
Resources:
- Funding ranged from $5,000 to a high of $636,100. The majority of
CAPC projects (63%; 253 projects) received less than $100,000 in CAPC
funding.
- In total, there were 2,170 CAPC-funded staff members working for pay
in a typical week.
- In total 215 projects reported 600 additionally funded individuals
- 51% of projects received money from sources other than CAPC/CPNP/AHS.
The amount of money received from outside sources by 206 projects reported
receiving $6,511,502.
- 73% (295) of projects received in-kind donations totalling $3,111,947.
- In a typical month, 8,781 volunteers donated a total of 64,532 hours
of work across the country.
Language of programs:
75% of programs are delivered in English; 37% in French; 5% in Aboriginal
languages (mostly Cree and Dene); and 7% in other languages (mostly Spanish,
Chinese and Punjabi)
Cultural orientation:
Over half of the programs reported that they were attended by one or
more particular cultural groups (51%; 908 programs) including Aboriginal
(commonly reported groups were Metis, Cree and M=kmaq) and other than
Canadian-born (most commonly reported groups were Latin/South American,
African and South Asian).
Types of programs offered:
- 59% of CAPC programs involve parents/caregivers and children as the
primary target group; 25% involve parents/caregivers only; 12% involve
children and youth only.
- For the programs with children and youth as participants, 85% served
children ages three and four, 80% served children two years old and
about 74% served children ages one and under.
- 55% of CAPC programs were offered all-year round and 45% were seasonal.
The program objectives and methods of delivery:
- The three most common objectives were improving parenting skills (58%),
decreasing isolation (43%) and improve child development (32%).
- The three most common methods of delivering the programs were classes
(35%), child- focused activities (31%) and parent support group (30%).
The participants:
- In a typical month, there were 53,872 children/youth participating.
- In a typical month, there were 48,721 parents/caregivers participating.
- In a typical month, 19,314 hours of services were provided to participants
- On average, a participant is involved 31.9 weeks in a program over
a six-month period.
For more information, please contact:
Marie Catherine Laframboise
Health Programs and Promotions Branch
Marie_Catherine_Laframboise@hc-sc.gc.ca
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