Being removed from an abusive environment can be very scary for a child. In response, CAPP created The Children's Clothes Closet Project to help ease the child through the change. The closet is stocked with clothing, toiletries, toys, books, and other necessities to fill overnight bags for children being moved to safer situations.

CAPP has partnered with the Safe Horizon Jane Barker Brooklyn Child Advocacy Center in downtown Brooklyn for more than 6 years. In 2007, CAPP plans to expand the program to two other Safe Horizon Child Advocacy Centers, one in Staten Island and one in Queens.



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Above: Philanthropist James Jensen visits Brooklyn's Child Advocacy Center to see the completed
clothes closet. Pictured left to right, Kristen Westerman, Marion White, James Jensen, Brookyln CAC
Executive Director Jackie Wintson.

Below: Work in Progress - Prevention Specialists Kristen Westerman and Christine Gibbons showcase
their artistic talents while painting a mural for CAPP's Children's Clothes Closet at the Brooklyn
Child Advocacy Center.