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 Safe Horizon Jane Barker Brooklyn Child Advocacy Center in downtown Brooklyn since 1999. CAPP now operates Clothes Closets in Safe Horizon Child Advocacy Centers in Staten Island, Manhattan and Queens, and in the Hudson County Child Advocacy Center in Jersey City, NJ. A new Closet is scheduled to be opened in the Bronx later this year.

CAPP accepts unused, unworn clothing and toys for the Children's Clothes Closets.
To donate or for more information, please contact Karina Gray at 212.344.1902 x231 or kgray@cappnyc.org



Common Cents Penny Harvest Program
John A. Reisenbach Foundation


Pictured 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, Safe Horizon
Brookyln CAC former Executive Director Jackie Wintson.

Pictured 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.