Each August & September, CAP Agency provides students in need with a new backpack filled with school supplies: pencils, pens, folders, markers, notebooks, and more.

The program is open to current CAP clients living in Scott, Carver, and Dakota Counties with children in school (up through 12th grade). Please sign up with CAP program staff. 

To register for backpacks, please contact your CAP staff person.

To volunteer or donate, please contact Maritza Real, 952-402-9843, mreal@capagency.org.

Founded by Mary Hernandez, Esperanza has joined CAP Agency as a program focusing on serving new immigrants, at risk youth, and underserved and low-income youth and families. Through weekly fresh food distributions, the Esperanza program helps CAP Agency reach thousands of traditionally underserved people in need. Other services include cultural and community engagement, youth sports and outdoor activities (such as soccer), and other services through school-based partnerships.