Welcome to Community Action Partnership Riverside County (CAP Riverside) – the official anti-poverty agency for the County of Riverside!

Our Mission Statement: We, the Community Action Partnership Riverside County, with the community, will end poverty by offering opportunities for the poor through education, wealth building advocacy and capacity building.

In response to this summer’s severe heat conditions, the Community Action Partnership of Riverside County, Riverside County Department of Public Health, Riverside County Fire Department, Volunteer Center of Riverside County and American Red Cross have partnered to open Cool Centers countywide to provide a safe, cool place for individuals to escape the high heat temperatures during the summer crisis months of July through October.

The entire Press Release is available in English and Spanish

Additional Cool Center Information and Locations are available in English and Spanish

 

  • Education and Wealth Building

Ø       RivCo. Individual Development Account

Ø       Earned Income Tax Credit

Ø       Community Investment Corporation

Ø       Pre-apprenticeship Workplace Mentoring

Ø       Southeast Asian People’s Farm Project

Ø       Consumer Education

Ø       Project L.E.A.D. (Linking Education, Advocacy and Development)

 

  • Advocacy

Ø       Dispute Resolution/Mediation

Ø       Energy Assistance Services

Ø       Riverside County Mentor Collaborative

Ø       Public Notary Services

 

  • Community Organizing

Ø       Project BLISS (Building Links to Impact Self-Sufficiency)

Ø       Declarations to End Poverty

Ø       Grantees: Delegate Agencies

Ø       Disaster Preparedness

 

  • Capacity Building

Ø       Grant Development

Ø       Training/Technical Assistance

Ø       Technology Transfers

Ø       Funding Opportunities

 

CAP Riverside has taken an aggressive and bold approach to ending poverty in Riverside County in 30 years by adopting the vision, “Bliss County” – Riverside County without poverty. The Community Declaration is a campaign that combines marketing, community outreach and public awareness, and the goal is to generate a number of signatures from “believers” for the Declaration to end poverty each year.

Community Action Partnership Riverside County*
(951) 955.4900
*Winner, 2005 National Award for Excellence in Community Action