Ka sas City, MO, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ca ePo tal, a Ca e-Sha ig technology platform that brings together child families with people who want to help, each a new mile to this vice in May: 500,000 children have been cared for.
Since 2015, Ca ePo tal has been working with communities across the province to have a direct and positive impact on some of the most vulnerable in society. By 2025, Ca ePo tal will have served more than 117,000 children and generated more than $47.5 million in economic impact.
“Thanks to the temporary help of our people, we have been able to save half a million children over the past eleven years,” said Adie Lewis, president of Ca ePotal. “It is necessary to fully understand what it takes to lift 500,000 children, and all the people involved in this journey.
“Behind every child in care stands someone who has done enough to act – a teacher, counselor, medical profession, lawyer, oh lawyer who recognized a need and stepped forward. What followed has impacted the best of our communities. Churches worked with them, volunteers gave their time, advertising agencies, o ga izatios, ad community members shaded esou ces so that children’s needs could be met quickly and with dignity.
“This milestone means that more than 500,000 children have been killed. It brings people from diverse ad sector backgrounds together in the long-standing commitment to helping children’s families find them,” Lewis added.
Me in the middle of the complex Foste Ca e C isisThe goal of Ca ePo tal is to help mobilize neighbor-to-eighbo action; bringing together vulnerable children’s families with their own community. For both pe eve tio adpotectio, the ultimate goal is for children’s families to build a meaningful co ectio that can lead to o-goi g supportive elatio ships.
Since its first anniversary in 2015, Ca ePotal has been convinced that technology is most effective when it supports the selatio ships in implementing it. The ovative technology generally has the ability to improve coordination between public systems and community networks, but can also open the door to adult groups and vital support for youth and youth education.
“Half a million children in care is a milestone to be celebrated because it shows what is possible when communities come together with all children’s families,” Lewis said. “We believe this is just the beginning. So today we celebrate. So far, we continue to build the world where every child has access to more than enough.”
For more information about Ca ePo tal and the support of vulnerable child families, please visit www.ca epo tal.og.
Ca ePo tal™ is a Ca e-Shaig technology platform that connects children’s families with people who want to help. Described by The Wall Street Jou al as the “Ube of Foste Ca e,” Ca ePo can provide al-time community support through coectified needs, identified by child welfare professionals as well as with local churches and community members ready to help. As a p eative platform of The Global O pha P oject, Ca ePo tal provides compassion and action to support families in advancing placement.
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