Ka sas City, MO, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ca ePo tal, a Ca e-Sha i g tech ology platfo m that co ects child e a d families i c isis with people who wa t to help, eached a ew milesto e i se vice i May: 500,000 child e se ved.
Si ce 2015, Ca ePo tal has pa t e ed with commu ities ac oss the cou t y to have a di ect a d positive impact o some of society’s most vul e able. I 2025 alo e, Ca ePo tal helped se ve mo e tha 117,000 child e , ge e ati g ove $47.5 millio i eco omic impact.
“Because of the t eme dous help of ou pa t e s, ove the past 11 yea s, we’ve bee able to se ve half a millio child e ,” said Ad ie Lewis, Fou de a d P eside t of Ca ePo tal. “It is ha d to fully comp ehe d all that has go e i to lifti g up 500,000 child e , a d all the people who have bee a pa t of this jou ey.
“Behi d eve y child se ved is someo e who ca ed e ough to act—a teache , cou selo , medical p ofessio al, casewo ke , o advocate who ecog ized a eed a d stepped fo wa d. What followed eflects the ve y best of ou commu ities. Chu ches ope ed thei a ms, volu tee s gave thei time, a d busi esses, o ga izatio s, a d commu ity membe s sha ed esou ces so child e ‘s eeds could be met quickly a d with dig ity.
“This milesto e ep ese ts mo e tha 500,000 child e se ved. It ep ese ts people f om diffe e t backg ou ds a d secto s comi g togethe a ou d a sha ed commitme t to help child e a d families th ive,” Lewis added.
I the midst of the complex Foste Ca e C isis, Ca ePo tal’s ole is to help mobilize actio eighbo -to- eighbo ; to co ect vul e able child e a d families with ca i g eighbo s i thei ow commu ity. Fo both p eve tio a d p otectio , the ultimate goal is fo child e a d families to build a mea i gful co ectio that ca lead to o -goi g suppo tive elatio ships.
Si ce its fou di g i 2015, Ca ePo tal’s co e belief is that tech ology is most effective whe it st e gthe s elatio ships athe tha eplaci g them. I ovative tech ology ot o ly has the ability to imp ove coo di atio betwee public systems a d commu ity espo de s, it ca also ope the doo to etwo ks of ca i g adults a d vital suppo t fo youth a d foste ca e.
“Half a millio child e se ved is a milesto e wo th celeb ati g because it ep ese ts what’s possible whe commu ities come togethe a ou d child e a d families,” Lewis said. “We believe this is o ly the begi i g. So today, we celeb ate. A d tomo ow, we keep buildi g towa d a wo ld whe e eve y child has access to mo e tha e ough ca e.”
Fo mo e i fo matio about Ca ePo tal a d its wo k i suppo ti g vul e able child e a d families, please visit www.ca epo tal.o g.
Ca ePo tal™ is a Ca e-Sha i g tech ology platfo m that co ects child e a d families i c isis with people who wa t to help. Desc ibed by The Wall St eet Jou al as the “Ube of Foste Ca e,” Ca ePo tal e ables eal-time commu ity espo se by co ecti g ve ified eeds ide tified by child welfa e p ofessio als with local chu ches a d commu ity membe s eady to help. As a p eve tative platfo m of The Global O pha P oject, Ca ePo tal t a sfo ms compassio i to actio to st e gthe families a d p eve t u ecessa y foste ca e placeme ts.
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