C A P S E A Inc.

C A P S E A Inc. (doing business as Citizens Against Physical, Sexual & Emotional Abuse) is a tax-exempt nonprofit domestic shelter organization based in Ridgway, Pennsylvania that operates as a federal grant recipient (72% of recent awards) and sub-recipient, delivering emergency shelter, case management, counseling, legal advocacy, and housing relocation services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other forms of abuse.

The organization's federal footprint is concentrated in two primary grant programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (CPD) dominates the customer base with 17 awards under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), which funds permanent housing, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention. Recent HUD CPD awards include a $393,392 grant with a September 2026 start date (performance through August 2027) and a $165,146 grant with a July 2026 start date (performance through June 2027). The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs accounts for seven awards focused on victim counseling and legal advocacy. In February 2023, HUD CPD awarded C A P S E A a project grant under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding program with an extended performance period running through August 2031. The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded a $2.226 million project grant under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) on September 2024 to support shelter, counseling, and housing relocation services, with completion in August 2027.

As a sub-recipient, C A P S E A draws federal grant funding through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency, with three sub-awards dated November 2025, October 2025, and November 2023 focused on maintaining victim counselor advocate and legal advocate positions for Elk and Cameron counties. The organization has received 25 total awards across all federal sources since 2011, generating $6.8 million in combined dollars obligated. Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to four in 2025 and two in 2026 (through September). Two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete exposure. The organization operates exclusively in Ridgway, Pennsylvania as its place of performance across all active awards.