Where we serve
When Father Ralph Beiting founded Christian Appalachian Project, he and the volunteers who joined him served the counties that Beiting also served as a diocesan priest. As the years passed and Fr. Beiting’s diocesan assignments changed, he would expand CAP’s programs into the new counties he served. Today, Christian Appalachian Project serves all 13 Appalachian states, but CAP volunteers still concentrate their efforts in our core service region indicated by the shaded counties below.
Volunteers in CAP’s Cumberland Valley Region serve Clay, McCreary, Jackson, Owsley and Rockcastle counties. CAP’s Sandy Valley Region consists of Lawrence, Johnson, Martin, Magoffin, Floyd and Knott counties. In each of these counties 19-45% of the population live below the poverty line.
