The mission of the Center for Creative Arts Therapies is to provide a center for creative and innovative projects and to provide administration and professional assistance to those programs that bring the benefits of creativity to the community.
OUR Current PROGRAMS ARE:

• PURPLE APPLE arts in education project after school art groups at 9 school sites >>Visit web site
• SIMPLY ART: Express yourself, art experiences for homeless mothers and children, Santa Rosa. >> visit Purple Apple Web page
• ARTS AND FEELINGS, lunch time art for kids in public school.

                             We are providing the following services in the community:

• Sponsor, staff and underwrite Creative Arts and Education,  a program which enhances children's Self-esteem (providing after school creative arts in the public schools, homeless centers and childrens centers. We currently run 9 programs in Sonoma county. We are funded by grants from Target, Sonoma Community Foundation, Clay and Glass Arts Foundation of California, Lang Family Fund, private donations and the sale of the PURPLE APPLE BOOK.
• Training  and employment for art therapists and interns. Our active internship program subsidizes internships. Over 100 local organizations have received services from our internship program (examples: United Against Sexual Assault, Becoming Independent, Creative Arts and self Esteem after school program, The Living Room, a day center for women and children without homes, Santa Rosa.
• Provide Supervision for interns serving in the creative arts community
• Provide a fiscal umbrella for creative arts organizations for grant writing and program management.
• CCAT is supported by grants and donations. Donations to CCAT are tax deductible as allowed by law and may be sent to:
  CCAT
  1030 2nd St.
  Santa Rosa, CA 95404
  OR on line securely via the links below.