Each year CAPI has approximately 3,000 participants with 60% of them being Asian – Hmong, Vietnamese, Bhutanese, Karen - and 40% are East African, mostly Oromo, Ethiopian, and Somali.  CAPI also has participants from other communities, but they typically represent less than 1% of the total population served.  About 57% of the total number of participants are women and girls.

CAPI participants are low income families, living below poverty line, seeking direct services to stabilize their lives with jobs, housing, food assistance, and health care.  Most are refugees and immigrants who have come from Asia and Africa, fleeing wars, religious and political persecution, and human rights abuses.