About CTF
- - - About CTF
      The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention.
Funded Programs
- - - Funded Programs
      As Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention, the Children’s Trust Fund’s (CTF’s) primary responsibility is to provide grants to community-based agencies and organizations throughout the state that focus on strengthening families and preventing child maltreatment.
Public Awareness
- - - Public Awareness
      As part of its mission, the Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) engages in public education campaigns to heighten the awareness and importance of child abuse and neglect prevention.
Home Visiting
- - - Home Visiting
      
      CTF believes in the preventative outcomes consistently demonstrated by high-quality, evidence-based home visiting services. Such services have consistently resulted in positive effects on children’s health, safety, and educational outcomes.
How To Help
- - - How To Help
      The human and economic costs of child abuse are substantial,
      but most of all, the act of child abuse is the ultimate injustice and should not be tolerated. With your commitment to prevention, together we can make a difference for our children…our future.

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Home for good: Kelsey’s Story

19 Sep 2024

One family’s inspiring journey through trauma, addiction and child welfare On January 6, 2017, Kelsey Daffron and David Ludeman were arrested in Columbia, MO for endangering the lives...

CTF Family Fun Day

7 Aug 2024

At the end of July, CTF had a day of family fun at the office with a few very special guests — Bashie, Rosie and Baby Rowan.Bashie, 8, is the youngest son of CTF Program Director, Jeni...

The Green Bear Project in Southeast Missouri

11 Jul 2024

In early 2024, CTF staff members Bryanna Barber and Jennifer Sommerfeld visited the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) to see the Green Bear Project in...

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