Prevention $ense September 9, 2016

The CTF Board of Directors recently approved  over $1.7 million in funding for State Fiscal Year 2017 to support 88 different organizations throughout Missouri for the prevention of child abuse and neglect and to strengthen families. The board invested additional dollars in public education and awareness campaigns bringing the total in prevention funding to just over $2 million dollars for the year.  Click here to read article and here for current list of grantees for FY 2017.
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A new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics indicates parents in the U.S. continue to be ill-informed about safe sleeping practices for babies.  Read the article and access more safe sleep resources at the pediatrician sponsored website HealthyChildren.org.
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The FRIENDS National Center is pleased to announce the addition of a cost analysis page to their newly designed website.  The webpage includes four briefs that address a three-part framework developed in partnership with the Center for Public Partnerships and Research (KU-CPPR) at the University of Kansas (KU-CPPR), and was based on interviews with ten CBCAP State Leads.  State Leads (Missouri was one of 10) shared their experiences collecting data, identifying stakeholders, and conducting other activities in preparation for analyzing costs related to program activities and outcomes.  Check out the work done right here in Missouri (pages 21-27) regarding social cost savings & investment for prevention through the CBCAP grant.
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