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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Missouri Children's Trust Fund Staff

Emily van Schenkhof

Emily van Schenkhof

Executive Director

Emily.vanSchenkhof@oa.mo.gov

Jeni Sommerfeld

Jeni Sommerfeld

Program Director

Jennifer.Sommerfeld@oa.mo.gov

Alicia Whitson

Alicia Whitson

Budget & Fiscal Manager

Alicia.Whitson@oa.mo.gov

Bry Barber

Bry Barber

Communications & Public Relations

Bryanna.Barber@oa.mo.gov

Amber Robinson

Amber Robinson

Grant Specialist

Amber.Robinson@oa.mo.gov

Nicole Dunmire

Nicole Dunmire

Administrative Assistant

Nicole.Dunmire@oa.mo.gov