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Giving Tuesday, December 3, 2013

#GivingTuesday™ is a movement to create a national day of giving added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This is the second annual event.  #GivingTuesday is a special call to action and creates a national day of...

Supporting Healthy Babies

The Columbia-Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services has been providing home visitation services for several decades. An expansion on that practice is the Healthy Babies program, through which social service staff conduct home visits at least once...

Staves Receives CTF Chair Award

Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Board member, Regina ‘Gina’ Staves, Ph.D., Kansas City, is the 2013 recipient of the CTF Chair Award in recognition of her outstanding service on the Board and in the field of prevention. The award was presented by...

Board Members Elected to New Leadership Roles

During the Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Annual Fall Board meeting held October 16 and 17, 2013 in Jefferson City, the Board elected Charmaine Smith, St. Louis, as the new Board Chair, and Kathleen Boyle Dalen, Ph.D., Kansas City, as the new Chair-elect. Smith...

Encouraging Families with Incredible Years

Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) prevention partner Great Circle began implementing Adair County’s Incredible Years (IY) program in 2012, however the program itself was developed more than 30 years ago in Seattle. It has since been recognized by the Office of...