Events and Conferences | Children's Trust Fund of Missouri

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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The Amazing Adolescent Brain

by Paula | Nov 19, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

“The average human brain consists of approximately 3 pounds of jelly-like substance, contains 100 billion neurons, and can make 100 trillion connections…more connections than in all of the world wide web.” This is according to Dr. Linda Chamberlain,...

Fraternal Order of Eagles Supports CTF

by Paula | Nov 7, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

Each year the Missouri State Presidents of the Fraternal Order of Eagles help to raise money for a ‘charity of choice’. For 2007-2008, the Eagles chose the Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) based on CTF’s mission and focus on the...

Family Resource Center Presents Conference for Professionals

by Paula | Oct 22, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

Register now for Remedies For Families and Children in a Socially Toxic World, Friday, November 16, 2007, St. Luke’s Hospital, 232 South Woods Mill Road, Chesterfield. This one day conference sponsored by Family Resource Center focuses on professionals who...

MJJA to Offer Free Training on Adolescent Brain Development

by Paula | Sep 19, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

The Missouri Juvenile Justice Association (MJJA) is pleased to present a one-day conference on Adolescent Brain Development –Best Practice for Juvenile Justice. This informative event will be held at the Holiday Inn Select, Columbia, MO, on Friday, November 16,...

Special Training Reaches Law Enforcement Officials

by Paula | Sep 10, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

Over 100 law enforcement officials and other professionals who work with youth gathered in Kansas City earlier this month to attend training on understanding and investigating the sexual abuse of children. The two day multidisciplinary training, offered free to...

Burrell to Host Renowned Author for Skills Training Workshop

by Paula | Aug 30, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

Register now for Learned Optimism as a Safeguard for our Children, a one day evidenced based skills training workshop to be held in Springfield on Thursday, October 18, 2007. The event, hosted by Burrell Behavioral Health with support from the Children’s...