First-hand Insights | 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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Two Questions for Darell Missey, Director of Missouri Children’s Division

by Kory | Jul 8, 2022 | First-hand Insights

Back to Menu A NOTE FROM EMILY: A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with the Honorable Judge Darrell Missey, who took on the role of Director at Missouri Children’s Division earlier this year. As you might expect, Judge Missey has been busy. While...

Coming Soon to Missouri: “Awareness to Action” Policy & Procedure Training

by Kory | Jul 8, 2022 | First-hand Insights

Back to Menu The Issue: We may not like to think about it – or even believe it – but children experience sexual abuse at alarming rates. 1 in 10 children will be sexually abused by their 18th birthday. (d2l.org) As adults, we can do better to...

“The State of Home Visiting,” by Joe Gallant, Kids Win Missouri

by Kory | Jul 8, 2022 | First-hand Insights

Back to Menu “Break down the silos…” Missouri boasts a decades-long history of providing home visiting services to its families. The newly-formed Office of Childhood (OOC) within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) supports...

CTF Recommends $341,911 to be Awarded for Immediate Needs

by Kory | Jul 8, 2022 | First-hand Insights

Back to Menu Grant Funding update: A review panel consisting of 2 CTF Board members, 2 CTF Staff, and 1 representative from Missouri Children’s Division scored CTF “Immediate Needs” funding applications on various criteria, with the most heavily-weighted...

Audiences Tune In to CTF’s “Something We Agree On” Campaign

by Kory | Jul 8, 2022 | First-hand Insights

"Something We Agree On" 3-month Reach and Engagement Data Use this interactive table to browse a few noteworthy statistics we obtained from our media partner, Bucket Media. Multi-channel deliveryBucket Media developed a robust campaign that utilized multiple...

Next Steps: CTF Expects Statewide “Outcomes Rate Card” to be Ready as soon as 2023

by Kory | Jul 8, 2022 | First-hand Insights

Back to Menu Background Over its 38-year history, the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) has seen the transformative impact of home visiting in improving infant, child, and maternal health. Through its grantee partners, CTF has served over 3,800 families, and...