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About CTF
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      The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention.
Funded Programs
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      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.
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Public Awareness
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      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
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      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
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      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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BraveHearts for Dads

by Paula | Jul 28, 2017 | CTF Partners, News

No capes are required to be a superhero in the eyes of a child. This is the mission of BraveHearts for Dads, to help fathers be everyday superheros. BraveHearts for Dads is a free and voluntary fathering empowerment program from Cornerstones of Care, a Kansas City...

St. Louis Family and Community Partnership

by Paula | Jul 6, 2017 | CTF Partners, News

The St. Louis Family and Community Partnership works to support families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help ensure that children have permanent relationships that help them safely thrive with families in their own communities. The St. Louis Family and...

CTF Board Names van Schenkhof as Executive Director

by Paula | Jun 12, 2017 | News

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Board of Directors announced today that Emily van Schenkhof, MPH, of Fulton, Missouri will serve as its new CTF Executive Director beginning July 2017. “Emily is no stranger to Missouri and to efforts that support children and families...

Prevention $ense May 2, 2017

by Paula | May 2, 2017 | News, Prevention Sense

May is National Foster Care Month This year’s National Foster Care Month (NFCM) theme, “Empowering Caregivers, Strengthening Families,” highlights the importance of identifying, developing, and supporting prospective and current foster parents and...

Prevention $ense April 21, 2017

by Paula | Apr 21, 2017 | News, Prevention Sense

National Child Abuse Prevention Month Join us in honoring National Child Abuse Prevention Month 2017. April continues to be about “Building Community, Building Hope,” through community-based efforts to help protect children and youth and strengthen...

MO Kids Count Releases Annual Data

by Paula | Apr 20, 2017 | News, Tools & Resources

As part of this year’s Child Advocacy Day, Missouri KIDS COUNT® released the annual county rankings of child well-being. The county rankings this year are based on six indicators – poverty, food insecurity, preventable hospitalizations, child asthma ER visits,...