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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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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,...

Prevention $ense March 31, 2017

by Paula | Mar 31, 2017 | News, Prevention Sense

April is Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Month Building Community, Building Hope is this year’s theme for April – Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Month. Please check out the many prevention resources available including the updated community resource guide...

Missouri FACT Makes Kids Count

by Paula | Mar 20, 2017 | CTF Partners, News

Missouri Family and Community Trust (FACT) is a partnership between local citizens, business leaders and government with the goal of improving the lives of Missouri’s children and families. FACT is an organization that has 20 non-profit partnerships across the...

Prevention Resource Guide

by Paula | Mar 17, 2017 | News, Tools & Resources

The 2016/2017 Prevention Resource Guide: Building Community, Building Hope was created primarily to support community-based child abuse prevention professionals who work to prevent child maltreatment and promote well-being. The resource guide is produced annually by...

Prevention $ense March 10, 2017

by Paula | Mar 10, 2017 | News, Prevention Sense

Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Conference Hurry, hurry!!! Don’t miss out! This year’s CTF Conference on Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention is going to be a good one. There’s still time to register for the conference March 23 & 24, 2017 Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson...

Prevention $ense February 24, 2017

by Paula | Feb 27, 2017 | News, Prevention Sense

CTF Executive Director Position The Missouri Children’s Trust Fund Board of Directors has officially begun the search for their next Executive Director. Executive Director Kirk Schreiber is retiring after 22 years with CTF. The closing date to apply is March...