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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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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...

CTF Specialty License Plate

by Paula | Feb 24, 2017 | News

You can help prevent child abuse by proudly displaying the official Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) license plate on your vehicle. CTF plates feature the distinctive child’s green hand prints logo & a ‘prevent child abuse’ message.

CTF Welcomes New Board Members

by Paula | Feb 16, 2017 | News

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) welcomes State Representative Lauren Arthur, Kansas City, and Nicholas P. Heberle, St. Louis, formerly of Jefferson City to the CTF Board of Directors. Rep. Arthur was appointed by Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson on February 13....

Preventing Child Deaths in Missouri

by Paula | Feb 6, 2017 | News, Tools & Resources

The Missouri Child Fatality Review Program’s (CFRP) 2015 Annual Report – Preventing Child Deaths in Missouri is now available. The report provides a statistical breakdown of child injuries and deaths both accidental and non-accidental by county and statewide. It also...

Help Us Check Off Child Abuse

by Paula | Feb 2, 2017 | Donate, News

Missourians help children each and every day in a variety of ways. One quick and easy way is to make a charitable donation to the Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) on your Missouri tax form. Your gift through Missouri’s Tax Check-off Program makes a BIG difference...

PODCAST: Parent Leadership & Support

by Paula | Feb 1, 2017 | News, Podcast, Tools & Resources

February is National Parent Leadership Month in which communities across the country honor and celebrate parents who work to strengthen their families, neighbors and communities. In this podcast (recorded in 2016), Sam Blue, Community Engagement Specialist for Vision...