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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
- - - 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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PODCAST: ABC’s of Safe Sleep

by Paula | Sep 19, 2016 | News, Podcast

September is National Baby Safety Month. In this podcast, Kirk Schreiber, CTF Executive Director, discusses the steps to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) with Lori Behrens, Executive Director, SIDS Resources. They talk about the basic recommendations for...

September is National Baby Safety Month

by Paula | Sep 15, 2016 | News, Tools & Resources

September is National Baby Safety Month in which the Missouri Safe Sleep Coalition is focusing on Safe to Sleep practices for infants. The Coalition has been convening over the last several months with the goal of increasing efforts of safe sleep awareness and...

Prevention $ense September 9, 2016

by Paula | Sep 9, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

CTF Board Awards Prevention Grants The CTF Board of Directors recently approved over $1.7 million in funding for State Fiscal Year 2017 to support 88 different organizations throughout Missouri for the prevention of child abuse and neglect and to strengthen...

CTF Board Awards Prevention Grants

by Paula | Aug 29, 2016 | CTF Partners, News, Programs and Grants

$2 Million Invested in Missouri to Strengthen Families & Prevent Child Abuse & Neglect! The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Board of Directors recently awarded over $1.7 million in funding for State Fiscal Year 2017 to support 88 different organizations throughout...

Hot, Cold or Otherwise…Never Leave Kids Alone in Cars!

by Paula | Jul 18, 2016 | News

Never Leave Kids Alone in Cars…Period! With extreme temperatures building across Missouri and much of the country, the Children’s Trust Fund reminds everyone to never leave a child alone in a vehicle. Missouri CTF’s ongoing Not Even For A Minute Campaign...

Children’s Mental Health Week May 1 – 7

by Paula | May 2, 2016 | News

Children’s Mental Health Week is a critical time to bring awareness to the mental health needs of children and youth in Missouri. Approximately 13–20 percent of children living in the United States experience a mental disorder in a given year. Poor outcomes for...