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      The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention.
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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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Aiding in the Development of Vital Parenting Skills

by Paula | Mar 30, 2016 | CTF Partners, News

Parenting for Prevention increases the availability of parenting classes and works to reach parents at their cognitive level. The program has been wholey funded by CTF and offered through the YWCA of St. Joseph. Two ten-week sessions are held to provide parents...

Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Month 2016

by Paula | Mar 25, 2016 | Featured, News, Tools & Resources

April is Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Month here in Missouri and across the country. This year’s theme focuses on, “Building Community, Building Hope.” Many communities around the state are gearing up for events and activities scheduled throughout the month...

Building Community, Building Hope – 2016 Resource Guide

by Paula | Mar 25, 2016 | News, Tools & Resources

The 2016 Prevention Resource Guide – Building Community, Building Hope is now available to download. The resource guide is produced annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Welfare...

Connecting Parents to their Babies with Operation Connect

by Paula | Mar 16, 2016 | CTF Partners, News

The Operation Connect (formerly known as Caregiver Connections) program focuses on parenting education and parent-child attachment using The Incredible Years Parenting Series and Theraplay. This Kansas City-based program is funded in part through a grant from the...

CTF Welcomes New Board Members

by Paula | Mar 14, 2016 | News

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) welcomes Sharon E. Rohrbach, St. Louis, and James D. Anderst, M.D., Kansas City, to the CTF Board of Directors. Both were appointed by Governor Jay Nixon on March 2, 2016 and will begin serving immediately. Rohrbach is a Registered...

Prevention $ense, March 7, 2016

by Paula | Mar 8, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

CTF License Plate Partner Application Available CTF is seeking community partners to support the CTF license plate program. Since 1997, community organizations throughout Missouri have been promoting the popular specialty plate, depicting the green hand prints of a...