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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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      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.
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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.
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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 January 22, 2016

by Paula | Jan 22, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

CTF Grant Funds Available CTF released its General Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Grant Application last Friday, January 15, 2016. An informational meeting regarding the application will be held this Friday, January 22, 2016 10am – 12 noon, Truman State Office...

CFRP Annual Report: Preventing Child Deaths in Missouri

by Paula | Jan 20, 2016 | News, Tools & Resources

The Missouri Child Fatality Review Program’s (CFRP) 2014 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...

CTF Grant Funds Available

by Paula | Jan 15, 2016 | News, Programs and Grants, Tools & Resources

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) has released its grant application packet for the prevention of child abuse/neglect for Fiscal Year 2017 (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017). CTF anticipates approximately $400,000 available for new (first year) projects. As Missouri’s...

Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Grant Funds Available

by Paula | Dec 15, 2015 | Featured, News, Programs and Grants

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Board is pleased to announce the availability of child abuse and neglect prevention grant funds for state Fiscal Year 2017 (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017). CTF’s General Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Grant Application will...

Mugg Receives 2015 Chair Award

by Paula | Nov 20, 2015 | News

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF), Missouri’s foundation for child abuse and neglect prevention, recently presented the 2015 Chair Award to Patrice Mugg of Kirkwood in recognition of her outstanding dedication, commitment and service for her efforts toward improving the...

Board Members Elected to Leadership Roles

by Paula | Nov 19, 2015 | News

During the Children’s Trust Fund’s (CTF) annual fall board meeting October 14 and 15, 2015 in Jefferson City, the board elected Margaret Peggy Krokstrom, Chesterfield, as the new board chair, and John Heskett, Ed.D., also of Chesterfield, as the new chair-elect....