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About CTF
- - - About CTF
      The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention.
Funded Programs
- - - Funded Programs
      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.
Public Awareness
- - - Public Awareness
      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
- - - Home Visiting
      
      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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Fostering Supportive Environments for Kids

by Paula | Oct 14, 2014 | News, Tools & Resources

A new guide is available on how communities can foster supportive environments for children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released Building Community Commitment for Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments, developed by...

Guiding Teen Parents Toward Success

by Paula | Oct 8, 2014 | CTF Partners, News, Programs and Grants

The Independence School District’s (ISD) Teen Parenting Support program offers expectant and new teen parents opportunities to continue their education while getting support for all of the new responsibilities facing them. The ISD not only uses home visitation...

PODCAST: Mandated Reporting in Missouri, What’s Changed

by Paula | Sep 22, 2014 | News, Podcast, Tools & Resources

In this podcast Children’s Trust Fund Executive Director Kirk Schreiber speaks with Cherisse Thibaut, Prevention and Community Outreach Manager for Missouri KidsFirst, about mandated reporting in Missouri. They discuss recent legislation that has changed, who...

25th Edition Kids Count Data Book Available

by Paula | Jul 23, 2014 | News, Tools & Resources

The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) has released The KIDS COUNT Data Book 2014 . The annual publication documents child well-being nationally and across the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Using an index of 16 indicators, the 2014...

Making Meaningful Connections – 2014 Prevention Resource Guide

by Paula | Jul 17, 2014 | News, Tools & Resources

The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides numerous resources for child abuse and neglect prevention, including the 2014 Prevention Resource Guide entitled Making New Connections. The Resource Guide is created annually to support community-based child abuse...

Educating Children and Parents about Sexual Abuse

by Paula | Jul 16, 2014 | CTF Partners, News

Project Aware is a school and community based sexual abuse prevention education program, provided through the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA), Kansas City and supported by the Children’s Trust Fund. The free program educates...