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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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      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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CBCAP Grant Funds Available

by Paula | Jan 22, 2014 | News, Programs and Grants

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is pleased to announce the availability of Community Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) grant funds for fiscal year 2015 (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015). Approximately $200,000 is available to fund two new CBCAP programs. CBCAP...

Providing Parent Care along with Child Care

by Paula | Jan 7, 2014 | CTF Partners, News

A few years ago, staff with the Jefferson City Daycare Center noticed that some of the children’s parents were struggling with having a life outside of providing for their families. They had very little peer contact and didn’t have the resources available...

30 Years, A Look Back with Patty Wolfe Hasselbring

by Paula | Dec 19, 2013 | News

Patty Wolfe Hasselbring served as CTF’s 2nd Director, from 1987 to 1994. During her time, she implemented a program called Front Porches in 1994, a demonstration project focusing on family support. We spoke to Hasselbring about her accomplishments as Director...

Giving Tuesday, December 3, 2013

by Paula | Dec 3, 2013 | News

#GivingTuesday™ is a movement to create a national day of giving added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This is the second annual event. #GivingTuesday is a special call to action and creates a national day of...

Supporting Healthy Babies

by Paula | Nov 27, 2013 | CTF Partners, News

The Columbia-Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services has been providing home visitation services for several decades. An expansion on that practice is the Healthy Babies program, through which social service staff conduct home visits at least once...

Staves Receives CTF Chair Award

by Paula | Nov 8, 2013 | News

Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Board member, Regina ‘Gina’ Staves, Ph.D., Kansas City, is the 2013 recipient of the CTF Chair Award in recognition of her outstanding service on the Board and in the field of prevention. The award was presented by...