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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.
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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
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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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CTF Conference Presentations

by Paula | Apr 24, 2013 | Events and Conferences, News

The Children’s Trust Fund would like to express our gratitude to all who participated in the 2013 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Conference, The New River Story – Spirit, Science, Action in Jefferson City, making it our best conference yet. There...

Championing Success: Business Organizations for Early Childhood Investments

by Paula | Apr 24, 2013 | News, Research

Ready Nation is an organization that works to enhance the message of business leaders that are in support of early childhood policies and programs that strengthen our economy and workforce. The organization partnered with the American Chamber of Commerce Executives to...

2012 Kids Count in Missouri Data Book

by Paula | Apr 18, 2013 | News, Tools & Resources

The Partnership For Children (PFC), Kansas City, recently released the KIDS COUNT in Missouri 2012 Data Book documenting the status of children in all 114 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis. The annual publication is a collaborative project of the PFC...

Child Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation

by Paula | Apr 15, 2013 | News

Governor Jay Nixon recently declared April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month in Missouri. Over twenty individuals joined the Governor in his Capitol office for the March 6 ceremony including individuals from the Missouri House and Senate, division...

Building & Integrating the Strengthening Families Framework

by Paula | Apr 12, 2013 | CTF Partners, News

Child Care Aware® of Missouri has been instrumental in working to help communities and organizations implement the Strengthening Families™ Framework (SFF), an effort whole-heartedly supported by the Children’s Trust Fund. With the help of Community Based Child...

2013 Community Resource Guide Available

by Paula | Apr 11, 2013 | News, Tools & Resources

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Child Welfare Information Gateway in conjunction with the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services Children’s Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect and the FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based...