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      The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention.
Funded Programs
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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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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...

Take Action Against Child Abuse

by Paula | Apr 10, 2013 | News

Spreading awareness about the importance of child abuse & neglect prevention & keeping children safe is a key part of April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month. Debby Howland, Coordinator for the Kansas City Child Abuse Roundtable Coalition, recently spoke...

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month in Missouri

by Paula | Apr 1, 2013 | Events and Conferences, News

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Friday, April 19 is Go Blue Day for Missouri’s kids. On that day, thousands of Missourians will wear blue, the official color of prevention, to show their support for children. Many other community events and activities are...

Podcast – Office of Child Advocate

by Paula | Mar 27, 2013 | News, Podcast

In this latest podcast, Kelly Schultz, Director for the Office of Child Advocate (OCA) talks about the role of her office which serves as an independent third party reviewer for the Children’s Division, Department of Social Services. Located within the Office of...