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About CTF
- - - About CTF
      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.
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
- - - 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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2010 Missouri Kids Count Data Released

by Paula | Jul 11, 2011 | News

The Partnership For Children (PFC), Kansas City, recently released the 18th Annual KIDS COUNT in Missouri 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 PFC,...

CTF Board Member Takes Pediatrics to Rural Missouri

by Paula | Jul 5, 2011 | News

Dr. Robert Harris is a member of the Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Board of Directors. He’s also a pediatrician at Tiger Pediatrics in Columbia, MO. During a CTF Board meeting last October, Dr. Harris heard Whole Kids Outreach (WKO) Executive Director...

Rolla Police Sergeant Presented with Easter Award

by Paula | Jun 21, 2011 | News

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is pleased to recognize Seargeant Wayne Rapier as the 2011 Richard P. Easter Award recipient. Sergeant Rapier is a thirty-six year veteran of the Rolla Police Department and has served as a Patrol Officer, Detective, Criminal...

CTF Welcomes New Board Members

by Paula | Jun 16, 2011 | News

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) welcomes Senator John T. Lamping (R – Ladue) and Representative Jill Schupp (D – Creve Coeur) to the Board of Directors. Senator Lamping was recently appointed to the Board by President Pro Tem Robert Mayer. A native of St. Louis,...

Discretionary Funds Available

by Paula | Jun 16, 2011 | News, Programs and Grants

Currently the Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is accepting grant applications for discretionary funding for Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012). Discretionary funding is designed to be responsive to low-cost prevention projects or needs identified by...

Text4Baby Customized for Missouri

by Paula | Jun 16, 2011 | News

On May 26, 2011, Missouri became the first state to implement a Missouri Customized Text4baby Program. Text4baby is a free mobile information service that provides timely maternal and child health text messages to pregnant women and new moms from pregnancy through the...