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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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A Great Way to Help Children

by Paula | Mar 31, 2011 | News

By Patrice Mugg , CTF Board Chair,  Kirkwood, MO The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF), Missouri’s Foundation for Child Abuse Prevention, was the first State Income Tax Check-off in 1984. This is the donation option given to each of us via our State tax returns. ...

CTF Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010

by Alicia | Mar 21, 2011 | News

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2010 is now available and highlights CTF prevention activities, events, grants and public education campaigns from July 2009 through June 2010. During that time, CTF distributed nearly $2.5 million in...

New Helpline Gives Added Support for Caregivers

by Paula | Mar 17, 2011 | News, Tools & Resources

The Parent’s Anonymous organization has launched a new resource for parents and others who care for children. It’s called the National Parent Helpline. Individuals who are feeling alone or overwhelmed about a situation involving a child or young adult can...

Community & Children’s Resource Board Funds Local Child Abuse Prevention Agencies

by Paula | Mar 15, 2011 | CTF Partners, News

The Missouri Children’s Trust Fund, along with the Community & Children’s Resource Board (CCRB) of St. Charles County was recently featured in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. The paper highlighted CTF and the CCRB’s efforts to provide funding for...

CTF License Plate Program Application Available

by Alicia | Mar 14, 2011 | License Plate Marketing Partner, News

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) has released an application for funding to market and sell the CTF prevent child abuse license plate for fiscal year 2012. Since 1997, community organizations throughout Missouri promote and sell the popular specialty plate, depicting...

Kansas City Child Abuse Roundtable Coalition Reminded of Beginning

by Paula | Mar 10, 2011 | News

The news story that sparked the Kansas City Child Abuse Roundtable Coalition into action in 2001 is making headlines again. In 1999, eight year old twin brothers, Larry and Gary Bass, died after suffering abuse from their mother and her boyfriend. Two of their...