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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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Cultural Influence on Child Development

by Paula | Jan 15, 2009 | News, Tools & Resources

The cultural beliefs, values, and behaviors within a family all have an impact on early child development. Zero to Three, the national center for infants, toddlers and families, has issued a new report that looks at this very issue entitled “The Changing Face of...

2009 CTF Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Conference – A Generation of Prevention: lessons learned & pathways to the future

by Paula | Jan 14, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

2009 Conference – flier (pdf) 2009 Conference Registration Form and Agenda (pdf) 2009 Conference – online registration form 2009 Conference – speaker bios

Child Advocacy Day

by Paula | Jan 11, 2009 | Events and Conferences, News

Mark your calendars to attend the 27th Child Advocacy Day scheduled for Tuesday, January 27, 2009 in Jefferson City. The annual event, coordinated by the Missouri Alliance for Children, Youth and Families begins at 8:45 a.m. with registration in the...

CTF Podcast – Stress & the Holidays

by Paula | Dec 15, 2008 | News, Podcast

In this second installment of the Children's Trust Fund podcast, CTF Board Chair Dr. Regina Staves takes a look at parenting and stress around the holidays and provides helpful tips for parents to keep in mind throughout the year. Dr. Staves is a mental...

Children’s Trust Fund Podcast

by Paula | Dec 8, 2008 | News, Podcast

We’re pleased to tell you about something new here at the Children’s Trust Fund. We’re podcasting! What’s a podcast? Well, think of it as sort of a radio program that’s not on the radio. We’re feeling our way along with this new...

National SBS Center Launches New Website

by Paula | Dec 2, 2008 | News, Tools & Resources

The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome announced they have expanded their website to be the most comprehensive source on Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma (SBS/AHT). The site includes new information about the evidenced based SBS/AHT prevention program,...