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About CTF
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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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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,...

Education and Training Opportunities

by Paula | Nov 10, 2008 | Events and Conferences, News

CTF encourages you to take advantage of several excellent training opportunities occurring over the next several months that address a variety of prevention issues and topics. Missouri KidsFirst is pleased to present a special one-day training event entitled Kids,...

Use of Fans May Lower SIDS Risk

by Paula | Oct 8, 2008 | News, Research

A new study, published in October's Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, suggests that using a fan to circulate air and improve ventilation seemed to lower the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). More research is needed, but the...

The Effects of Childhood Stress

by Paula | Oct 1, 2008 | News, Tools & Resources

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) summarizes the available research on childhood stress and its long-term consequences in a publication entitled The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan. The document explores how intensive and...