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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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What Is All That Crying About?

by Paula | Aug 31, 2007 | News, Research

This month’s edition of the Bulletin of the Centre of Excellence For Early Childhood Development focuses on crying behavior of infants at various developmental stages. Entitled "What Is All That Crying About" by Ronald G. Barr, Canada Research...

Burrell to Host Renowned Author for Skills Training Workshop

by Paula | Aug 30, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

Register now for Learned Optimism as a Safeguard for our Children, a one day evidenced based skills training workshop to be held in Springfield on Thursday, October 18, 2007. The event, hosted by Burrell Behavioral Health with support from the Children’s...

Second Annual Barceda Golf Ball Drop Raises Twice as Much as Last Year’s Drop

by Paula | Aug 30, 2007 | News, Uncategorized

by RAYMA BEKEBROCK DAVISLamar Democrat editor (August 29, 2007) The second annual Barceda Families Golf Ball Drop was an even bigger success than last year’s event. In 2006 the amount raised to fund Barceda Families programs was $7,471.62 with $13,783.25 this year. A...

Missouri’s Sex Offender Registry Receives National Recognition

by Paula | Aug 29, 2007 | News, Tools & Resources

Governor Matt Blunt announced today that Missouri’s Sex Offender Registry earned top marks from TopTenREVIEWS Inc. The reviewer named Missouri’s registry the best in the nation, awarding it the only “gold medal” in the country. The reviewer’s summary describes the...

CTF Announces Funding Available For Home Visitation Programs

by Paula | Aug 29, 2007 | News, Programs and Grants

The Children’s Trust Fund of Missouri (CTF), in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Social Services, requests proposals from qualified vendors to develop and provide comprehensive prevention home visiting services by a registered nurse to high risk parents...

3-Year-Old Left in Van for an Hour

by Paula | Aug 24, 2007 | News, Uncategorized

By Joel Currier ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Wednesday, Aug. 08 2007 A 3-year-old boy was left alone in a sweltering day care van parked near the St. Louis Science Center for more than an hour Tuesday, a day temperatures later soared to 100 degrees for the first time this...