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      The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention.
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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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Prevent Child Abuse America Announces 2008 Conference

by Paula | May 24, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

Prevent Child Abuse America, a national organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, will host its 2008 conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 19-22, 2008.

What is child abuse and neglect?

by Paula | May 23, 2007 | News, Uncategorized

When children are nurtured, they grow up to be happy and healthy adults. But when they lack an attachment to a caring adult, receive inconsistent nurturing, or experience harsh discipline, the long-lasting consequences can affect their health, well-being and...

What is prevention?

by Paula | May 23, 2007 | News, Uncategorized

The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) was established in 1983 by the Missouri General Assembly as Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention. The CTF board of directors determined as policy that only primary and secondary prevention services would be...

CTF Discretionary Grant Program

by Paula | May 22, 2007 | News, Programs and Grants

Each year the Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) allocates a certain portion of its program budget to fund discretionary projects. Discretionary grant funding is designed to be responsive to low cost prevention projects or needs that individual communities or community...

How You Can Help (old page)

by Paula | May 17, 2007 | News, Uncategorized

It’s easier to build strong children than to mend broken men. — Frederick Douglas Child abuse prevention is important to every Missouri citizen, and it is the Children’s Trust Fund’s (CTF) goal to support children and their families in leading...

About CTF

by Paula | May 17, 2007 | News, Uncategorized

Missouri’s Foundation For Child Abuse PreventionThe Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention. CTF was created by the Missouri General Assembly in 1983 as a 501c(3) non-profit organization whose purpose is...