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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.
  - - Statewide Home Visiting Outcomes Rate Card
    - MO Home Visiting Referral System
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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Effective parenting programs, home visiting evaluated

by Paula | Feb 5, 2007 | News, Research

In a recent report reviewing 150 studies of parenting programs for at-risk parents, home visiting programs held the most promise for parents of young children. The study, conducted at the University of California at Berkeley Center for the Study of Social...

The youngest, and most vulnerable

by Paula | Feb 1, 2007 | News, Uncategorized

Children younger than a year old are the ones most often found to be physically abused, neglected and killed by abuse in Missouri, according to the most recent numbers reported by the Department of Social Services. Missouri’s Child Abuse and Neglect annual...

Invest in Kids Working Group

by Paula | Feb 1, 2007 | News, Programs and Grants

The Invest in Kids Working Group was created to examine and document the economic benefits of investments in young children and explore policies to finance expansion of such services. Working group members are leading experts in economics, business, advocacy and...

Wisconsin gearing up for National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month

by Paula | Feb 1, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

Norma Sampson reports the Wisconsin Children’s Trust Fund is gearing up for National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month (April). "In the past, you’ve loved our blue KEEP KIDS SAFE awareness wristbands and KEEP KIDS SAFE stickers. NEW this year...

WIC: Improving health of MO women, infants and children

by Paula | Feb 1, 2007 | News, Programs and Grants

Every month, more than 130,000 Missourians participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC. The program provides nutrition information and food assistance to pregnant women, new mothers, infants and...

Governor Blunt addresses child advocacy rally

by Paula | Jan 31, 2007 | Events and Conferences, News

Governor Matt Blunt speaks to hundreds of people visiting the State Capitol to take part in Children’s Advocacy Day. The Governor stressed his commitment to improved access to quality health care, Internet safety, and the importance of a world class education....