News | Children's Trust Fund of Missouri

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.
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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Happy Fathers Day!

by Paula | Jun 10, 2019 | News

Happy Fathers Day to all dads & father figures! Thank you for making #GreatChildhoods happen! Click here for terrific Fatherhood Resources offered by the Child Welfare Information Gateway. #StrongFamiliesSafeKids

Expanding & Enhancing Home Visiting in Missouri

by Paula | Apr 2, 2019 | News

An analysis by the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund – March 2019 Dear Friends and Partners, One of my favorite expressions is “if it was easy, we’d have already done it.” Creating a high-functioning home visiting system that is accessible to all...

Prevention $ense March 18, 2019

by Paula | Mar 15, 2019 | News, Prevention Sense

INVITATION for BIDS — Missouri Safe Sleep Coalition Strategic Planning Consultant

by Erin | Feb 6, 2019 | News

The Missouri Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is seeking a consultant to assist the Missouri Safe Sleep Coalition to create a State strategic plan to reduce infant unsafe sleep fatalities in Missouri. BACKGROUND The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for...