Prevention Sense | 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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Prevention $ense November 21, 2016

by Paula | Nov 28, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

Surgeon General Issues Landmark Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health A new, landmark Surgeon General’s report finds alcohol and drug misuse and severe substance use disorders, commonly called addiction, to be one of America’s most pressing public health concerns....

Prevention $ense September 19, 2016

by Paula | Oct 14, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

September – National Baby Safety Month September is National Baby Safety Month in which the Missouri Safe Sleep Coalition is focusing on Safe to Sleep practices for infants. The Coalition has been convening over the last several months with the goal of...

Prevention $ense September 9, 2016

by Paula | Sep 9, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

CTF Board Awards Prevention Grants The CTF Board of Directors recently approved over $1.7 million in funding for State Fiscal Year 2017 to support 88 different organizations throughout Missouri for the prevention of child abuse and neglect and to strengthen...

Prevention $ense August 16, 2016

by Paula | Aug 16, 2016 | Prevention Sense

Mark Your Calendar – Prevention Conference Spring 2017 Planning is underway for the 2017 Statewide Conference on Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention to be held March 23 & 24, 2017 at the Capital Plaza Hotel & Convention Center in Jefferson City. To provide a...

Prevention $ense, March 31, 2016

by Paula | Mar 31, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

April is Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Month April is Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Month here in Missouri and across the country. This year’s theme focuses on Building Community, Building Hope. Many communities around the state are gearing up for events and...

Prevention $ense, March 7, 2016

by Paula | Mar 8, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

CTF License Plate Partner Application Available CTF is seeking community partners to support the CTF license plate program. Since 1997, community organizations throughout Missouri have been promoting the popular specialty plate, depicting the green hand prints of a...