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, February 24, 2016

by Paula | Feb 25, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

Forum: Gun Violence & Childhood Trauma Monday, March 7, 2016 2pm – 5pm Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum, Danforth Campus Washington University, St. Louis Keynote speaker James Garabino, author and founding director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children at...

Prevention $ense February 8, 2016

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

Make Your Mark Against Child Abuse A child’s experiences have a direct link to their health and well-being in adulthood. Investing in children early in their life is key to helping them have a successful future. A gift through Missouri’s Tax Check-off Program makes a...

Prevention $ense February 1, 2016

by Paula | Feb 3, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

Child Maltreatment Report Released The Children’s Bureau, Office of the Administration for Children and Families just released its latest annual report on child abuse and neglect. Child Maltreatment 2014 is the 25th edition of the report which includes national and...

Prevention $ense January 22, 2016

by Paula | Jan 22, 2016 | News, Prevention Sense

CTF Grant Funds Available CTF released its General Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Grant Application last Friday, January 15, 2016. An informational meeting regarding the application will be held this Friday, January 22, 2016 10am – 12 noon, Truman State Office...

Prevention $ense December 16, 2015

by Paula | Dec 16, 2015 | Prevention Sense

Trauma Toolkit Available Developed by Public Health Nurses with the Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) in Spokane Washington, the 123 Care Trauma Sensitive Toolkit was developed for caregivers of children including parents, grandparents, child care providers,...