Research | 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.

Select Page

Providing Support to At-risk Families with Young Children

by Paula | Mar 1, 2016 | CTF Partners, News, Research

The Healthy Steps for Families program is a collaborative effort between Burrell Behavioral Heath and the Jordan Valley Community Health Center and is based in Greene County. CTF helps fund services to at-risk pregnant women or parents with children ages 0-3. Healthy...

Podcast – Dr. Robert Block, M.D., on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study

by Paula | May 9, 2013 | News, Podcast, Research

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE) demonstrated an association between the number of adversities experienced in childhood and adult health, mental health and overall well being. Newer science, evolving rapidly, has moved the field from association to...

Championing Success: Business Organizations for Early Childhood Investments

by Paula | Apr 24, 2013 | News, Research

Ready Nation is an organization that works to enhance the message of business leaders that are in support of early childhood policies and programs that strengthen our economy and workforce. The organization partnered with the American Chamber of Commerce Executives to...

ACE Study Links Childhood Trauma

by Paula | Oct 9, 2009 | News, Research

Research released from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that people who experienced considerable trauma during their childhood died 20 years prematurely and those suffering childhood trauma have double the risk for early death compared...

Use of Fans May Lower SIDS Risk

by Paula | Oct 8, 2008 | News, Research

A new study, published in October's Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, suggests that using a fan to circulate air and improve ventilation seemed to lower the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). More research is needed, but the...

Early Neglect Can Predict Aggressive Behavior in Children

by Paula | May 15, 2008 | News, Research

A new longitudinal study conducted by the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Public Health reveals that children who are neglected before their second birthday display higher levels of aggressive behavior between ages 4 and 8. The research has been published...