Child Abuse Prevention Month | 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.
  - - 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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Every child deserves a happy, healthy childhood free of abuse and neglect, and every family needs and deserves the support to make this a reality.

To help spread awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month:

Go-Blue Friday, April 5th, and share your photos on DSS’ Go-Blue Facebook event page
Plant a pinwheel garden—the blue pinwheel represents the happy childhood all kids deserve!
Check out and share our toolkit and the resources below!

CTF Staff Goes Blue

Stronger Together for a Better Future - Child Abuse Prevention Toolkit

Additional Resources in Missouri:

Partnership Guide 2023

Other Leaders in Child Abuse Prevention:

National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Building Better Childhoods
Healthy Children | American Academy of Pediatrics
Prevent Child Abuse America
Darkness to Light | End Childhood Sexual Abuse

Stewards of Children by Darkness to Light