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CURRENT ISSUE
Issue 4 - July, 2022
BREAKING NEWS
Governor Parson Approves State Budget with $20 million Allocated for Future CTF Facilities and Infrastructure GrantsPUBLIC EDUCATION
Audiences Tune In to CTF's "Something We Agree On" CampaignCTF Collaborates to Advance Missouri Safe Sleep Education
Coming Soon to Missouri: "Awareness to Action" Policy & Procedure Training
GRANTS
CTF Recommends $341,911 to be Awarded for Immediate NeedsHERO HIGHLIGHTS
Two Questions for Darrell Missey, Director of Missouri Children's DivisionPOLICY
"The State of Home Visiting," by Joe Gallant, Kids Win MissouriNext Steps: CTF Expects Statewide "Outcomes Rate Card" to be Ready as soon as 2023
EXPLORE PAST ISSUES
Issue 3 - March, 2022
2022 CTF Legislative Priorities, CTF Celebrates Launch of "Something We Agree On," Hero Highlights: Rich Hennicke, Get to know the CTF Staff, and more...Issue 2 - October, 2021
Emily Interviews Gov. Parson on the Office of Childhood, CTF Develops Outcomes Rate Card for Home Visiting, The Impact of HBs 557 and 432, and more...Issue 1 - June, 2021
5 Things to know about the new Office of Childhood, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention grants at work, CTF aims to change Social Norms, and more...Join CTF's "First To Know" List!
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2022 CTF Legislative Priorities
In December, 2021, The Board of Directors of CTF adopted the following Legislative Priorities for 2022…
Hero Highlights Interview #1: Rich Hennicke
“Last year, in the first issue of First-Hand Insights, we asked you to nominate people you would consider “Heroes” in the field of child abuse and neglect prevention.
This interview is the first in our series to be released, featuring one of the individuals YOU nominated! We know anyone connected to the field will be encouraged by the conversation…”
CTF Announces New Public Education Resources: Safe Sleep, Abusive Head Trauma, and Child Sexual Abuse
Public Education update: Use the links below to access three new vital resources for immediate use in your community-based work!
Get to Know the CTF Staff: Jeni Sommerfeld, Tara Goins, and Nicole Dunmire
An update from Emily: Over the past year, CTF has added some amazing people to our full-time staff. Today, I’d like to take the opportunity to tell you more about the three newest faces on the CTF team…
CTF Celebrates Launch of “Something We Agree On”
Public Education update: Our Something We Agree On Campaign is live now at somethingweagreeon.org!
This campaign is CTF’s latest educational and awareness initiative that aims to bring perceived and actual norms related to child well-being into alignment…