Missouri Children's Trust Fund

Promoting Parent Success through Home Visitation

Childhood success begins with parenting at its best. This new practice/policy brief, Home Visiting:  Strengthening Families by Promoting Parenting Success from the Family Strengthening Policy Center, reports that home visiting is a prevention model that can have positive effects for families facing parenting and child-rearing challenges. (Author abstract)

Child Advocacy Day Scheduled

Mark you calendars to attend the 26th Child Advocacy Day scheduled for Tuesday, January 29, 2008 in Jefferson City.  The annual event, coordinated by the Missouri Alliance for Children, Youth and Families and the Missouri School-Age Community Coalition, begins at 9:00 a.m. in the Capitol Rotunda.  Child Advocacy Day is an opportunity for children and youth advocates to become better informed about issues, legislation and policies affecting children and provides advocates an opportunity to share their views with state legislators. Attendance at this event continues to increase with more than 800 people attending in 2007. Child Advocacy Day is free of charge and pre-registration is not required. [Schedule of events] [Read more]

CTF Recognizes Individuals at Fall Board Meeting

During the Children's Trust Fund (CTF) annual fall Board meeting held October 2007 in Jefferson City, the Board recognized Rep. Rachel Storch and Rev. Robert "Bob" Marty for their service and contribution related to child abuse and neglect prevention.

In addition, the Board expressed appreciation to Nanci Bobrow, Ph.D., of St. Louis for her service as Board chair over the last two years.  The Board also elected and welcomed Regina Staves, Ph.D., of Kansas City as the new Board chair and Patrice Mugg of St. Louis as the new chair elect.

Photo: Senator Maida Coleman of St. Louis; Nanci Bobrow, former CTF chair; Rep. Rachel Storch of St. Louis; Kirk Schreiber, CTF executive director [Larger photo]