Missouri Children's Trust Fund

What Missouri Children's Trust Fund does

Missouri Children's Trust Fund (CTF) is a quasi-governmental agency and 501(c)(3) nonprofit created by the Missouri General Assembly in 1983 under Missouri Revised Statutes 210.170–210.173, designated as Missouri's foundation for child abuse prevention. Headquartered within the Missouri Office of Administration in Jefferson City, CTF operates with ~10 staff and a 17-member board (13 governor appointees, 4 legislators). Its primary function is grant-making to community-based prevention organizations statewide, complemented by public education campaigns and direct coordination of the home visiting service system.

CTF's core technology is CRIS Link, a web-based statewide referral system that matches families with early childhood home visiting services across five Regional CRIS Networks covering all Missouri counties. The organization administers a portfolio of grant programs including the Home Visiting Collective Impact Grants, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Grants, Safe Sleep Grant Program, Responsive Funding Grants, and the performance-based Statewide Home Visiting Outcomes Rate Card. Public-facing products include the "Something We Agree On" social norms campaign, "Safe Sleep Missouri" educational materials, and free bilingual (English/Spanish) prevention literature. Distribution is channeled through ~50 community-based partner organizations, MCO partners (Healthy Blue, Show Me Healthy Kids), and the Missouri Department of Revenue for specialty license plate sales.

CTF's revenue is sourced from dedicated fees on marriage licenses and vital records, voluntary state income tax check-off contributions, specialty license plate sales ($25/year), individual donations, interest income, and federal grants (CBCAP, MIECHV, TANF, Medicaid ILOS). Since inception, CTF has allocated more than $107 million to community organizations. CTF does not receive general state revenue funding and does not publicly disclose its annual operating budget; recent funding flows include $588K/year for Rural Health Transformation home visiting, $19M+ in FY2023 infrastructure grants, and $4.35M over 4.5 years for the Outcomes Rate Card.

Name

Missouri Children's Trust Fund

Legal name

Children's Trust Fund of Missouri

Website

https://ctf4kids.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Missouri Children's Trust Fund is a quasi-governmental 501(c)(3) foundation created by the Missouri General Assembly in 1983 to prevent child abuse and neglect through grant-making, statewide home visiting coordination via the CRIS Link referral system, and public awareness campaigns, serving Missouri families and community-based prevention organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare and Abuse Prevention Foundation Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Program Funding (HLAJALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Coaching, Parent-Mediated & Home Visiting EI Services (EDACAFAJ), Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK)

Keywords

• Child abuse prevention
• Home visiting services
• Grantmaking foundation
• Family support programs
• Community-based prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

Jefferson City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. State Government Funding: General revenue from the State of Missouri, dedicated fees on marriage licenses and vital records, and other state appropriations
2. Federal Grants: Administers federal Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) funding through Administration for Children and Families, and Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) through HRSA
3. Specialty License Plate Sales: Sales of the CTF specialty 'prevent child abuse' license plate with annual donations of $25 or more
4. Tax Check-Off Program: Voluntary contributions designated on Missouri State Income Tax Returns
5. General Donations: Tax-deductible 501(c)(3) donations from individuals, including tribute donations, matching gifts, and memorial contributions
6. Interest Income: Interest income from the Fund
7. Medicaid/MCO Partnership: Medicaid funding through partnership with state's Managed Care Organizations on an In Lieu of Services (ILOS) for home visiting

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Missouri Children's Trust Fund is Missouri's foundation for child abuse prevention, distributing grants to community-based agencies and organizations that deliver home visiting, child sexual abuse prevention, safe sleep, and family support services. It administers state and federal funding streams, coordinates the statewide CRIS Link home visiting referral system across five Regional CRIS Networks, and conducts public education campaigns including the Something We Agree On social norms initiative. The organization funds evidence-based programs serving Missouri families with children prenatal through age five and provides free prevention literature in English and Spanish.

Product overview

The Children's Trust Fund of Missouri operates as a quasi-governmental foundation for child abuse prevention, primarily functioning as a grant-making organization rather than a traditional product company. CTF's portfolio centers on funding and coordinating community-based prevention programs, with key offerings including the CRIS Link referral system for home visiting services, various home visiting program models (MOPPP, MIECHV), child sexual abuse prevention grants, safe sleep programming, and public awareness campaigns like 'Something We Agree On.' The organization distributes grant funding to community agencies statewide and provides free prevention literature and resources. CTF also manages performance-based funding mechanisms including the Outcomes Rate Card for home visiting providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Something We Agree On: A social norms campaign to prevent childhood sexual abuse and corporal punishment through positive community messaging and parent education.
• Safe Sleep Missouri
• CRIS Link

Products and services

• CRIS Link (Coordinated Referral and Intake System) Statewide home visiting referral system that connects families with early childhood services by matching them to appropriate programs based on county location, needs, and program capacity. Manages capacity by allowing providers to turn referrals on and off. Available to any Missouri family seeking home visiting services.
• Home Visiting Programs Free, voluntary early childhood home visiting services that support parents and caregivers with parenting support, child development, and maternal health through evidence-based models. Available to Missouri families with children prenatal through age 5.
• Missouri Parenting Partnership Program (MOPPP) Statewide home visiting program providing evidence-based parenting support and services to Missouri families.
• MIECHV (Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting) Program Federal home visiting program supporting pregnant women and families with young children through evidence-based home visiting services.
• Outcomes Rate Card (ORC) Performance-based incentive funding program providing awards to high-performing home visiting agencies for achieving priority outcome metrics. Total $4.35 million distributed over 4.5 years.
• Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Grants Grant funding for community-based initiatives to prevent child sexual abuse through education, training, and community collaboration. $1.7 million awarded over four years (FY2021-2025) to agencies across Missouri.
• Safe Sleep Grant Program Grant program funding safe sleep education and distribution of safe sleep surfaces to reduce sleep-related infant injuries and deaths. Operated in collaboration with the Missouri Safe Sleep Coalition.
• Responsive Funding Grants Flexible grant funding for community-based child abuse and neglect prevention programming outside of CTF's priority areas.
• Home Visiting Collective Impact Grants Funding supporting regional collective impact partnerships coordinating home visiting services across Missouri through the five Regional CRIS Networks.
• Public Education Marketing Mini-Grants Funding for Missouri agencies to develop community-based marketing plans for child abuse prevention campaigns, including the Something We Agree On campaign.
• Prevention Literature and Resources Free digital and print materials including rack cards, brochures, and posters on topics including safe sleep, abusive head trauma, home visiting, and child sexual abuse prevention, available in English and Spanish. Available to all Missouri residents at no cost.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than $107 million allocated to community organizations since 1983
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Community Foundation of the OzarkssupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 August 2023Partnership for Facility Improvement & Infrastructure grant distribution in the Ozarks region.
• YouthBridge Community FoundationsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 August 2023Partnership for Facility Improvement & Infrastructure grant distribution.
• Greater Kansas City Community FoundationsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 August 2023Partnership for Facility Improvement & Infrastructure grant distribution in the Greater Kansas City region.
• Kids Win MissouricoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 October 2022Coalition partner for early childhood advocacy, developed Blueprint for Missouri's Early Childhood System report, collaborated on steering committee for early childhood solutions.
• University of Kansas School of Social WelfarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2021Conducted Safe Sleep Grant Program Evaluation from July 2021 through June 2025, evaluating five regional grantees implementing safe sleep programs statewide.
• Missouri Safe Sleep CoalitionsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Multi-agency coalition developing and distributing consistent safe sleep messaging statewide aligned with AAP recommendations.
• Healthy BluecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerManaged Care Organization partnership to connect pregnant women receiving Missouri Medicaid to home visiting services through automatic referral with consent.
• Show Me Healthy Kids (Home State Health)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerManaged Care Organization partnership to support foster youth during pregnancy by connecting them to home visiting services through automatic referral with consent.
• National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention FundscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational membership organization providing training, technical assistance, and peer consulting opportunities to strengthen child abuse prevention efforts.
• Missouri Office of ChildhoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency partner within Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; coordination on home visiting program transition and early childhood system building.
• SEMO-NASV (Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for The Green Bear Project - preK-12 school-based sexual abuse prevention program in southeast Missouri counties.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Parents as Teachers National Center: Evidence-based home visiting model headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that is one of the home visiting programs administered or funded by CTF. Directly comparable as a home visiting service model serving Missouri families.
• Healthy Families America: Evidence-based home visiting model operated by Prevent Child Abuse America, commonly funded by Children's Trust Funds including CTF. Directly comparable as a home visiting service model within CTF's portfolio.
• Whole Kids Outreach, Inc. CTF-funded nonprofit providing home visiting services across 11 rural southeast Missouri counties, serving more than 15,000 families since 1999. Comparable as a CTF sub-grantee delivering the same home visiting model.
• Nurse-Family Partnership: Evidence-based nurse home visiting program serving low-income first-time mothers. Directly comparable as a home visiting model funded by CTF through MIECHV and state appropriations.
• Texas Trust Fund for Child Abuse Prevention: State-level child abuse prevention trust fund with comparable statutory mandate, governance structure, and grantmaking function. Directly comparable as a peer state trust fund operating under a similar legislative framework.

Others

• National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds: Membership organization of which CTF is a member, providing training, technical assistance, and peer consulting to state Children's Trust Funds. Comparable as the network of similar state-level foundations.
• Missouri Office of Childhood: State agency within the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education that transitioned home visiting programs to CTF in 2025. Comparable as the adjacent state entity responsible for early childhood systems.

Broad incumbents

• Zero to Three: National nonprofit advancing policy and practice for infants and toddlers, overlapping with CTF's maternal and early childhood home visiting focus. Comparable as a broader early childhood systems peer.
• Prevent Child Abuse America: National organization operating the Healthy Families America model and providing chapter network support to state-level child abuse prevention efforts. Comparable as the broader national umbrella in which state trust funds operate.

Regional players

• Kids Win Missouri: Missouri-based early childhood advocacy coalition and CTF partner that developed the Blueprint for Missouri's Early Childhood System report. Comparable as a Missouri-focused child welfare advocacy peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/missourictf
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MissouriCTF
• Facebookfacebook.com/MissouriCTF
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/missouri-children-s-trust-fund

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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