Children's Trust Fund - Cohort 33

The Department of Human Services is seeking applications for the Children's Trust Fund (CTF) grants to promote primary and secondary child abuse and neglect prevention programs in community-based settings. The CTF Board is committed to funding organizations that are part of a collaborative community-driven approach directly engaging youth, parents, and families. Applicants must provide proposals for a program or service that meets the intent of the CTF Act, which is to create community-based children's programs or services and encourage the development of new and innovative programs that will prevent child abuse and neglect. Some key areas of focus include: • educational services in parenting; • prenatal care; • perinatal bonding; • child development; • basic childcare; • care of children with special needs; • coping with family stress; • personal safety and sexual abuse prevention training for children; • crisis care; • aid to parents; • child abuse counseling; • peer support groups; • lay health visitors; • respite or crisis childcare; and • early identification of families where the potential for child abuse and neglect exists. The CTF Board has defined their funding priorities, which include fostering innovation, well-rooted evidence-based services, and emerging evidence-based services.