Children, Youth & Families

Through this program, funders received: An update on the first year of the Missouri Office of Childhood and its Director, Dr. Pam Thomas via virtual webinar recording. An update on the establishment of the Gateway Early Childhood Alliance and its Director, Katie Rahn. A deeper understanding of existing public funds to support early childhood providers, barriers to accessing those funds, and the role philanthropy can play in closing gaps. An opportunity to share their own collaborative or individual funding efforts in the early child space.
Vanderbilt University Cultural Context of Health & Wellbeing Initiative, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released a new report that focuses on three key areas in which insights and examples from abroad can improve USA health policy around childhood obesity. The report's goal is to create a mutual understanding that: food is more than nutrition, health is more than weight, and diet is more than individual choice. The report presents the most effective and sustainable efforts to improve child nutrition while taking into account cultural contexts and colonial legacies in...
March 15, 2023
The Children's Trust Fund has announced the availability of new funding for projects designed to prevent child sexual abuse in Missouri. Read More
October 31, 2022
Children's Trust Fund , Kids Win Missouri, and other community leaders from across Missouri met to develop solutions to the challenges families face in accessing early care and education programs Read More
September 29, 2022
Shriners Children's and Build-A-Bear Foundation joined forces to offer a unique experience to the patients of Shriners Children's, Buddy Rooms. Build-A-Bear Buddy Rooms will be available throughout... Read More

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