ABOUT
THE TRUST
The D.C. Children's Trust Fund (DCCTF) is a
public/private partnership which was established in 1993 as a result of
legislation passed by the District of Columbia City Council and authorized by
the Mayor. This legislation established the Trust as a private nonprofit
organization designed to stimulate innovative programs directed toward the
prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Efforts to develop a trust fund in the District
of Columbia began in 1989 as a community-based movement which involved parents,
social workers, educators, medical and mental health providers, religious, law
enforcement and business representatives.
MISSION
The mission of the D.C. Children's Trust Fund is to foster the well-being of the
District's children and their families by leading the way toward the prevention
of child abuse and neglect. The Trust serves as a catalyst for prevention
efforts by leveraging private and governmental resources, providing resources
and technical assistance to community-based organizations, schools, and churches
to strengthen families and thereby reduce the risk of child abuse. A major
objective of the Trust is to define and develop standards for primary prevention
for the D.C. community at-large.
PURPOSE
The Trust provides guidance and support to
community-based organizations (CBO), schools and churches citywide to
incorporate primary prevention into their existing activities. The Trust's work
is focused in three broad categories: public education and awareness, community
outreach and program linkages, and resource development and management.
ACTIVITIES
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Public Education and Awareness
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Develop public education
materials that promote primary prevention
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Develop messages that
emphasize and promote ways to strengthen families and develop healthy
children
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Collection and dissemination
of objective, accurate and current data describing the condition of
children and families in the city to inform policy making and system
reform through the D.C. KIDS COUNT Project
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Community Outreach and Program
Linkage
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Conduct outreach to
businesses, fundraisers, and national organizations headquartered in D.C. to
provide resources that support primary prevention
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Establish relationships with
local organizations
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Serve as a resource on
primary prevention models, programs, strategies, and materials
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Conduct outreach to
policy-makers and advocates to insist that primary prevention be a
component of human services
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Resource Development and
Management
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Develop monetary,
programmatic, and in kind resources to support primary prevention
efforts
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Community Based Family
Resource and Support Grant
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Leveraging funds
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Parents Anonymous Grant
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Provide grants and technical
assistance to schools, churches, and community-based organizations to
add primary prevention components to their programs or enhance existing
primary prevention efforts
