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The mission of the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund is to prevent child abuse and neglect through investing in strong communities, healthy families and safe children.
What is the Ohio Children's Trust Fund?
As Ohio's sole, dedicated public funding source for child abuse and neglect prevention, OCTF is in the forefront of prevention activities throughout the state. From establishing guidelines for program development to accessing up-to-date prevention curricula to producing educational and public awareness materials to impacting related social policy initiatives, OCTF provides expertise and resources for legislators, the media, state agencies, and the public.
The Ohio Children's Trust Fund was created in Ohio law in 1984. OCTF funds primary and secondary prevention strategies that are conducted at the local level and activities and projects of a statewide significance designed to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect.
Primary Prevention Strategies are activities and services provided to the public designed to prevent or reduce the prevalence of child abuse and neglect before signs of abuse or neglect can be observed.
Primary prevention services are voluntary, targeted to the general public, and include such activities as public awareness materials and events to inform and educate people about child abuse, neglect and the importance of prevention, parenting classes and support groups, child development screening, information and referral services, child safety training and family strengthening activities. Primary prevention services reach the broadest audience and generally have the lowest per person cost.
Secondary Prevention Strategies are activities and services that are provided to a specific population identified as having risk factors for child abuse and neglect and are designed to intervene at the earliest warning signs of child abuse or child neglect, or whenever a child can be identified at being at risk of abuse or neglect.
Secondary prevention involves services directed to parents, children and families who have risk factors, but abuse/neglect has not yet been identified. Some types of services (such as parenting classes, parent-child family life education, or parent support groups) can be classified as both primary prevention or secondary prevention. However, because of increased risk for maltreatment, services at the secondary level are typically more comprehensive or intensive than at the primary level. Typical secondary prevention services include home visitation, case management/service coordination, respite care, crisis stabilization and mentoring programs. They target fewer people than primary prevention and are more costly.
Revenues from surcharges on birth and death certificates and divorce and dissolution decrees provide the funding for OCTF. These funds are earmarked for each county through a formula based on the number of children living in each county. In addition, OCTF has been awarded The Community Based Child Abuse Prevention federal grant which is made available for additional prevention programs and special initiatives.
"OCTF Strategic Plan 2009 - 2014"
1. Strategic Plan
2. Strategic Plan - Activities to Acheive the Goals
Ohio Children's Trust Fund Board
Ohio Children's Trust Fund Board Meetings
Ohio Children's Trust Fund Staff
The Ohio Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America