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        <p>Welcome to the web site of the official National Family Development Credential Program!</p>
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                style="font-weight: 700;">The National Family Development Credential Program celebrates 25 years of teaching America's family workers the empowering skills of FDC</strong></em></span><span
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        <p>The FDC program collaborates with agencies to teach family workers how to coach families to set and reach their goals for healthy self-reliance. Initially based on Cornell University research, the interagency&nbsp; FDC program works is in
          many states throughout the nation, teaching and credentialing frontline workers from public, private and non-profit service systems (e.g., home visitors, case managers, family resource center workers, community health workers).</p>
        <p>The Family Development Credential emerged in 1994 from a research-policy collaborative between the Cornell University College of Human Ecology's Department of Human Development, New York State's Council on Children and Families, New York
          State Department of State, and the&nbsp; <span style="color: #333399;">
            <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/home/home.shtml" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #333399;">New York City Dept. of Youth and Community Development</span></a>, <span style="color: #000000;">with support from the Robert Wood
              Johnson Foundation. The initiative was directed by Dr. Claire Forest.</span><br></span></p>
        <p>In 2010, Dr. Forest, who remains Director, moved the Family Development Credential Program to the University of Connecticut. The official FDC credential is issued by the <span style="color: #333399;">Center for Culture, Health &amp; Human
            Development</span>.</p>
        <p>To earn the FDC, front-line workers take 80 hours of classes based on&nbsp; <em>Empowerment Skills for Family Workers</em>(3rd edition, Forest 2015), a portfolio documenting their ability to apply these concepts and skills, and pass a
          standardized exam. Since the first&nbsp; FDC credentials were issued by Cornell's School of Continuing Education in 1997, more than 12,000 front-line workers nationally have earned the FDC through affiliated systems in 46 other states.</p>
        <p>In 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded Dr. Claire Forest exclusive use of the terms "Family Development Credential" and "FDC", to prevent unauthorized imitations. Feel free to check with us regarding the status of programs
          that use these terms. Your workers deserve the official&nbsp; FDC Program!</p>
        <p>In 2017, soon after Head Start released their new performance standards for staff in 2016, Office or Head Start approved UConn's Family Development Credential to meet this requirement. We are pleased to work closely with National Head
          Start Programs to help them achieve their staff qualifications.</p>
        <p>As the FDC &nbsp;Program expands training, credentialing and research, we look forward to working with continuing and new FDC &nbsp;state programs and other partners. When families and communities face profound challenges, the FDC
          &nbsp;Program's highly skilled workers and leaders are ready to help. Please contact us with your ideas and questions.&nbsp;
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        <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a href="/pdf/Earn%20FDC%20Credential%20Info%20Sheet%202016.pdf" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #0000ff;">Click here </span></a> </span>to learn more about how to earn a Family Development Credential.
          <br><span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a href="/pdf/FDC%20QA%20Pamphlet%20033116.pdf" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #0000ff;">Click here</span></a> </span> for frequently asked Q &amp; A about&nbsp; FDC .</p>
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Center for the Study of
Culture, Health, and Human Development
at the
University of Connecticut


FAMILY
DEVELOPMENT
CREDENTIAL

 * FDC Training & Updates
 * FDC Home
   * About FDC
 * Bone Deep Longing
 * Credentials
   * How to Earn Credentials
   * National FDC
 * Publications
 * Core Principles
 * Research
   * Foundational Research
   * FDC: What the Research Shows
 * FDC's Impact: Voices from the Field
 * Instructor Resources
   * The Body Scan College Credit Registry COVID 19 Resources
   * When this is over  Distance Education
 * Contact Us



Welcome to the web site of the official National Family Development Credential
Program!

The National Family Development Credential Program celebrates 25 years of
teaching America's family workers the empowering skills of FDC!

The FDC program collaborates with agencies to teach family workers how to coach
families to set and reach their goals for healthy self-reliance. Initially based
on Cornell University research, the interagency  FDC program works is in many
states throughout the nation, teaching and credentialing frontline workers from
public, private and non-profit service systems (e.g., home visitors, case
managers, family resource center workers, community health workers).

The Family Development Credential emerged in 1994 from a research-policy
collaborative between the Cornell University College of Human Ecology's
Department of Human Development, New York State's Council on Children and
Families, New York State Department of State, and the  New York City Dept. of
Youth and Community Development, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. The initiative was directed by Dr. Claire Forest.


In 2010, Dr. Forest, who remains Director, moved the Family Development
Credential Program to the University of Connecticut. The official FDC credential
is issued by the Center for Culture, Health & Human Development.

To earn the FDC, front-line workers take 80 hours of classes based on 
Empowerment Skills for Family Workers(3rd edition, Forest 2015), a portfolio
documenting their ability to apply these concepts and skills, and pass a
standardized exam. Since the first  FDC credentials were issued by Cornell's
School of Continuing Education in 1997, more than 12,000 front-line workers
nationally have earned the FDC through affiliated systems in 46 other states.

In 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded Dr. Claire Forest
exclusive use of the terms "Family Development Credential" and "FDC", to prevent
unauthorized imitations. Feel free to check with us regarding the status of
programs that use these terms. Your workers deserve the official  FDC Program!

In 2017, soon after Head Start released their new performance standards for
staff in 2016, Office or Head Start approved UConn's Family Development
Credential to meet this requirement. We are pleased to work closely with
National Head Start Programs to help them achieve their staff qualifications.

As the FDC  Program expands training, credentialing and research, we look
forward to working with continuing and new FDC  state programs and other
partners. When families and communities face profound challenges, the FDC
 Program's highly skilled workers and leaders are ready to help. Please contact
us with your ideas and questions. 
                                                                                                           

Click here to learn more about how to earn a Family Development Credential.
Click here for frequently asked Q & A about  FDC .



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