Family Development Credential



 
 

Claire Forest, Director
Cornell Empowering Families Project
G07 MVR Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607) 255-2531
Fax: (607) 255-8767
E-mail: cnd3@cornell.edu
Directs all aspects of FDC program. Author of the Empowerment Skills for Family Workers. Translational researcher. Contact her with questions on foundational or current FDC research.

Dr. Katie Palmer-House, Senior Instructor and National Liaison
Cornell Empowering Families Project
Main St. P.O. Box 99
Dover Plains, NY 12522
Phone & Fax: (845) 877-3410
E-mail: kep26@cornell.edu

Leads Instructor’s Institutes and Instructor and Portfolio Advisor Update workshops. Author (with Forest) of Empowerment Skills for Family Workers: Instructors Manual and Empowerment Skills for Leaders. Contact for technical assistance and support for training programs, including marketing. Contact for Empowerment Skills for Leaders.National FDC liaison-contact to begin an FDC program in your state.

Dr. Stephen Hamilton, Cornell Outreach Provost & Human Development Professor
Dept. of Human Development
Cornell University, MVR Hall G58
Ithaca, NY 14853
FDC Research Advisor.

Debbie Benson

NYS Council on Children and Families
52 Washington Street, West Building, Room 256
Rensselaer, NY 12144
phone: (518) 473-3652
fax: (518) 473-2570
e-mail: Debbie.benson@dfa.state.ny.us