The RCCP mission is to improve the quality of care in residential settings and other child serving settings by designing, delivering, and evaluating programs and conducting translational research to inform and improve services for children and families.
The RCCP is administered by the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR), which is located within Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology. The BCTR mission is to improve professional and public efforts to understand and deal with risk and protective factors in the lives of children, youth, families, and communities that affect family strength, child wellbeing, and youth development. Translational research, as defined by the College and the BCTR, is the systematic application of research findings into the development of innovative interventions, practices, and policies that may ultimately improve health and well-being. The knowledge derived from these interventions feeds future research.
Martha J. Holden, M.S., is a Senior Extension Associate with the BCTR, principal investigator and Director of the RCCP. Ms. Holden provides technical assistance and training to residential child caring agencies, schools, juvenile justice programs, and child welfare organizations throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and Israel. She is the author of Children and Residential Experiences (CARE): Creating Conditions for Change, a program model for residential care organizations and the lead developer of the TCI System.
2021 NEWS: The RCCP Has Moved
Residential Child Care Project
Cornell University
3M207 MVR Hall
37 Forest Home Drive
Ithaca, NY 14853-4401
USA
Tel. 607-254-5210
http://rccp.cornell.edu
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, home of the RCCP, on the Cornell University campus, Ithaca, NY.
Published with permission, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology; Paul Warchol, photographer.
Click the scroll bar below to view some of the the RCCP's highlights, from its beginning in 1974 to the present.
Thanks to the Ithaca Youth Bureau, Ithaca, NY, for granting permission to use their mural (featured above), and especially to the artists involved: Johanna Baker, Summer Bartholomew, Lori Bontempi, Leland Chapin, Jon Gowin, Barney Knewstub, John Longo, Harmony Mayhak, Tiffany Reynolds, and Keith Robbins.
Global Locations Practicing TCI and CARE
USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Israel, Bermuda, South Korea, Spain, New Zealand, and Russia
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©2021 Residential Child Care Project, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York USA
1974
Home of the RCCP, Family Life Development Center, Created by New York State Legislature in the College of Human Ecology, Cornell University
1980
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Launched
1982
Residential Child Care Project Established
1983
TCI, 2nd Edition, Published
1991
TCI, 3rd Edition, Published
1992
First TCI Train-the-Trainer Conducted in the United Kingdom
1993
TCI, 4th Edition, Published
1997
-First TCI Train-the-Trainer Conducted in Australia
-First Edition, TCI for Family Care Providers, Published
1999
TCI Train-the-Trainer Conducted in Russia
2000
First RCCP International Conference Held, TCI: An International Perspective, Ithaca, New York
2001
-TCI, 5th Edition, Published
-TCI Trainer Certification Begins
2002
First TCI Train-the-Trainer Conducted in Israel
2004
First TCI Train-the-Trainer Conducted in Bermuda
2005
-TCI Receives BILD Accreditation, Europe
-Second RCCP International Conference, Achieving the Balance: Best Practice for Managing Challenging Behavior, Held in Dublin, Ireland
-International Symposium: Examining the Safety of High Risk Interventions for Children and Young People, Held in Ithaca, New York
2006
TCI Awarded National Staff Development and Training Association (NSDTA) Quality Award
2007
RCCP Awarded The College of Human Ecology at Cornell University’s Outstanding Accomplishments in Extension/Outreach Award
2008
Children And Residential Experiences: Creating the Conditions for Change (CARE) Piloted
2009
-TCI, 6th Edition, Published
-Children and Residential Experiences: Creating Conditions for Change, written by Martha J. Holden, Published by the Child Welfare League of America, Washington DC
2011
Family Life Development Center merges with the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center to become the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, home to the RCCP
2012
-TCI for Schools, 1st Edition, Published
-Third RCCP International Conference, In the Best Interests of the Child: Caring for Them-Caring for Us, Held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2014
TCI Quality Improvement and Fidelity Assessment Program Launched
2016
Fourth RCCP International RCCP Conference, Building a Community of Practice, Held in Lake George, New York
2017
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse (CEBC) Lists CARE as a Promising Practice
2018
Waterford Country School, Quaker Hill, CT, becomes First Registered TCI Agency
2019
-CARE Agency Certification Process Launched
-Waterford Country School, Quaker Hill, CT, Becomes First Certfied CARE Agency
-CARE Academy Established
2020
TCI, Edition 7, Launched
2021
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