"Within each person lies a bone-deep longing for freedom, self-respect, hope, and the chance to make an important contribution to one's family, community, and the world ... No government program can help families become self-reliant, integrated members of their communities unless it is built on a recognition of the power of this bone-deep longing for freedom, self-respect, hope and the chance to contribute."
— Christiann Dean, creator of the FDC Curriculum
Strengthening Workers
Empowering Families
Improving Communities
The MidSouth Regional Family Development Credential (FDC) Program is a program for frontline workers in Missouri, Arkansas and northern Kentucky designed to reorient human service practice to the family support approach.
The program offers a research-based, comprehensive curriculum in family support principles, which significantly improves the ability of frontline workers to help the families and individuals they assist to set and reach their own goals for self-reliance.
After successful completion of 90 classroom hours of instruction, a standardized exam, and a portfolio developed under the one-on-one guidance of a community-based Portfolio Advisor, workers receive the Family Development Credential.
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Sponsored by the Family Studies Program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City