Waterford Country School's Bill Martin receives Cornell University Eckenrode Award

Bill Martin, executive director or Waterford Country School, received the third Eckenrode Award for Partner in Translational Research on Tuesday, November 17. 
 
The award is dedicated to honoring individuals and organizations who have played a vital partnership role with Cornell researchers to expand, strengthen, and speed connections between research, policy and practice in service of human development and wellbeing. It is named after John Eckenrode in recognition of John’s tireless personal and professional dedication to assuring that vulnerable youth and families benefit from high quality research partnerships.
 
This year’s awardee is Bill Martin, Executive Director of Waterford Country School, a nonprofit human service agency providing a range of services including residential treatment, emergency shelters, therapeutic boarding, foster care, special education and outpatient services. Under Bill’s leadership, Waterford Country School has partnered with the Residential Child Care Project to evaluate and further develop the RCCP’s CARE program model. They have been a critical partner in building the evidence base that resulted in CARE being listed on the California Evidence-base Clearinghouse through identifying areas for research and collaborating with the RCCP research team to examine the effects of CARE on the use of high risk interventions and psychometric medication on children in their care. CARE has been implemented in more than 50 organizations in five countries and is making a difference in the lives of children and families as well as the staff and agencies that work with them.