ACRC lives its values by implementing a Youth and Family Voice Committee
57th Annual Meeting attendance jumps to over 400
ACRC rebrands, and drops one “A” to reflect our growing international presence
AACRC becomes independent and takes on a second full-time employee, doubling the staff!
“Providing a powerful national voice through leadership, advocacy, and the promotion of innovation and best practices”
AACRC is at the table for the first Building Bridges Summit in Omaha, NE, which led to the creation of the Joint Resolution.
AACRC Begins Redefining Residential Position Paper Series. The first position paper is titled “Redefining the Role of Residential Treatment.”
AACRC enters into management agreement with Alliance for Children and Families, and moves to Milwaukee
New Board Governance Structure Developed By Gerry Zaslaw. Welcome, Board advisors!
“AACRC brings professionals together to advance the frontiers of knowledge pertaining to the spectrum of therapeutic living environments for children and adolescents with behavioral health disorders”
AACRC’s Professional Journal Is Born, The Residential Treatment for Children and Youth
AACRC moves to Washington, DC
“Committed to the highest level of quality care and treatment of emotionally disturbed children and adolescents through sound clinical practice, and to the advancement of scientific knowledge through residential care”
Al Trieschman, future AACRC President, co-authors “The Other 23 Hours”
For the first time, the Annual Meeting moves away from Chicago
First “scientific meeting,” held at Chicago’s Orthogenic School, was attended by 13 people.
“To be a forum for discussion of common approaches and problems of emotionally disturbed children requiring in-patient treatment”
American Association of Children’s Residential Centers is founded