Erin Ingoldsby, Ph.D.
Director
Erin Ingoldsby has 30 years of experience in applied research, program evaluation, and evaluation technical assistance in various content areas, including child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, and social systems reforms. She brings to JBA technical expertise in research design and methods, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and implementation science.
Ingoldsby served as project director for multiple projects, including the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol and Other Drug Programs on Foster Care Prevention and Rapid Reunification: Lived Experience Views and its previous phases, Identification and Care of Children With Prenatal Alcohol and Other Drugs Exposures: Prevention Strategies and Prenatal Alcohol and Other Drug Exposures in Child Welfare. She is currently leading a fidelity assessment model review for two evidence-based programs for children and youth with emotional and behavioral concerns in collaboration with the national office of Youth Villages. She also served as project director for a completed project on Trauma-Informed Approaches: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice to Build Resilience in Children and Families.
Prior to joining JBA, Ingoldsby served as lead evaluator of state, county, and community-based projects in Colorado, including a statewide initiative to improve family-centered service models and outcomes for children and families involved in multiple social service systems. She is a licensed child clinical psychologist and has a Ph.D. in clinical/developmental psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.