Patrice Cachat, M.S.W.
Research Associate
Patrice Cachat has nearly 20 years of experience in child and family services with extensive knowledge in child welfare and protection and child and adolescent mental health. She also has direct experience providing assessment, clinical, and crisis intervention services; developing and managing a network of community providers; and managing contracts. She has more than 10 years of experience in research and evaluation.
Cachat currently contributes to several projects with a home visiting focus. She is the Qualitative Lead on the Home Visiting Pilot Study project, for which she oversees qualitative data collection and analysis and contributes to the evaluation report. Cachat similarly supports the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Evaluation by supporting recruitment and conducting semistructured interviews, performing qualitative data analysis, and contributing to dissemination products. On the HealthySteps Research and Evaluation Supports project, Cachat conducts qualitative interviews and helps develop resources to assist sites in identifying research funding opportunities. She also supports the Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development and Jackie Walorski Center for Evidence-Based Case Management by conducting environmental scans and contributing to analysis and dissemination of findings. She recently helped develop a literature review and memo for the Supporting and Strengthening the Home Visiting Workforce project.
Previously, Cachat worked on the Multisite Implementation Evaluation of MIECHV With AIAN Families project, for which she served as a liaison and supported tribal grantees with data collection. She also conducted semistructured interviews and completed qualitative coding and analysis. Cachat also supported the Family-Level Assessment and State of Home Visiting project through semistructured interviews and qualitative data analysis.
Prior to joining JBA, she was director for The Home For Little Wanderers Commonworks Program in Boston. She received an M.S.W. from Boston University.