Kathleen Ferreira
Director Of Research And Evaluation
Kathleen Ferreira, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation, is a former direct care provider with over 20 years of experience in development and implementation of services and supports for vulnerable individuals. Over the last 15 years, Kathleen has conducted mixed methods research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance with service systems, organizations, providers, recipients, and families. Her research areas include mental health and recovery, substance use and prevention, homelessness, family- and consumer-driven services, organizational and system-level development, and interagency collaboration for youth with special needs.
Kathleen has worked on small- and large-scale evaluation projects, including SAMHSA’s Children’s Mental Health Initiative, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and Healthy Transitions Initiative. She has also served as Principal Investigator, Senior Research Methodologist, or Co-Investigator on several federally funded grants through National Institute of Health, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Institute of Education Sciences, and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Kathleen has extensive experience as an instructional designer, developing online curricula, training modules, toolkits, and other online products for the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor.
Kathleen received a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Education from the University of South Florida.
Contact Kathleen at kferreira@c4innovates.com.
Examples of Kathleen’s Work
- Evaluation
- Research
- Conducting an Environmental Scan of Collegiate Recovery Programs in Washington State by C4's Jennifer Battis and Kathleen Ferreira
- Advancing Children's Mental Health through Family Advocacy, a podcast episode
- A framework for integrating young peers in recovery into adolescent substance use prevention and early intervention by C4's Kristen Paquette, Laura Pannella Winn, Catriona Wilkey, and Kathleen Ferreira as well as Laura Rose W. Donegan was published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment in December 2019.
- Enhancing adolescent SBIRT with a peer-delivered intervention: An implementation study by C4's Kristen Paquette, Laura Pannella Winn, Catriona Wilkey, and Kathleen Ferreira as well as Laura Rose W. Donegan was published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment in August 2019.
- Family Advocacy in Children’s Mental Health: Past, Present and Strategies for a Successful Future by C4’s Kathleen Ferreira as well as Lisa Lambert was published in APA Handbook of Contemporary Family Psychology in December 2018.
- Who’s in Charge Here? Structures for Collaborative Governance in Children’s Mental Health by C4’s Kathleen Ferreira as well as Sharon Hodges, Debra Mowery and Emily Novicki was published in Administration in Social Work in June 2013.
- The Promise of Family Engagement: An Action Plan for System Level Policy and Advocacy by C4’s Kathleen Ferreira as well as Elaine Slaton, Anne Culp and Sharon Hodges was published in Child and Family Advocacy: Bridging the Gaps Among Research, Practice and Policy in May 2013.
- A Multi-Level Framework for Local Policy Development and Implementation by C4’s Kathleen Ferreira as well as Anne Culp and Sharon Hodges was published in Child and Family Advocacy: Bridging the Gaps Among Research, Practice and Policy in May 2013.