Anna Koehle, Ed.D.

Dr. Anna Koehle is a senior associate with 20 years of experience working in local, state, and federal child welfare programs and services. Dr. Koehle is a Human Services Board-Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP) and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP). Her evidence-to-practice approach to child welfare technical assistance and innovation has allowed her to contribute to systems improvement across the country. Dr. Koehle has lived experience as a foster and adoptive parent and focuses her work on the needs of Black children and families involved with the child welfare system. Her experience includes federal child welfare technical assistance, state child welfare quality assurance, child welfare contracts and grants administration, and human services nonprofit leadership.

Dr. Koehle supports the interpretation of child welfare data indicators to improve the integration of health and health-related services to address unmet needs for Medicaid beneficiaries. She also contributes to large scale evidence-based clearinghouse for prevention services aimed at keeping children out of foster care and safely in communities.

Prior to joining Abt, Dr. Koehle led federal technical assistance and change management projects auditing child welfare policy, building youth and resource parent advisory boards, and implementing evidence-based parent partner models. She facilitated cross-collaborations between child welfare and other child-serving entities (e.g., courts, education, tribes).

Expertise

• Child welfare programs and services
• Child welfare workforce development

Key Projects

• Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Prevention Services Clearinghouse, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families