Dan Edwards Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

As president at Evidence-Based Associates (EBA) and as Senior Director at Empower Community Care, I have been engaged for more than 25 years with passionate, innovative leaders of child-serving public agencies (e.g., child protection or juvenile justice). Our team has provided oversight for a wide range of projects in the Southeast, in New York City, in Texas, and most recently in the state of Washington. Together, we aim to address some of society’s most vexing issues related to vulnerable children, youth, and families using research and evidence of effectiveness to guide our work. Using my experience and expertise in the identification, adoption, and implementation of evidence-based programs, I seek to assist public agency leaders to ‘think outside the box’ and co-create mental health programs and evidence-based intervention strategies that are community-based, evidence-informed, and family-centered. Empower Community Care is a global training and technical assistance firm that seeks to promote evidence-based programs such as FFT, MST, and IY, and to develop and deploy tools, resources and supports for application within public safety, mental health, and education systems. As part of the Empower team, I can continue to lead conversations on mental health advocacy, evidence-based program development, and community outreach. My hope is to partner with states and other jurisdictions to advance innovative care models and build partnerships that promote resilience, recovery, and empowerment within vulnerable and marginalized communities.Over the past four years, I have also been fortunate to serve as an Associate Editor for Global Implementation Research and Applications (GIRA), the research publication of the Global Implementation Society (GIS).

Washington D.C. Metro Area

EBA is a a technical assistance and performance management organization specializing in children’s behavioral health. EBA provides sector leaders with tools, strategies and resources to become more effective and to achieve desired results. As President, Dr. Edwards promotes EBA's organizational vision, namely, to push the edge of reform in children's services through the application of proven, evidence-based programs. Focused on the long-term sustainability and viability of projects and programs managed by EBA, Dr. Edwards' primary focus is to create long- and short-term strategies that achieve improved outcomes in public social service systems worldwide.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Collaborated with other founding members to articulate a clear vision, mission and values, and to clarify organizational objectives. AEBP is the national resource and advocacy organization for agencies that desire to do more of 'what works' for vulnerable children and families around the world.

Supporting the efforts of the Rapid Response team to policy and funding issues related to Prevention Science at the federal level

Mt. Pleasant, Sc

MST Services is the training and technical assistance organization that supports the dissemination of Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST). There, Dr. Edwards coordinated several state, national and international implementation projects that focused on the implementation of MST, a proven intervention program for high risk adolescents and their families. Dr. Edwards led initiatives at MST Services focusing on Quality Improvement, Program Evaluation, and local capacity building. He also provided supervision over clinical and quality assurance components for three randomized trials that demonstrated the effectiveness of Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) in separate jurisdictions (Ohio, Nebraska and Norway).

Post-Doctoral Studies (Internship, Residency), Family Systems, Child Psychology

Pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral residency in Child Psychology / Psychiatry; Family Therapy Outpatient Clinic; and Child.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Clinical And Health Psychology

Activities and Societies: Dissertation: Long-term Outcomes Associated with Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Child and Family focus.

Master'S, Organizational Behavior

Activities and Societies: Research Coordinator at school for developmentally delayed children and youth Professors included: Jerome Kagan.

Bachelor'S, Education