Robin Lindquist-Grantz is an expert in using participatory research methods to inform interventions and program development, interpretation of research findings, and actionable change. She incorporates her extensive experience working with community-based organizations into the design of program evaluations and change strategies to improve program quality and effectiveness.
Since joining Mathematica in 2022, Lindquist-Grantz has worked on projects related to child welfare, behavioral health, homelessness, and family support programs. She currently serves as the project director for a Children’s Bureau multiphase grant program to develop and evaluate comprehensive and innovative service models to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults involved in the child welfare system. She also serves as the project director for measurement and evaluation activities in Clear Pathways, an initiative of Peg’s Foundation that accelerates the implementation of best practices in behavioral health crisis response to reduce reliance on jails and hospitals. This work includes a range of activities, such as designing a monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework; assessing interoperability between 911 and 988; and assessing mobile crisis response service delivery and payment models.
Lindquist-Grantz incorporates a range of methods to better understand the lives and experiences of children, youth and young adults, and families. She uses storytelling methods to incorporate program participant perspectives in evaluations, training and coaching to support organizational change strategies, learning communities to support practitioners and evaluators skills development, and continuous quality improvement and rapid-cycle testing to strengthen program implementation.
Lindquist-Grantz’s work has been published in journals such as Children and Family Services Review, Journal of Drug Issues, and Health Promotion Practice. She holds a Ph.D. in educational studies with a focus on community-based action research from the University of Cincinnati.
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