Jackie Counts, Ph.D.

Jacqueline Counts, M.S.W., Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Public Partnerships and Public Service (CPPR). She received her training at the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Kansas. Before returning to the University of Kansas, she was the Region VII Project Officer for the Early Childhood Health and Development Branch of the Maternal Child Health Bureau of Health Resources and Services Administration. Dr. Counts has been the principal investigator on numerous early childhood, systems-building, accountability and evaluation projects, including the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems evaluation, Project LAUNCH, Community-based Child Abuse and Neglect, several National Governors Association early childhood grants, and others.