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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02902003
Other study ID # MPR-500098-TPC
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date September 2016
Est. completion date December 2021

Study information

Verified date April 2022
Source Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Parenting Center (TPC) offers the Empowering Families program, which integrates a relationship education curriculum (Family Wellness) into a comprehensive set of services that includes case management, employment services, and financial coaching. The evaluation will test the effectiveness of offering relationship skills education services with a robust economic security component to low-income couples raising children.


Description:

The evaluation of Empowering Families will test the effectiveness of offering relationship skills education services with a robust economic security component to low-income couples raising children. The program is built on Family Wellness, a relationship education curriculum that has not yet been rigorously studied. The Parenting Center (TPC) has integrated Family Wellness into a comprehensive set of services that includes case management, employment services, and financial coaching. The evaluation will test the effect of this full package of services on couples' relationship and employment outcomes. The evaluation will also examine effects on outcomes related to child well-being, such as co-parenting and father involvement. The Empowering Families evaluation will be conducted with low-income couples raising children. To be eligible for program services, both members of the couple must: (1) be age 18 or older, (2) report that they are in a committed relationship with their partner; (3) speak a language in which programming is being offered; (4) be interested in participating in a program that offers both relationship skills and economic stability services; (5) be available to participate in programming for the next six months; (6) pass a domestic violence screen; and (7) not have an open case with child protective services. In addition, at least one member of the couple must have a biological or adopted child who is under age 18 and lives with them at least half time. The Parenting Center will aim to recruit couples who are economically disadvantaged and likely to want both relationship skills and employment services. The evaluation plan for the Empowering Families program calls for the enrollment and random assignment of 1,000 couples over the course of two years. This target requires The Parenting Center to recruit approximately 42 couples for the study each month. Half of these couples will be randomly assigned to the Empowering Families program; the other half will be assigned to a control group that is not eligible for program services.To document the outcomes of study participants, survey data will be collected at two time points: (1) a baseline survey administered at study enrollment and (2) a follow-up survey conducted about a year later. The investigators will also conduct a process study to document how Empowering Families was implemented.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 1758
Est. completion date December 2021
Est. primary completion date December 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: (Necessary for eligibility) 1. age 18 or older 2. report that they are in a committed relationship with their partner 3. speak a language in which programming is being offered 4. be interested in participating in a program that offers both relationship skills and economic stability services 5. be available to participate in programming for the next six months; 6. pass a domestic violence screen 7. not have an open case with child protective services. 8. at least one member of the couple must have a biological or adopted child who is under age 18 and lives with them at least half time. Exclusion Criteria: - Ineligible if do not meet any of the above.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Empowering Families
A program that integrates the healthy relationship curriculum, Family Wellness, into a comprehensive set of services that includes case management, employment services, and financial coaching. The program will have four core components: (1) 20 hours of core workshop sessions using the Family Wellness curriculum; (2) case management; (3) employment services; and (4) financial coaching. The core component of Empowering Families will be a 20-hour group workshop, organized into eight two-and-a-half-hour weekly sessions (Table 1). The main content of these sessions will be based on the Family Wellness relationship education curriculum which will be covered in six sessions. These six sessions will be led by two trained facilitators employed by The Parenting Center. The core workshops will be supplemented with two additional sessions on financial planning and employment topics that will designed to be useful to all participants, regardless of their level of financial and employment needs.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States The Parenting Center Fort Worth Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Employed or taking steps to find a job a binary variable equal to 1 if a respondent was ever employed at any time during the first year after study enrollment or indicates that in the past year he/she has done any of the following:
Created or updated a resume
Looked for a job
Submitted a job application
Gone on a job interview
1 year after random assignment
Primary Monthly earnings This continuous variable uses survey data and is based on average monthly earnings from all jobs in the first year following study enrollment. It will be analyzed separately for men and women. 1 year after random assignment
Primary Family economic hardship scale This scale represents how many of six economic hardships the family experienced in the past year. 1 year after random assignment
Primary Quality of co-parenting relationship This 10-item scale (a = 0.94) is the average level of agreement-from "strongly disagree" (= 1) to "strongly agree" (= 4)-with statements about the respondent's partner, constructed by averaging across partners' responses. 1 year after random assignment
Primary Couple married to each other This is a binary variable equal to 1 if both partners report that they are married to each other 1 year after random assignment
Primary Couple married or romantically involved This is a binary variable equal to 1 if both partners report that they are married to each other or in a romantic relationship with each other 1 year after random assignment
Primary Support and affection This 12-item scale is the average level of agreement-from "strongly disagree" (= 1) to "strongly agree" (= 4)-with statements about the respondent's partner, constructed by averaging across partners' responses 1 year after random assignment
Primary Avoidance of destructive conflict behaviors This eight-item scale (a = 0.92) is the average frequency-from "never" (= 1) to "often" (= 4)-that a respondent reports experiencing destructive conflict behaviors with his or her partner, constructed by averaging across partners' responses 1 year after random assignment
Primary Constructive conflict behaviors This seven-item scale (a = 0.87) is the average frequency-from "never" (= 1) to "often" (= 4)-that a respondent reports experiencing constructive conflict behaviors with his or her partner, constructed by averaging across partners' responses 1 year after random assignment
Primary Relationship commitment This continuous variable ranges from 0 to 10, with higher values indicating that both partners are more committed to their romantic relationship. The measure is the average across the two partners' responses. 1 year after random assignment
Primary Relationship happiness This continuous variable ranges from 0 to 10, with higher values indicating that both partners report greater happiness with their romantic relationship. The measure is the average across the two partners' responses. 1 year after random assignment
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