Responsible Fatherhood Programming Clinical Trial
Official title:
Evaluation of the Fathers Advancing Communities Together (FACT) Program
The Urban Institute-a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization-is partnering with Rubicon
Programs to conduct a rigorous evaluation of its Fathers Advancing Communities Together
(FACT) program. FACT is a multi-faceted program designed to deliver responsible parenting,
healthy relationships, and economic stability services on a voluntary basis to low-income
fathers in Contra Costa County, California. Urban's evaluation comprised of three key
components:
The implementation evaluation will describe FACT program activities and services, including
communication and coordination across partners, service delivery mechanisms, and whether and
how participants and their families received comprehensive services. Urban will identify a
logic model for the program and assess the barriers to and facilitators of program
performance. The implementation evaluation will draw from interviews with program staff,
partners, and stakeholders, as well as field observations, program and administrative data,
and focus groups with FACT participants and their families.
The outcome evaluation will build on the implementation evaluation to determine whether
specific program components, their frequency, and their duration, are related to outcomes.
Urban will conduct surveys of program participants at the time of their enrollment into the
program and one year following their enrollment to explore how participants' self-reported
attitudes on various domains are associated with economic self-sufficiency and family
functioning. Urban will also use program and administrative data collected by Rubicon and its
partners, specifically Rubicon's case management database, to assess participant outcomes.
The impact evaluation will assess to what extent participation in the FACT program is
associated with improved outcomes as compared to similarly situated individuals who did not
participate in the program. Urban will work with Rubicon's partners to identify individuals
living in Contra Costa County who were eligible to participate in the program but, for
whatever reason, did not do so. Once a comparison group of fathers has been established,
Urban will use individual-level outcome data to determine whether the FACT program has an
impact on economic self-sufficiency and family functioning.
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| Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
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| Recruiting |
NCT05474222 -
Horizon Eagle Fatherhood Program
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