Ignite Creation Date:
2024-05-06 @ 8:13 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:22 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06294392
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2024-03-05
First Post:
2024-02-14
Brief Title:
KEEP Connecting Kin
Sponsor:
Oregon Social Learning Center
Organization:
Oregon Social Learning Center
Study Overview
Official Title:
KEEP Connecting Kin Improving Outcomes for Informal Kinship Care Families Via an In-Home Parenting and Peer-Support Program
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-02
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
KEEP-CK
Brief Summary:
The current study provides a unique opportunity to conduct a summative evaluation of the KEEP Connecting Kin KEEP-CK program by leveraging extant relationships with Oregons Child Welfare System CWS Self-Sufficiency Program SSP and our community partners to address the needs of informal kinship families and the youth in their care Specifically a randomized services-as-usual SAU waitlist control design plus qualitative methods will be used to evaluate the immediate post-intervention and sustained 10 month impacts of the KEEP-CK program on child adult and service utilization outcomes and prevention of entry into the CWS
Detailed Description:
In the 2022 Oregon census it was estimated that for every child placed in kinship foster care there are 14 children being raised by kin outside of the child welfare system CWS with 37000 children being raised by kin and 17000 of those by grandparents Kin caregivers in particular those who are informal or voluntary have fewer supports compared to non-relative foster caregivers and kin caregivers who are licensed by the CWS Kin families are far less likely to access and utilize services in multiple systems Thus there is a great need to provide kin families with resources and keep youth who are living in kinship care out of the CWS
Keeping Parents Supported and Trained KEEP was initially developed to focus on foster and kinship families involved in the CWS In three prior NIH-funded randomized controlled trials KEEP has shown positive impacts on youth and parent outcomes and placement stability KEEP has been scaled-up statewide in Oregon for CWS-involved families The current study will focus on informal kinship care thereby adding to an emerging body of evidence on the benefits of providing enhanced parenting and peer support to families by scaling-out the KEEP program to serve kin families outside of the CWS This research builds on an initial study KEEP Connecting Kin KEEP-CK where KEEP was adapted for informal kin currently underway with participant recruitment ending in October 2023
The proposed study KEEP-CK2 leverages our on-going relationships with state leadership in the CWS and SSP and our community partners delivering KEEP-CK in Study 1 statewide in Oregon In Study 2 a randomized services-as-usual SAU waitlist control design plus qualitative methods will be used to conduct a summative evaluation of the KEEP-CK program by recruiting N 192 kinship families to examine the immediate post-intervention and sustained 10 month impacts of the program on child adult and service utilization outcomes and prevention of entry into the CWS Research questions include
Aim 1 impact on child and adult outcomes The KEEP-CK program is posited to improve child and adult outcomes at the end of the intervention and such effects are posited to be sustained at 6 months after the end of the intervention 10 months post baseline compared to those who received SAU Targeted child outcomes include a child well-being ie behavioral and emotional functioning including child internalizing and externalizing behaviors and b child permanency ie placement stability and permanency of placements Targeted adult outcomes include c parenting practices and d parentcaregiver stress
Aim 2 impact on use of services The KEEP-CK program is posited to increase parents access to and use of services from multiple systems eg Oregon Kinship Navigator financial educational mental health medical legal at post-intervention and follow-up compared to those who received SAU
Aim 3 impact on prevention of entry into the CWS The KEEP-CK program is posited to reduce the likelihood that youth who are living in kinship care enter into the CWS by the 10-month follow-up assessment compared to youth whose kinship caregivers received SAU
Aim 4 parent and youth perspectives Qualitative methods will be used to evaluate families satisfaction with and perspectives on the impact of KEEP-CK on child and adult outcomes
Keeping Parents Supported and Trained KEEP was initially developed to focus on foster and kinship families involved in the CWS In three prior NIH-funded randomized controlled trials KEEP has shown positive impacts on youth and parent outcomes and placement stability KEEP has been scaled-up statewide in Oregon for CWS-involved families The current study will focus on informal kinship care thereby adding to an emerging body of evidence on the benefits of providing enhanced parenting and peer support to families by scaling-out the KEEP program to serve kin families outside of the CWS This research builds on an initial study KEEP Connecting Kin KEEP-CK where KEEP was adapted for informal kin currently underway with participant recruitment ending in October 2023
The proposed study KEEP-CK2 leverages our on-going relationships with state leadership in the CWS and SSP and our community partners delivering KEEP-CK in Study 1 statewide in Oregon In Study 2 a randomized services-as-usual SAU waitlist control design plus qualitative methods will be used to conduct a summative evaluation of the KEEP-CK program by recruiting N 192 kinship families to examine the immediate post-intervention and sustained 10 month impacts of the program on child adult and service utilization outcomes and prevention of entry into the CWS Research questions include
Aim 1 impact on child and adult outcomes The KEEP-CK program is posited to improve child and adult outcomes at the end of the intervention and such effects are posited to be sustained at 6 months after the end of the intervention 10 months post baseline compared to those who received SAU Targeted child outcomes include a child well-being ie behavioral and emotional functioning including child internalizing and externalizing behaviors and b child permanency ie placement stability and permanency of placements Targeted adult outcomes include c parenting practices and d parentcaregiver stress
Aim 2 impact on use of services The KEEP-CK program is posited to increase parents access to and use of services from multiple systems eg Oregon Kinship Navigator financial educational mental health medical legal at post-intervention and follow-up compared to those who received SAU
Aim 3 impact on prevention of entry into the CWS The KEEP-CK program is posited to reduce the likelihood that youth who are living in kinship care enter into the CWS by the 10-month follow-up assessment compared to youth whose kinship caregivers received SAU
Aim 4 parent and youth perspectives Qualitative methods will be used to evaluate families satisfaction with and perspectives on the impact of KEEP-CK on child and adult outcomes
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None