Clinical trial NCT02459925: MOMS Hubs- CT Dept of Social Services Block Grant
Official title: MOMS Partnership-Community-Based Hubs for Maternal Mental Health and Workforce Development, New Haven MOMS Partnership- CT Dept of Social Services Block Grant
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Depression
Lead sponsor: Yale University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Clifford Beers Clinic
name: City of New Haven- Health Department
name: New Paradigms Consulting
name: National Diaper Bank Network
name: The New Haven Diaper Bank
name: Third Sector Capital Partners
First posted: 2015-06-02
Enrollment: 179
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The MOMS Partnership aims to create "MOMS Zones" in New Haven neighborhoods where the hardest to reach families live. These "MOMS Zones" will have two unique features: (1) a MOMS "Hub" to deliver centralized mental health and family economic success services to the hardest to reach families living in New Haven's most impoverished neighborhoods, as measured by actual socio-economic status as well as by access to resources; (2) a neighborhood workforce of Community Mental Health Ambassadors (CMHAs--mothers who themselves live in New Haven). The MOMS Workforce Program and MOMS Mental Health Program will be offered at all three Hubs.

Detailed description: The MOMs workforce program will involve teaching, coaching, and supportive services for participants as they navigate their journeys to sustainable employment that pays a family-supporting wage. Participants will be guided through an individualized progression of services designed to increase their employability, to increase their ability to earn higher incomes in career-track employment, and to improve their chances of retaining jobs and advancing in them.

The MOMS Mental Health program centers around a manualized Stress Management Course 8-class group treatment, delivered once per week. The course was adapted from "The Mother and Child Course" by Munoz and Le (2011) for the population of New Haven mothers who are served by the MOMS Partnership.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria are as follows:

* Participant is a woman raising a child or adolescent under 18 years of age. The child/adolescent may be her biological offspring or in her custody due to adoption or foster care. Care arrangements may be legally sanctioned or informal, as is common in New Haven families. Thus, the eligible participant may be a sister, aunt, grandmother, or other female responsible for the daily care of children.
* Participant currently resides within the city limits of New Haven, CT.
* Participant resided within County of New Haven, CT on October 29, 2012.
* Participant's income is at or below 325% of the Federal poverty income.
* Participant is a U.S. citizen.
* Participant's score on CES-D \> 16.

Exclusion criteria are as follows:

* Signs or symptoms of active psychosis or active suicidality will be a basis for exclusion in the study.
* Lack of proficiency in English.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Improvement in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CED-D) Scale
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Improvement in work readiness skills
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New Haven
country: United States
facility: Boys & Girls Club of New Haven
state: Connecticut
city: New Haven
country: United States
facility: Center for Wellbeing of Women and Mothers, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University
state: Connecticut
city: New Haven
country: United States
facility: Stop & Shop
state: Connecticut
city: New Haven
country: United States
facility: West Rock Author's Academy
state: Connecticut
Study officials:
affiliation: Yale University
name: Megan V Smith, DrPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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