Clinical trial NCT03640546: Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grant Program With Phoenix House of New York
Official title: Program Evaluation of Connections, a Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) Grant Funded Program.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Relationship, Family
Substance Use
Parenting
Lead sponsor: Phoenix House Foundation, Inc.
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: New York University
First posted: 2018-08-21
Enrollment: 3825
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adults in romantic relationships with or without children

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to provide a process and outcome evaluation of the HMRF grant-funded Connections program. Phoenix Houses of New York, Inc. has been given a new grant to continue and refine its successful Connections program which equips single and coupled participants with significant substance use disorders (SUD) with the skills and knowledge needed to (1) create and/or sustain healthy relationships/marriages, (2) equip participants with the skills and knowledge to raise children in a functional and healthy environment, (3) improve their financial stability, job readiness and employability to improve economic self-sufficiency and responsibility, and (4) reduce relationship stress and strain on interactions between co-parents.

Detailed description: The process evaluation will focus on:

* Documenting project implementations and determining efficient replication methods for effective program components,
* Monitoring completion of overall program goals and objectives, and
* Allow for quality improvement during the five year grant cycle.

The outcome evaluation which focuses on participant level impact will ask the following:

* Does participation in evidence-based relationship education improve healthy relationship skills for single or coupled enrollees?
* Does participation in partner education and support classes improve co-parenting relationship?
* Do participants have better attitudes toward their ability to manage money (i.e. savings, paying bills) after workshops in financial literacy and other money management services?
* Do participants have improved attitudes on their own employability after workshops targeted at job readiness?
* Does participation in job readiness preparation translate into improved employment prospects or readiness factors? (Readiness factors may include increased family assets and economic status.)
* Does participation in family care management sessions improve marriage/relationship, child and family well-being?
* Does participation in parenting education improve parenting skills and attitudes toward parenting? Does participation in parenting education improve commitment to parenting and children?

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult Phoenix House clients who are enrolled in Connections evidence-based interventions

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to provide informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Healthy Relationship Skills
timeFrame: 0 days, 30 days, and 90 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in co-parenting relationship and attitudes towards parenting
timeFrame: 0 days and 90 days
measure: Change in job readiness and attitudes towards employability
timeFrame: 0 days and 90 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hauppauge
country: United States
facility: Phoenix House - Hauppauge
state: New York
city: Long Island City
country: United States
facility: Phoenix House - Long Island City
state: New York
city: Ronkonkoma
country: United States
facility: Phoenix House - Ronkonkoma
state: New York
Study officials:
References: