Clinical trial NCT05097833: Local Evaluation of the Saint Francis Ministries Fatherhood FIRE Program
Official title: KS, NE, and TX Fathers, Couples, and Co-parents Whose Children Are Involved in the Child Welfare System Will Gain the Skills and Knowledge to be Better Parents Through Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Phase: NA
Conditions: Parenting
Parent-Child Relations
Relationship, Marital
Relationship, Family
Relationships, Father-Child
Fathers
Lead sponsor: University of Kansas
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-10-28
Enrollment: 600
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study is the local process and impact evaluation for Saint Francis Ministries' Fatherhood FIRE Program.

Detailed description: This project is based on federal legislation that requires evaluation of a program being implemented and delivered by Saint Francis Ministries, a community-based non-profit organization serving children and families. Saint Francis Ministries received federal funds to expand and deliver the Fatherhood FIRE Program to community-based and justice-system involved fathers in their service area. The FIRE program, which stands for Family-Oriented, Interconnected, Resilient, and Essential, aims to promote responsible and positive fatherhood parenting practices and develop and maintain healthy relationships with their partners and other co-parents (e.g., mothers of their children). Evaluation of the program is a condition of Saint Francis Ministries' grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The KU evaluation team at the School of Social Welfare has been contracted by Saint Francis Ministries to conduct the evaluation. The evaluation will be carried out in two parts: 1) a process evaluation and 2 an outcomes evaluation. The process and target populations for both the process and outcomes components are as follows. PROCESS EVALUATION: The process study involves individuals involved in the implementation of the Fatherhood FIRE program at Saint Francis Ministries. Specific populations eligible for inclusion in the process evaluation include: (1) implementation teams facilitating the Fatherhood FIRE program in three states in Saint Francis Ministries service area (Kansas, Nebraska, \& Texas), (2) members of the Fatherhood FIRE Data, Assessment, and Dissemination Workgroup, an advisory group comprised of Saint Francis program administrators and the evaluation team charged with planning and overseeing data collection, evaluation, and dissemination efforts, and (3) the evaluation study team. OUTCOMES EVALUATION: Fathers ages 18 and older who are not incarcerated and are enrolled and participating in the Fatherhood FIRE program. To be eligible for inclusion in the evaluation study, program participants must not be incarcerated, have children up to age 24, and may be living with or apart from their children. Eligible participants may be biological parents, adoptive or foster parents, or other caregivers in the parenting role if they have children who meet the age criteria.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Fathers with children up to 24 year old
* Fathers participating in the Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program

Exclusion Criteria:

* Fathers who are incarcerated

Primary outcomes:
measure: Healthy relationship and marriage skills
timeFrame: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
measure: Parenting skills
timeFrame: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
measure: Co-parenting skills
timeFrame: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
measure: Father-child engagement
timeFrame: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lawrence
country: United States
facility: University of Kansas School of Social Welfare
state: Kansas
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Kansas
name: Jared L Barton, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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