Clinical trial NCT05239754: Fresno FAWDB FIRE Program Evaluation
Official title: Fresno Area Workforce Development Board Family-Focused, Interconnected, Resilient, Essential Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Fathers
Lead sponsor: Midwest Evaluation & Research
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Fresno Area Workforce Development Board (FAWDB)
First posted: 2022-02-15
Enrollment: 466
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Arms Primary services: Participants receive 16 hours of 24/7 Dads curricula and at least 2 hours of career readiness workshops over the course of 9 weeks. Participants also receive ongoing job readiness support and post-employment support.

Assigned Interventions Primary services: Participants receive 16 hours of 24/7 Dads curricula and at least 2 hours of career readiness workshops over the course of 9 weeks. Participants also receive ongoing job readiness support and post-employment support.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of the Fresno Area Workforce Development Board FIRE program evaluation is to determine whether primary (i.e., behaviors) and secondary (i.e., attitudes) outcomes improve for participants after completing the Fresno FIRE program. Understanding the ways in which the Fresno FIRE program supports healthy parenting relationships and financial stability is important for those providing services to at-risk fathers.

Detailed description: After being informed about the study and giving consent, participants will enroll in a nine-week Fresno Fatherhood program that collects data at enrollment, at the end of the program, and 12 months following the program. Research questions in this study are framed by a descriptive evaluation design to assess whether outcomes improve for low-income fathers who participate in the Fresno FIRE program. Primary and secondary outcomes are assessed before and after participants complete core curricula - 24/7 Dads and career readiness workshops (pre to post). Primary outcome measures will indicate whether behavior improved for healthy family relationships (parent, co-parent, and partner) and economic stability (financial, employment). Secondary outcomes will indicate whether improvements were made in the attitudes and expectations that facilitate and reflect behavior for healthy family relationships and economic stability.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult (age 18 and older)
* Father/father figure of child under 24 years of age
* Residing in Fresno area, CA
* Has at-risk factors (residing in high poverty area, formerly justice-involved)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Minor (under the age of 18)
* Not a father/father figure
* Father of a child over 24 years of age
* Reside outside of Fresno area, CA

Primary outcomes:
measure: Healthy parenting behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in behavior in parenting behavior (interaction with children at 12 months from enrollment).]
measure: Healthy parenting behavior measurement #2
timeFrame: Change from baseline in behavior in parenting behavior (interaction with children at 12 months from enrollment).]
measure: Healthy parenting behavior measurement #3
timeFrame: Change from baseline in behavior in parenting behavior (interaction with children at 12 months from enrollment).]
measure: Healthy co-parenting behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in co-parenting behavior at 12 months from enrollment.
measure: Healthy financial behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change in parenting attitudes (towards children) at 12 months from enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Healthy parenting attitudes measurement #1
timeFrame: Change in parenting attitudes (towards children) from baseline to immediately after program completion.
measure: Healthy Financial attitudes
timeFrame: Change in healthy financial attitudes from baseline to immediately after program completion.
measure: Healthy employment behaviors
timeFrame: Change from baseline in father financial behavior at 12 months from enrollment.]
measure: Healthy employment attitudes
timeFrame: Change from baseline in healthy employment attitudes to immediately after program completion.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Fresno
country: United States
facility: Fresno Areas Workforce Development Board
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Midwest Evaluation & Research
name: Matt D Shepherd, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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