Evaluation of the Pomona Household Universal Grant (HUG) Program
NCT Number: NCT06505811
Status: RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Early Child Well-being|Parental Stress|Family Economic Security|Parental/Caregiver Health|Mental Health
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: Guaranteed Income ($500/monthly)|BEHAVIORAL: Active Comparison ($20/monthly)
Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
Collaborators: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation|City of Pomona|FORWARD Platform
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 600
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: DOUBLE (PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR)|Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
Start Date: 2024-06-17
Completion Date: 2026-07
Locations: University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

Summary:
The City of Pomona is launching the Pomona Household Universal Grant (HUG) program in the Summer of 2024. Pomona HUG is a pilot project that will provide 250 parents/caregivers with children under 4 years old $500 a month for 18 months. Pomona's guaranteed income (GI) initiative provides relief for the most economically vulnerable households. The study will investigate the impacts of GI on financial security, material hardship, health and well-being, food security, social support, parenting, and childhood development. The intervention group will be compared to a control group of 350 parents/caregivers receiving only a nominal ($20) amount per month during the 18 month period.

Primary Outcome Measures: Financial Security, Investigators use the Financial Well-being Scale developed and tested by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Raw totals are derived from the participant responses which is then converted to a financial well-being score. Scores for the self-administered abbreviated version of the scale range from 19-90. Higher scores represent a higher level of reported financial well-being., Measured at baseline, 1-year after the start of the intervention, and at follow-up (6 months post-intervention period)|Early Childhood Well-being, Investigators use the developmental milestones subdomain from the Survey of Well-being of Young Children (SWYC) to measure early childhood well-being. The SWYC milestones subdomain assesses the cognitive, language, and motor development of children. Respondents are asked a set of 10 questions based on their child's age. Responses are scored and total scores range from 0 - 20. A cut off is provided for each age group and when the score is above this cutoff, it indicates that a child appears to be meeting age expectations for development., Measured at baseline, 1-year after the start of the intervention, and at follow-up (6 months post-intervention period)
Secondary Outcome Measures: Parent-child interactions, Investigators measure this using the Healthy Families Parenting Inventory (HPFI) - Subdomain: Parent/Child Interaction, comprised of 10 questions. Reverse scoring is implemented for a set of questions. Total scores range from 10-50., Measured at baseline, 1-year after the start of the intervention, and at follow-up (6 months post-intervention period)|Food security, Investigators use the six-item short form of the United States Department of Agriculture Food Security Survey Module. Total scores range from 0-6 with higher scores indicating increased levels of food insecurity., Measured at baseline, 1-year after the start of the intervention, and at follow-up (6 months post-intervention period)|Parent/caregiver stress, Investigators use the Parental Stress Scale to measure parent/caregiver stress. Scores from the Parents Stress Scale range from 18-90. Before summing participant scores, reverse scoring is implemented for several items. Higher scores represent higher levels of parental stress., Measured at baseline, 1-year after the start of the intervention, and at follow-up (6 months post-intervention period)