Recovery Works - Facilitating Sustainable Recovery Through Workforce
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Mean change in REC-CAP Social Capital Scale score from baseline to 6 months
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether an apprenticeship-based workforce model, the Community Restitution Apprenticeship-Focused Training (CRAFT), improves recovery outcomes for persons with substance use disorder. The main research questions are:
- Does the CRAFT workforce model improve recovery and social capital for justice-involved adults with substance use disorder?
- Does the CRAFT workforce model reduce Day Report Program violations for justice-involved adults with substance use disorder?
Secondary research questions include:
- Are there differences in program effects between men and women?
- Are there differences in program effects across age groups? Researchers will compare the CRAFT apprenticeship-based workforce model to the standard employment model for Day Report Program participants to determine whether the apprenticeship-based model improves outcomes.
Participants assigned to the CRAFT apprenticeship-based workforce model will:
- Complete community service focused on job-specific training
- Meet with study staff monthly to complete questionnaires
- Work with study staff to engage in workplace mentoring
- Maintain consistent follow-up with their Day Report Program case managers
Detailed Description
Human Subjects Involvement, Characteristics, and Design This study is a randomized, parallel-arm clinical trial with no blinding, designed to assess the effects of the Community Restitution Apprenticeship-Focused Training (CRAFT) workforce model on recovery and community reintegration outcomes.
Primary outcomes are:
- Change in social recovery capital score as measured by the REC-CAP Social Recovery Capital Scale
- Change in personal recovery capital score as measured by the REC-CAP Recovery Capital Index
- Number of Greenbrier County Day Report Program violations as recorded by case coordinators All outcomes will be assessed over 6 months. Secondary outcomes include analyses of sex-based and age-based differences in recovery capital scores and Greenbrier County Day Report Program (hereinafter referred to as "Day Report Program"), violations over the same 6-month period.
Fifty participants will be recruited from the Day Report Program, a community corrections program located in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Participants must be ≥18 years of age, actively enrolled in the Day Report Program, and charged with a nonviolent felony or misdemeanor offense with a substance use problem.
Exclusion criteria include:
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Active client of the Greenbrier County, West Virginia Day Report program.
- •18+ years of age
- •An adult who has been charged with a nonviolent felony or misdemeanor offense and have a substance abuse problem.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Persons with a prior felony conviction in which he/she used force against another person with intent to cause serious bodily harm or death
- •An offender is currently charged with a sexual offense or any offense involving a child victim or offense involving the illegal use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon.
- •If death or serious bodily injury occurred to any person during an offender's crime or if any offender used force against another person during an offender's crime or if any offender used force against another person during the crime.
Arms & Interventions
Standard Day Report employment model
Participants assigned to the Standard Employment Model will receive cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) supports offered through the Day Report Program. CBT incorporates small rewards such as gift cards, small giveaways, or hosted events, determined by Day Report case coordinators as part of standard programming. Participants may also be offered the opportunity to enroll in Jobs and Hope West Virginia, a recovery-oriented employment agency that provides support for employees in recovery and employers hiring a recovery workforce. Enrollment in Jobs and Hope WV is encouraged but voluntary. All participants will also have access to free public transportation through the Mountain Transit Authority to commute to and from work.
Intervention: Standard Employment Model (Other)
CRAFT Workforce Model
Participants assigned to the Community Restitution Apprenticeship-Focused Training (CRAFT) workforce model will complete community service assignments focused on job-specific training, participate in apprenticeship-based work experiences with local employers, and receive mentoring from study staff and workplace supervisors. Participants will also maintain routine follow-up with their Day Report Program case managers. The CRAFT model is designed to integrate employment-based skill-building with structured recovery support to improve recovery capital, social capital, and reduce Day Report Program violations.
Intervention: Community Restitution Apprenticeship-Focused Training (CRAFT) (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Mean change in REC-CAP Social Capital Scale score from baseline to 6 months
Time Frame: 6 months
Social recovery capital will be measured using the REC-CAP Social Recovery Capital Scale. Mean change in scores from baseline to 6 months will be compared between the CRAFT intervention group and the standard employment group.
Mean change in REC-CAP Recovery Capital Index score from baseline to 6 months
Time Frame: 6 months
Personal recovery capital will be measured using the REC-CAP Recovery Capital Index. Mean change in scores from baseline to 6 months will be compared between the CRAFT intervention group and the standard employment group.
Number of reportable Day Report Program violations per participant over 6 months
Time Frame: 6 months
Violations will be abstracted from Day Report Program records and summarized as the number of reportable incidents per participant. Mean monthly violations over 6 months will be compared between groups
Secondary Outcomes
- Sex-based differences in REC-CAP recovery capital scores and Day Report Program violations(6 months)
- Age-based differences in REC-CAP recovery capital scores and Day Report Program violations(6 months)
Investigators
Brian Hendricks
Principal Investigator
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine