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Clinical Trials/NCT00880126
NCT00880126UnknownPhase 2

Community Development Teams to Scale-Up MTFC in California

Center for Research to Practice0 sites350 target enrollmentStarted: September 1, 2006Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 2
Sponsor
Enrollment
350
Primary Endpoint
Implementation of an evidence-based practice in counties

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The effects of using Community Development Teams to increase the number of counties that successfully implement and sustain Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care programs is studied in a randomized trial in 40 California counties. MTFC is an alternative to group or residential placement for youth with severe conduct and emotional problems referred from the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Non-early adopters of evidence-based practice (MTFC)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Placed fewer than 6 youth per year in group care

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Implementation of an evidence-based practice in counties

Time Frame: 5 years

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor
Center for Research to Practice
Sponsor Class
Other

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