Earned Income Tax Credit Access Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: The Study is Intended to Increase Take-up of EITC
• Interventions: Other: Education; Other: Home visiting

• Registration Number: NCT04901403
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

The EITC Access Study an intervention study provided to families in 7 counties in Michigan.The intervention involves appending a concentrated benefits advocacy intervention onto an existing home visiting program. There are 5 treatment counties and 2 control counties that will survey families in the home visiting program to compare the relative benefits of the added benefits advocacy intervention on the outcomes of parent mental health, intimate partner violence, economic hardship, earned income tax credit take-up, and child maltreatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-05-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-05-20
• Study First Posted: 2021-05-25
• Study Start: 2021-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-29
• Study Completion: 2023-09-29
• Status Verified: 2024-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-01-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-01-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 208

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years of age, has a child in their home

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Exclusion Criteria

• Does not speak or read English, Spanish, Burmese, or Arabic

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Education intervention	Home visiting	Parents in the treatment group will receive information about Earned Income Tax Credit, including how to sign up for free. They will also receive help with budgeting and finances from their home visitor.
Control group	Home visiting	Control group families will receive home visiting services as usual.
Education intervention	Education	Parents in the treatment group will receive information about Earned Income Tax Credit, including how to sign up for free. They will also receive help with budgeting and finances from their home visitor.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Earned Income Tax Credit receipt	Within 2 years of receiving the intervention	Self-report

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety	Within 2 years of receiving the intervention	Self-report from the General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7). 7 questions relating to feelings experienced over the past 2 weeks, with response options ranging from "not at all" to "nearly every day." E.g. "Not being able to stop or control worrying."
Intimate partner violence	Within 2 years of receiving the intervention	Self-report from Women's Experiences of Battering Scale. 10 items relating to how they would describe their life with their partner. Scale ranges from Strongly agree to strongly disagree. E.g. 1. He makes me feel unsafe even in my own home.
Depression	Within 2 years of receiving the intervention	Self-report from the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). 20 questions on a scale from "rarely" to "most or all of the time" relating to things experienced within the past week. E.g. "I was bothered by things that usually don't bother me."
Child maltreatment behaviors	Within 2 years of receiving the intervention	Self-report on the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory. 34 Yes/No questions. E.g. "A child needs very strict rules."
Economic hardship	Within 2 years of receiving the intervention	Self-report on 11 yes or no items indicating whether individual hardships were experienced in the past year. E.g. "Was there anyone in your household who needed to see a doctor or go to the hospital but could not go because of the cost?"

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

Kalamazoo KRESA; 🇺🇸 Portage, Michigan, United States

St Clair RESA; 🇺🇸 Marysville, Michigan, United States

SOS Community Services; 🇺🇸 Belleville, Michigan, United States

Calhoun Intermediate School District; 🇺🇸 Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Sanilac Intermediate School District; 🇺🇸 Croswell, Michigan, United States

Keweenaw Family Resource Center; 🇺🇸 Houghton, Michigan, United States

Catholic Charities Diocese of Kalamazoo; 🇺🇸 Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States