Expanding the Cycle of Opportunity: Simultaneously Educating Parents and Children in Head Start

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Children; Parents
• Interventions: Behavioral: CareerAdvance®

• Registration Number: NCT02234661
• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University

Brief Summary

The CAP Family Advancement Study (CAP FAST) is a randomized control trial of CareerAdvance®, a dual-generation program providing education, career coaching, and soft-skills training for parents while their children attend CAP Tulsa's Head Start programs.

Detailed Description

Randomization will take place with all applicants who have agreed to the study and are selected to participate in CareerAdvance®. Two-thirds of participants will be selected for the treatment group and will be able to enroll in CareerAdvance® immediately. The other one-third of the participants will be assigned to the control group and will not be able to enroll in CareerAdvance® for two years. Those who are selected for the control group will have access to CAP Tulsa's rich array of service outside of CareerAdvance®, including high quality early childhood education. The randomization process is introduced to parents during CareerAdvance® information sessions, and consent for the randomization process is required in order to apply to CareerAdvance®.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-06
• Study First Submitted: 2014-08-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-09-04
• Study First Posted: 2014-09-09
• Primary Completion: 2020-06
• Study Completion: 2020-12
• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-24
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 311

Inclusion Criteria

• Families whose children attend CAP Tulsa's Early Head Start and Head Start programs, and whose parents have applied to CareerAdvance®.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Participants who have not applied to CareerAdvance®..

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
CareerAdvance®	CareerAdvance®	CareerAdvance® provides education, career coaching, and soft-skills training for parents while their children attend Head Start programs.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parent's educational achievement	16 months	Defined education course credit attainment

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Northwestern University; 🇺🇸 Evanston, Illinois, United States

Community Action Project of Tulsa County; 🇺🇸 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Oklahoma State University; 🇺🇸 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States