Partnerships to Demonstrate Effectiveness of Supportive Housing for Families in the Child Welfare System
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 217
- 主要终点
- Reunification
研究概览
简要总结
This was a randomized controlled trial comparing child welfare business as usual (BAU) with two levels of supportive housing (SH). To identify eligible families, a screening tool was developed that helped social workers apply a "housing lens" very early in family child welfare involvement. The study examined the extent to which implementation was faithful to the model and how well state and community partners collaborated. The research included a process evaluation, outcomes study, and economic analysis. Access to either intervention group was associated with higher family preservation and reunification, with service model intensity demonstrating minimal impact. An economic evaluation revealed that the intensive model cost the most, but the existing SH program and routine care incurred equivalent per-child costs.
详细描述
Supportive Housing for Families is a care management program that serves families who are experiencing child welfare needs (risk of losing custody of children or difficulty regaining custody of children) and severe housing needs. The program has been in operation for over 10 years and has been demonstrating positive outcomes for clients in terms of housing stability and family environment outcomes.
A federally funded, five-year demonstration project and evaluation focused on a new and enhanced version of the program, the Intensive Supportive Housing for Families program (ISHF). Through a three arm randomized controlled trial, this study compared clients in three groups: parents who are randomly assigned to (1) enroll in ISHF, (2) participate in the existing Supportive Housing for Families (SHF) program, and (3) receive Child Welfare Business as Usual Services. This was the first randomized evaluation of this program, and the grant required examination of whether those who participate in an enhanced version of the program, which incorporates prompt access to evidence-based interventions, vocational services, and trauma services, show superior outcomes than clients randomized to the existing program. Further, clients in both of these conditions (SHF and ISHF) were compared to those receiving child welfare services in Connecticut as usual (BAU) without a supportive housing intervention.
This research has three components: a) a process evaluation, b) a cost/economic analysis, and c) an impact analysis.
The process evaluation and cost analysis were previously completed while the project was ongoing. Now that the project has ended, the final report on all project activities has been submitted to the funder, the Administration for Children and Families.
This impact analysis addressed the following primary research questions:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Families who were newly involved with the child welfare system, demonstrated high housing instability or homelessness, and evidenced high service needs.
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Reunification
时间窗: 2 years
Number of children being reunified with their family
Preservation
时间窗: 2 years
Number of children not being removed from their family
Housing stability
时间窗: 2 years
Whether family remained stably housed or experienced recidivism on homelessness or near homelessness
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Anne Farrell
Director of Research
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago