Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast, Inc.

Code:

NCT05356234

Conditions

Intervention

Wait-List Control

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Treatment Intervention: Responsible Parenting, Relationships, and Employment Services

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goals of the program are to help struggling fathers and father figures improve the parent-child relationship, sustain healthy marriages and relationships (and help those who are single identify ways to enter into safe and supportive relationships that may ultimately lead to marriage), and identify and support fathers in their economic stability and employment objectives. These outcomes will be achieved through a series of workshops addressing responsible parenting and marriage and relationships as well as a complement of employment services and comprehensive case management. Additional services needed by participants will be identified and provided either through wraparound programming provided by JFCS or through collaborative agreements with local partner agencies. Additionally, Ignite will incorporate a comprehensive employment program combining both job and career advancement.

Conditions

Intervention

Wait-List Control

Study ID

NCT05356234

Start date

Apr 1, 2022

Status verified date

Feb, 2025

Completion date

Jun 1, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 1, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adults age 18 or older
2. Have a child or children under the age of 24
3. Interested in improving the parent-child relationship, sustain healthy marriages and relationships, and economic stability and employment objectives
4. Resides in Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties on the Gulf Coast of Florida

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Under age 18
2. Does not reside in Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties on the Gulf Coast of Florida

Study Design

Enrollment

675 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Treatment Intervention: Responsible Parenting, Relationships, and Employment Services

Experimental: A series of workshops addressing responsible parenting and marriage and relationships as well as a complement of employment services and comprehensive case management will be conducted over a 12-week period.

no intervention: Wait-List Control

The Wait-List Control group will be placed on a wait-list and offered services as soon as they complete the study's final 24-week follow-up measures. Wait-List Control participants will not be assigned a Case Manager and will not receive any comparable services from our agency until they complete their 24-week measures.

Interventions

Treatment Intervention: Responsible Parenting, Relationships, and Employment Services

The Intervention group will be assigned a Case Manager and placed in the next available On My Shoulders (OMS) curriculum that offers strategies to help individuals develop a strong and healthy self in the service of making current and/or future relationships of all forms (parent-child, romantic, family, work) successful and satisfying. This curriculum is intended to equip men (and, where applicable, women) with the skills they need to build and nurture healthy relationships. This curriculum should help participants improve family functioning. Additionally, Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) financial literacy curriculum will be utilized to help participants increase job retention for those currently employed, improve wages through additional educational and training opportunities, and learn skills to better manage family finances. This curriculum should help participants increase economic stability and mobility.

Primary outcome measure

  • Family Environment Survey (FES) [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
  • Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
  • Perceived Employment Barriers Scale (PEBS) [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
  • Employment Hope Scale (EHS) [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Andrew Truman, BS

941-256-4130jtruman@jfcs-cares.org

Kathleen Moore, PhD

813-394-4900kamoore@usf.edu

Locations

Jewish Family and Children Service of the Suncoast, Inc.

Recruiting

Sarasota, Florida, United States, 34237

Contacts

Jessica Truman, BA

941-248-9267jtruman@jfcs-cares.org

More Information

Sponsor

Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast, Inc.

Last update posted

Feb 27, 2025

Last verified

Feb, 2025

Keywords

  • Healthy parent and child relationships
  • Economic self-sufficiency

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast, Inc. on 2025-02-27.