Recruiting

READY4Life

Sponsor:

US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

Code:

NCT05476185

Conditions

Communication

Problem Solving

Social Relationships

Economic Stability

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 24

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

READY4Life Programming - classroom instruction

Study Details

Brief summary:

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) has developed the Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life) Program. This is a 16-hour program for immigrants/refugees, ages 14 to 24. The program is designed to help young immigrants and refugees prepare for a successful life in the United States. The program is taught by USCRI program staff and is being implemented at eight sites across the U.S.: Cleveland, Ohio; Colchester, Vermont; Des Moines, Iowa; Miami, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Raleigh, North Carolina; Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Twin Falls, Idaho. The project also includes a rigorous evaluation component, featuring a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) design.

Conditions

Communication

Problem Solving

Social Relationships

Economic Stability

Study ID

NCT05476185

Start date

Feb 14, 2022

Status verified date

Jul, 2022

Completion date

Sep 30, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 30, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 24

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must be at least 14 years old and no more than 24 years old
  • Must self-identify as a refugee or immigrant

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Younger than 14 years old or older than 24 years old
  • Does not identify as a refugee or immigrant

Study Design

Enrollment

4800 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: READY4Life Programming - classroom instruction

The intervention is an 16-hour classroom-based relationship education program taught by project staff. This instruction will strengthen and promote healthy marriages among young refugees and immigrants through education and comprehensive case management that will support an overall goal of helping youth build healthy relationship skills while supporting positive socio-emotional development and promoting successful transitions to young adulthood.

no intervention: No Intervention: Control

The control group does not receive any part of the classroom instruction that the intervention group receives. Like the intervention group, however, the control group does have access to case management.

Interventions

READY4Life Programming - classroom instruction

The intervention group receives 16 hours of classroom instruction.

Primary outcome measure

  • Healthy Communication Skills Score [ Time Frame: Time Frame: Pretest to Follow-up (six months after completion of the intervention - about 7 months after the pretest) ]
  • Conflict Resolution, Management, and Problem-Solving Skills Score [ Time Frame: Time Frame: Pretest to Follow-up (six months after completion of the intervention - about 7 months after the pretest) ]
  • Healthy Relationship and Marriage Skills Score [ Time Frame: Time Frame: Pretest to Follow-up (six months after completion of the intervention - about 7 months after the pretest) ]
  • Progress Toward Greater Economic Stability [ Time Frame: Time Frame: Pretest to Follow-up (six months after completion of the intervention - about 7 months after the pretest) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Emmanuel Montesa

703-310-1130emontesa@uscrimail.org

Locations

Youth Coop Inc.

Recruiting

Miami, Florida, United States, 33126

Contacts

Alicia Sante

305-442-6900alicia.sante@ycoopmail.org

Principal Investigator:

Michael Young, Ph.D.

College of Southern Idaho Refugee Program

Recruiting

Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, 83301

Contacts

Zeze Rwasama

208-736-2166ZRwasams@refugeecenter.csi.edu

Principal Investigator:

Michael Young, Ph.D.

USCRI Des Moines

Recruiting

Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 50314

Contacts

Terri True-Funk

515-528-7525ktruefunk@uscrimail.org

Principal Investigator:

Michael Young, PhD.

Internationa Institute of Minnesota

Recruiting

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55108

Contacts

Jane Graupman

651-647-0191jgraupman@iimn.org

Principal Investigator:

Michael Young, Ph.D.

USCRI North Carolina

Recruiting

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27609

Contacts

Omer Omer

919-334-0072oomer@uscrimail.org

Principal Investigator:

Michael Young, Ph.D

USCRI Cleveland

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44109

Contacts

Darren Hamm

216-450-0550dhamm@uscrimail.org

Principal Investigator:

Michael Young, PhD

Nationalities Service Center

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107

Contacts

Gwen Soffer

215-893-8400gsoffer@nscphilia.org

Principal Investigator:

Michael Young, Ph.D.

USCRI Vermont

Recruiting

Colchester, Vermont, United States, 05446

Contacts

Amila Merdzanovic

802-654-1716amerdzanovic@uscri.org

Principal Investigator:

Michael Young, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

Last update posted

Aug 1, 2022

Last verified

Jul, 2022

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants on 2022-08-01.