Ignite Study of the Jewish Family and Children's Service of the Suncoast, Inc.
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorJewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast, Inc.
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Adults age 18 or older
Have a child or children under the age of 24
Interested in improving the parent-child relationship, sustain healthy marriages and relationships, and economic stability and employment objectives
Resides in Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties on the Gulf Coast of Florida
Disqualifiers
Under age 18
Does not reside in Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties on the Gulf Coast of Florida
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Treatment Intervention: Responsible Parenting, Relationships, and Employment Services
BehavioralThe 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.
Treatment groups
675 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Treatment Intervention: Responsible Parenting, Relationships, and Employment ServicesExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Wait-List ControlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Family Environment Survey (FES)
The FES was developed to measure social and environmental characteristics of families. Face and content validity are supported by clear statements about family situations that relate to subscale domains, and the measure can differentiate between distressed and normal family samples.
Time frame
24 weeks2
Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS)
The RDAS is a 32-item self-report standardized measure with 4 subscales: (1) Dyadic Consensus, (2) Dyadic Satisfaction, (3) Affectional Expression, and (4) Dyadic Cohesion as well as a total score.
Time frame
24 weeks3
Perceived Employment Barriers Scale (PEBS)
The PEBS is a 20-item scale developed to measure barriers to employment including the following subscales: (1) Physical and mental health, (2) Labor market exclusion, (3) Child care, (4) Human capital, and (5) Soft skills. The measure is a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5 where 1 indicates 'not a barrier' and 5 indicates 'strong barrier'.
Time frame
24 weeks4
Employment Hope Scale (EHS)
The EHS is a 14-item scale developed to measure psychological self-sufficiency with two subscales: (1) psychological empowerment, and (2) goal-oriented pathways. This is a Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 10 where 0 indicates 'strongly disagree' and 10 indicates 'strongly agree'.
Time frame
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