A Regional Partnership to Improve Outcomes Through Fatherhood Engagement
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age18+
SponsorMontefiore Medical Center
About this trial
Montefiore will engage fathers in families at risk of substance misuse in the Bronx and neighboring communities. Families will be referred from Bronx and neighboring community-based child welfare systems, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers, and medical providers if identified at risk of substance use concerns and will be randomly assigned to receive services as usual as part of the comparison group, or to receive enhanced services as part of the program group.
Enhanced services include: (1) Motivational Enhancement; (2) referral to Healthy, Empowered, Resilient, and Open (HERO) Dads fatherhood engagement program; (3) Contingency Management; and (4) Case Management.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
is a custodial or non-custodial father
speaks English or Spanish
has at least one child under the age of 18,
someone in the family is identified as at-risk for substance use through: self-report of illicit substance use in the family, the presence of an SUD diagnosis in the family, a clinician/provider identified substance use risk, or the presence of a substance-related indicated child welfare allegation in the family
Disqualifiers
The placement of all children in the family in foster care
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Motivational Enhancement
- HERO Dads Fatherhood Program
- Contingency Management
- Case Management
Treatment groups
240 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Montefiore Medical Center
Lead sponsor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Collaborator
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Collaborator
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Collaborator
New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports
Collaborator
New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA)
Collaborator
Children's Bureau - Administration for Children and Families
Collaborator
New York City Administration for Children's Services
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov