About this trial
This study will explore how to expand the Just Care for Families (JCFF) program beyond its current sites in Oregon, while addressing two main challenges: the developer team cannot provide ongoing support to every new program, and rural counties face limits on caseloads and reimbursement because of long travel distances. To overcome these barriers, the trial will test two strategies-using a JCFF mobile app to improve outcomes and efficiency, and relying on trained Experts (instead of the developer team) to guide new counties. With five active counties and four new ones, researchers will study whether parents receiving JCFF with digital support show reduced opioid and stimulant use, better child welfare outcomes like reunification, and more efficient treatment. This study will also compare how well new counties implement JCFF compared to existing ones, and use modeling to see if digital tools help programs sustain themselves by balancing caseloads and reimbursement. This study is supported by and included in the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative (https://heal.nih.gov/).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Misuse of opioids and/or stimulants in the last year, including misuse of prescriptions
parent of a child aged 0-18 with the child living in the home or a reunification plan in place
residing in one of the nine participating counties
insured by Medicaid
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Just Care for Families (JCFF)
- Just Care for Families (JCFF) App
- Just Care for Families (JCFF) App Feedback
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Chestnut Health Systems
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborator