Clinical Trial: Kansas Intensive Permanency Project

Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Permanency Innovations Initiative- Kansas Intensive Permanency Project

Brief Summary: The intervention provides services to children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) who are in foster care and to their parent(s) to prepare the families for reunification.

Detailed Summary: The intervention provide services to children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) who are in foster care and to their birth parents to prepare the families for reunification. The evaluation follows a randomized design. The pretest will assess the procedures and instruments for collecting data on child, youth, and family functioning. Ultimately, after the pretest is complete, the data collected through the evaluation will provide information on the extent to which the intervention achieved its goal of improving parenting skills and enhancing readiness for reunification among the families who received the services.
Sponsor: Westat

Current Primary Outcome:

• Time to stable permanence [ Time Frame: Measured from the date of random assignment to the discharge date or to the end of the study period for cases that did not discharge ]
  Measured by administrative data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
• Positive parenting behaviors [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]
  Measured by administering two standardized instruments: 1) the Caregiver Wish List (CWL); and, 2) the Family Interaction Task (FIT).

Original Primary Outcome: Positive parenting behaviors [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]

Current Secondary Outcome:

• Use of community resources & social supports [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]
  Measured by observing the results of a subscale of a standardized instrument, the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R). The subscale is identified as "social/community life."
• Readiness for Reunification [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]
  Measured by the "readiness for reunification" subscale of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R).
• Improve parent mental health & Substance Abuse [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]
  Measured by the relevant items on the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R).
• Child behavior [ Time Frame: Intake & every 6-months post intake ]
  Measured with Social Skills Improvement System rating scales (SSIS).
• Child functioning [ Time Frame: Intake & every 6-months post intake ]
  Measured by assessing the child's functioning with the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) for school-aged children and the Preschool and Early Childhood Functional Assessment Scale (PECFAS) for preschool-aged children.
• Reunification [ Time Frame: 18 months post intervention start date ]
  Measured using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
• Long-term foster care [ Time Frame: Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care ]
  Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
• Stable permanency [ Time Frame: Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care ]
  Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
• Child safety [ Time Frame: Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care ]
  Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
• Coercive parenting practices [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]
  Measured by administering two standardized instruments: 1) the Caregiver Wish List (CWL); and, 2) the Family Interaction Task (FIT).

Original Secondary Outcome:

• Use of community resources & social supports [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]
  Measured by observing the results of a subscale of a standardized instrument, the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R). The subscale is identified as "social/community life."
• Readiness for Reunification [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]
  Measured by the "readiness for reunification" subscale of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R).
• Improve parent mental health & Substance Abuse [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]
  Measured by the relevant items on the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R).
• Problematic child behavior [ Time Frame: Intake & every 6-months post intake ]
  Measured with Social Skills Improvement System rating scales (SSIS).
• Child functioning [ Time Frame: Intake & every 6-months post intake ]
  Measured by assessing the child's functioning with the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) for school-aged children and the Preschool and Early Childhood Functional Assessment Scale (PECFAS) for preschool-aged children.
• Reunification [ Time Frame: 18 months post intervention start date ]
  Measured using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
• Long-term foster care [ Time Frame: Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care ]
  Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
• Stable permanency [ Time Frame: Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care ]
  Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
• Child safety [ Time Frame: Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care ]
  Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
• Coercive parenting practices [ Time Frame: Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months ]
  Measured by administering two standardized instruments: 1) the Caregiver Wish List (CWL); and, 2) the Family Interaction Task (FIT).

Information By: Westat

Dates:
Date Received: April 14, 2014
Date Started: September 2010
Date Completion: March 2017
Last Updated: August 8, 2016
Last Verified: August 2016