Community Development Teams to Scale-Up Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) in California

April 10, 2009 updated by: Center for Research to Practice

Community Development Teams to Scale-Up MTFC in California

The effects of using Community Development Teams to increase the number of counties that successfully implement and sustain Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care programs is studied in a randomized trial in 40 California counties. MTFC is an alternative to group or residential placement for youth with severe conduct and emotional problems referred from the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

350

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Non-early adopters of evidence-based practice (MTFC)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Placed fewer than 6 youth per year in group care

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: CDT
Community Development Teams bring together counties who are implementing a new practice
Behavioral: Community Development Teams
CDTs bring together counties who are implementing a new practice

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Implementation of an evidence-based practice in counties
Time Frame: 5 years
5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Center for Research to Practice

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

August 1, 2011

Study Completion (Anticipated)

August 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 9, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

April 13, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 13, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2009

Last Verified

February 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • R01MH076158 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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