Expanding the Cycle of Opportunity: Simultaneously Educating Parents and Children in Head Start (CAPFAST)

February 24, 2021 updated by: Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Northwestern University
The CAP Family Advancement Study (CAP FAST) is a randomized control trial of CareerAdvance®, a dual-generation program providing education, career coaching, and soft-skills training for parents while their children attend CAP Tulsa's Head Start programs.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Randomization will take place with all applicants who have agreed to the study and are selected to participate in CareerAdvance®. Two-thirds of participants will be selected for the treatment group and will be able to enroll in CareerAdvance® immediately. The other one-third of the participants will be assigned to the control group and will not be able to enroll in CareerAdvance® for two years. Those who are selected for the control group will have access to CAP Tulsa's rich array of service outside of CareerAdvance®, including high quality early childhood education. The randomization process is introduced to parents during CareerAdvance® information sessions, and consent for the randomization process is required in order to apply to CareerAdvance®.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

311

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201
        • Northwestern University
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, 74146
        • Community Action Project of Tulsa County
      • Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, 74106
        • Oklahoma State University

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:

  • Families whose children attend CAP Tulsa's Early Head Start and Head Start programs, and whose parents have applied to CareerAdvance®.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants who have not applied to CareerAdvance®..

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: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: CareerAdvance®
CareerAdvance® provides education, career coaching, and soft-skills training for parents while their children attend Head Start programs.
Behavioral: CareerAdvance®
CareerAdvance® is a dual-generation program providing education, career coaching, and soft-skills training for parents while their children attend CAP Tulsa's Head Start programs.
No Intervention: Control Standard of CAP
Control participants access to CAP array of service

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Parent's educational achievement
Time Frame: 16 months
Defined education course credit attainment
16 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Northwestern University

Collaborators

Department of Health and Human Services

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, PhD, Northwestern University

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 7, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 4, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

September 9, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 1, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 24, 2021

Last Verified

February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ACF Grant # 90YR0073

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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