MOMS Hubs- CT Dept of Social Services Block Grant (MOMS-Hubs)

MOMS Partnership-Community-Based Hubs for Maternal Mental Health and Workforce Development, New Haven MOMS Partnership- CT Dept of Social Services Block Grant

The MOMS Partnership aims to create "MOMS Zones" in New Haven neighborhoods where the hardest to reach families live. These "MOMS Zones" will have two unique features: (1) a MOMS "Hub" to deliver centralized mental health and family economic success services to the hardest to reach families living in New Haven's most impoverished neighborhoods, as measured by actual socio-economic status as well as by access to resources; (2) a neighborhood workforce of Community Mental Health Ambassadors (CMHAs--mothers who themselves live in New Haven). The MOMS Workforce Program and MOMS Mental Health Program will be offered at all three Hubs.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Depression
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: CBT- Mental Health Program; Behavioral: MOMS GROW

Detailed Description

The MOMs workforce program will involve teaching, coaching, and supportive services for participants as they navigate their journeys to sustainable employment that pays a family-supporting wage. Participants will be guided through an individualized progression of services designed to increase their employability, to increase their ability to earn higher incomes in career-track employment, and to improve their chances of retaining jobs and advancing in them.

The MOMS Mental Health program centers around a manualized Stress Management Course 8-class group treatment, delivered once per week. The course was adapted from "The Mother and Child Course" by Munoz and Le (2011) for the population of New Haven mothers who are served by the MOMS Partnership.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 179
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Connecticut
    • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
      • Boys & Girls Club of New Haven
    • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
      • Center for Wellbeing of Women and Mothers, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University
    • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
      • Stop & Shop
    • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
      • West Rock Author's Academy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion criteria are as follows:

• Participant is a woman raising a child or adolescent under 18 years of age. The child/adolescent may be her biological offspring or in her custody due to adoption or foster care. Care arrangements may be legally sanctioned or informal, as is common in New Haven families. Thus, the eligible participant may be a sister, aunt, grandmother, or other female responsible for the daily care of children.
• Participant currently resides within the city limits of New Haven, CT.
• Participant resided within County of New Haven, CT on October 29, 2012.
• Participant's income is at or below 325% of the Federal poverty income.
• Participant is a U.S. citizen.
• Participant's score on CES-D > 16.

Exclusion criteria are as follows:

• Signs or symptoms of active psychosis or active suicidality will be a basis for exclusion in the study.
• Lack of proficiency in English.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: CBT- Mental Health Program; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Manualized Stress Management class; brief individual behavioral counseling.	Behavioral: CBT- Mental Health Program; Manualized Stress Management class; brief individual behavioral counseling.
Active Comparator: MOMS GROW; MOMS GROW (Generating Real Opportunities for Work) Teaching, coaching, and supportive services for participants as they navigate their journeys to sustainable employment that pays a family-supporting wage.	Behavioral: MOMS GROW; MOMS GROW (Generating Real Opportunities for Work) Teaching, coaching, and supportive services for participants as they navigate their journeys to sustainable employment that pays a family-supporting wage.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Improvement in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CED-D) Scale	Reduced CES-D Score (CES-D score goal <16)	6 months
Improvement in work readiness skills	Reduced CASAS score	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Yale University
• Collaborators: National Diaper Bank Network; Clifford Beers Clinic; City of New Haven- Health Department; New Paradigms Consulting; The New Haven Diaper Bank; Third Sector Capital Partners
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Megan V Smith, DrPH, Yale University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 22, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 25, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): May 25, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 8, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 28, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): June 2, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 21, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 19, 2020
• Last Verified: February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Depression
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1409014610