An Evaluation of Selected Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Programs: Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Parents and Children Together
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
Since 2006, Congress has provided funding for grants to provide healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood services to help interested couples and fathers enhance or improve adult and parent-child relationships and meet other objectives. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), oversees these grants and provides supports to assist grantees to meet their goals and objectives. To learn about the implementation and effects of these programs, ACF awarded a contract in 2011 to Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. to conduct the Parents and Children Together (PACT) evaluation. The evaluation includes separate impact and process studies for responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage programs.
Individuals who are eligible for the programs and agree to be in the study are randomly assigned to either a program group or a control group. Program group members are offered program services; control group members are not offered those services but are able to receive other services available in the community. The impact studies will examine whether the programs improve outcomes for fathers, mothers, families, and children in the program group compared to outcomes of those in the control group. Members of both program and control groups are surveyed twice: before they are randomly assigned and 12 months later. At the 12-month follow-up, both groups will be asked to complete a telephone survey. The survey will cover a range of questions related to adult relationships and interactions, parent-child interactions and economic stability. Corresponding process studies will examine multiple aspects of the implementation and operation of the programs. Information for the process studies will be obtained through: interviews with program and partner organization managers and staff; observations of program operations; from focus groups with program participants and non-participants; and from data from each grantee's management information system.
Tipo de estudio
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Florida
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Sarasota, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Jewish Family and Children's Services
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Minnesota
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Estados Unidos
- Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Estados Unidos
- Urban Ventures
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Missouri
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Kansas City, Missouri, Estados Unidos
- Connections to Success
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Saint Louis, Missouri, Estados Unidos
- Fathers' Support Center
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New York
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Bronx, New York, Estados Unidos
- University Behavioral Associates
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Texas
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El Paso, Texas, Estados Unidos
- El Paso Center for Children
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Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
To be eligible for the PACT HM Evaluation, the applicant must be part of a couple (as defined by the couple) in which both couple members are applying to the program and that:
- Both members of the couple are eligible for the program
- Both members of the couple are 18 years of age or older
- One member of the couple is female and the other male
- At least one member of the couple is an expectant parent or a parent of a biological or adoptive child who is living with him or her (That is the children do not need to be children in common and they need to be living with only one parent)
To be eligible for the PACT RF evaluation, the individual must:
- Be male
- Be 18 years or older
- Have a living biological or adopted child or is expecting a child
Exclusion Criteria:
- Does not meet the inclusion criteria
Plan de estudios
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Tratamiento
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación de un solo grupo
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Experimental: Control
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RF grantees funded by the most recent re-authorization of the program must offer services in each of three categories: (1) healthy marriage; (2) responsible parenting; and (3) economic stability.
HM grantees must provide one or more of eight allowable activities, which include marriage and relationship skills programs, mentoring, divorce reduction programs, and education in high schools on the value of marriage, relationships skills, and budgeting.
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Experimental: Responsible fatherhood or healthy marriage
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RF grantees funded by the most recent re-authorization of the program must offer services in each of three categories: (1) healthy marriage; (2) responsible parenting; and (3) economic stability.
HM grantees must provide one or more of eight allowable activities, which include marriage and relationship skills programs, mentoring, divorce reduction programs, and education in high schools on the value of marriage, relationships skills, and budgeting.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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In-person contact with child(ren) in past month
Periodo de tiempo: 12 months
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12 months
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Earnings in past year
Periodo de tiempo: 12 months
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12 months
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Co-parenting teamwork
Periodo de tiempo: 12 months
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Agreement with whether father and mother work well together as parents
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12 months
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Patrocinador
Colaboradores
Investigadores
- Director de estudio: Sheena McConnell, Ph.D., Mathematica Policy Research
- Director de estudio: Robin Dion, M.A., Mathematica Policy Research
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Más información
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Palabras clave
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- MPR06997
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