Assessing Models of Coordinated Services for Low-Income Children and Their Families

NCT04146974 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 50685
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 416
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the Assessing Models of Coordinated Services for Low-Income Children and Their Families (AMCS) project is to understand how states and local communities are coordinating services across sectors to most efficiently and effectively serve low-income children and their families. These coordinated services approaches vary along a range of dimensions, including their number and types of partners, funding streams, target populations, goals and objectives, locations, services provided, and monitoring processes. This qualitative study aims to fill gaps in our knowledge by identifying and describing the features of state and local approaches to coordinating early care and education services with family economic security and/or other health and human services.

Conditions

Child Development; Family and Household

Keywords

Social services; Coordination; Early childhood education; State and local agencies

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Features of coordinated services approaches

  Study developed template describing components of state and local coordinated services approaches

  up to one year

• Qualitative features, service delivery, and perceptions of coordinated services approaches

  Telephone interviews (study developed semi-structured telephone interview protocol for state and local coordinated services approaches)

  up to one year

• Leader and staff perceptions of coordinated services approaches

  Site visits (study developed semi-structured in-person interview protocol with leadership and staff of state and local coordinated services approaches)

  up to one year

• Parent/guardian perceptions of coordinated services approaches

  Focus groups (study developed semi-structured parent/guardian focus group protocol)

  up to one year

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Staff and parents from coordinated services approaches serving low-income families and their children.

You may qualify if:

• Currently operates in the United States;
• Has a public website or public documents available for review;
• Serves at least some low-income families;
• Directly provides early care and education services for children age 5 and younger;
• Provides family economic security and/or family-focused health and human services in addition to early care and education
• Intentionally coordinates multiple health and human services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.: lead

Study Sites (1)

Mathematica

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20002, United States

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Elizabeth Cavadel, Ph.D.

  Mathematica Policy Research

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Elizabeth Cavadel, Ph.D.

CONTACT

(202) 250-3505; ecavadel@mathematica-mpr.com

Emily Sama-Miller, M.P.P

CONTACT

(202) 484-4512; esamamiller@mathematica-mpr.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 14, 2019
• First Posted: October 31, 2019
• Study Start: October 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2020
• Study Completion: August 1, 2021
• Last Updated: October 31, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10

Locations

US (1)