Family Champions Project

NCT05298345 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: #2021/03/36
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,111
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This evaluation uses a formative approach and a descriptive design with repeated measures to assess the efficacy of a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Process to improve services delivered by the Family Champions Project (FCP). The FCP delivers education-based services-TYRO Leadership and Core Communication curricula-with funding from the Office of Family Assistance to low-income fathers and mothers to promote healthy family relationships and economic stability in their households. TYRO Leadership and Core Communication are adapted from the TYRO suite of curricula that were developed by the RIDGE Project, and they are designed to improve the relationships of families affected by the incarceration of a parent and the economic stability of their households. Participants must be at least 18 years of age with a child no older than 24 years and have no open criminal cases (cases can be deferred). Evaluation activities are carried out by Midwest Evaluation and Research (MER) and assess the extent to which our CQI Process is a feasible approach to improve outputs and the outcomes that might be associated with them for an education-based service delivery effort like the FCP. Specifically, study results from formative evaluation will inform practitioners in the field of HMRE about the viability of using a CQI Process like ours to achieve full implementation and provide some evidence about its capacity to improve outcomes. Formative evaluation not only assesses experiences of the CQI Team and front-line service staff while implementing our CQI Process, but also pays attention to the timing and other specifics of any performance interventions that occur over the 5-year project. As a result, performance interventions present opportunities to conduct a series of mini studies to descriptively evaluate CQI Team efforts to improve implementation of the FCP. Performance trends that improve after an intervention indicate the CQI Team was likely successful to more fully implement outputs which should result in a positive effect on retention rates and, in turn, short term outcomes if we assume a sound theory of change for the FCP is depicted in the logic model.

Conditions

Fathers; Mothers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Primary Outcome Measure 1: Retention Rates Among Participants

  Do FCP participants exhibit higher retention rates (i.e., completion %) after cycles of CQI? • Measured by program status (% active, complete, or not in program) as recorded on the nFORM online data collection system whose use is required by the funder to track programmatic data, such as enrollment and participation levels. Count of participants who dropped out before CQI efforts began was obtained Count of participants who dropped out after CQI efforts began was obtained Count of participant completions before CQI efforts began was obtained Count of participant completions after CQI efforts began was obtained

  through study completion, an average of six weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Secondary Outcome Measure 1: Partner Relationship Attitudes

  pre to post completion which is 6 weeks longs

Study Arms (1)

Primary Workshop Sessions

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive 18 total workshop hours; TYRO Leadership curriculum in 6 2-hour weekly sessions for a subtotal of 12 hours, and Core Communication curriculum in 1-3 sessions for a subtotal of 6 hours.

Other: Family Champions Project Primary Services

Interventions

Family Champions Project Primary Services OTHER

Primary Services: participants receive 12 hours of TYRO Leadership curricula, 6 hours of Core Communication curricula. Support Services (optional): participants choose from a menu of classes (1-3 hours) at the walk-in mini clinic to meet a variety of self-identified needs.

Primary Workshop Sessions

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult (age 18 and older)
• Parent
• No open criminal cases (or deferred)

You may not qualify if:

• Minor (under the age of 18)
• Not a parent
• Has an open criminal case (or not deferred)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Midwest Evaluation & Research: lead
• Anthem Strong Families: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Anthem Strong Families

Dallas, Texas, 75254, United States

Location

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Matthew Shepherd
• Organization: Midwest Evaluation and Research

matt.shepherd@midwestevaluation.com

8336439377

Study Officials

• Matt D Shepherd, PhD

  Midwest Evaluation & Research

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 28, 2022
• First Posted: March 28, 2022
• Study Start: April 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2025
• Study Completion: August 29, 2025
• Last Updated: November 21, 2025
• Results First Posted: November 21, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)