Cash Transfers for People Experiencing Homelessness

NCT05372978 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: H21-02584
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The primary goal of the study is to determine the impacts of a one-time unconditional cash transfer on the well-being of people experiencing homelessness.

Conditions

Homelessness; Personal Satisfaction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Stable housing

  Number of days spent in stable housing.

  1-3 months

• Homelessness

  Number of days spent homeless.

  1-3 months

• Savings

  Total value of financial assets.

  1-3 months

• Total Spending

  Amount of money spent on regular and one-time purchases.

  1-3 months

• Spending on Rent

  Amount of money spent on rent.

  1-3 months

• Spending on temptation goods

  Amount of money spent on temptation goods, such as drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes.

  1-3 months

• Cost of shelter use

  Estimated societal cost of shelter use based on number of days staying in shelter

  1-3 months

Study Arms (2)

Cash

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive a one-time unconditional cash transfer of $8,500 CAD.

Behavioral: Cash transfer

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will not receive a cash transfer.

Interventions

Cash transfer BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive a one-time unconditional cash transfer of $8,500.

Cash

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be homeless at the time of recruitment.
• Participants must be between 18 and 65 years of age, inclusive.
• Participants must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident in Canada

You may not qualify if:

• The following participants will be excluded:
• Participants who report severe problematic substance use (score ≥ 6 on DAST).
• Participants who report severe problematic alcohol use (score ≥ 20 on AUDIT).
• Participants who report severe psychiatric symptoms (score above 2 on item 5 or above 4 on items 13 or 14 on CSI).
• Participants who report problematic gambling behavior (score ≥ 8 on PGSI).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead
• Foundations for Social Change: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Personal Satisfaction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Jiaying Zhao, PhD

CONTACT

604-827-2203; jiayingz@psych.ubc.ca

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: Participants will be randomly assigned to condition (cash vs control).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 9, 2022
• First Posted: May 13, 2022
• Study Start: May 2, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2023
• Study Completion: December 1, 2023
• Last Updated: May 13, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: The data will become available after data collection has ended and after the data have been cleaned.

Locations

CA (1)