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Clinical Trial: The Impact of Family Assistance on Homeless Children
This study is no longer recruiting patients.
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine how services and housing provided for homeless families affect the mental health and behavior of homeless children over time.
| Condition | Treatment or Intervention |
|---|---|
| Homeless Youth | Behavior: Critical Time Intervention |
MedlinePlus consumer health information
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: The Impact of Family CTI on Homeless Children
Expected Total Enrollment: 320
Study start: July 2002; Study completion: June 2005
This study is a supplement to a parent study which concentrates on the outcomes of homeless mothers who are provided with services and housing. This study will focus on the effects of housing and services on children, who may be the major beneficiaries of such assistance.
Participants are randomly assigned to either receive services and permanent housing or to remain in a homeless shelter without additional assistance. Children and their parents are interviewed separately 3, 9, and 15 months after study entry. The teachers of participating children are surveyed twice during the study.
Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Months - 16 Years, Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Enrollment in the parent study
- Homeless and living at a shelter with mother/maternal guardian at the time of study enrollment
Location Information
New York
The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, 10962, United States
More Information
Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health
Record last reviewed: January 2005
Last Updated: January 7, 2005
Record first received: February 19, 2003
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00055081
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-04-08
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
Cache Date: April 9, 2005
Resources
- Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted from Foster Care (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
- AIDS Drugs Assistance Programs (AIDS Treatment Data Network)
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