The Impact of Family CTI on Homeless Children

Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research320 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

320

Conditions

Mental Health

Interventions

Critical Time InterventionBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 MonthsMax age: 16 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Enrollment in the parent study * Homeless and living at a shelter with mother/maternal guardian at the time of study enrollment

Locations (1)

The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

Orangeburg, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Internalizing, externalizing, school outcomes

Time frame: 18 months post enrollment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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