MOMS Hubs- CT Dept of Social Services Block Grant

Yale University179 enrolled

Overview

The MOMS Partnership aims to create "MOMS Zones" in New Haven neighborhoods where the hardest to reach families live. These "MOMS Zones" will have two unique features: (1) a MOMS "Hub" to deliver centralized mental health and family economic success services to the hardest to reach families living in New Haven's most impoverished neighborhoods, as measured by actual socio-economic status as well as by access to resources; (2) a neighborhood workforce of Community Mental Health Ambassadors (CMHAs--mothers who themselves live in New Haven). The MOMS Workforce Program and MOMS Mental Health Program will be offered at all three Hubs.

The MOMs workforce program will involve teaching, coaching, and supportive services for participants as they navigate their journeys to sustainable employment that pays a family-supporting wage. Participants will be guided through an individualized progression of services designed to increase their employability, to increase their ability to earn higher incomes in career-track employment, and to improve their chances of retaining jobs and advancing in them. The MOMS Mental Health program centers around a manualized Stress Management Course 8-class group treatment, delivered once per week. The course was adapted from "The Mother and Child Course" by Munoz and Le (2011) for the population of New Haven mothers who are served by the MOMS Partnership.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

179

Conditions

Depression

Interventions

CBT- Mental Health ProgramBEHAVIORAL

Manualized Stress Management class; brief individual behavioral counseling.

MOMS GROWBEHAVIORAL

MOMS GROW (Generating Real Opportunities for Work) Teaching, coaching, and supportive services for participants as they navigate their journeys to sustainable employment that pays a family-supporting wage.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria are as follows: * Participant is a woman raising a child or adolescent under 18 years of age. The child/adolescent may be her biological offspring or in her custody due to adoption or foster care. Care arrangements may be legally sanctioned or informal, as is common in New Haven families. Thus, the eligible participant may be a sister, aunt, grandmother, or other female responsible for the daily care of children. * Participant currently resides within the city limits of New Haven, CT. * Participant resided within County of New Haven, CT on October 29, 2012. * Participant's income is at or below 325% of the Federal poverty income. * Participant is a U.S. citizen. * Participant's score on CES-D \> 16. Exclusion criteria are as follows: * Signs or symptoms of active psychosis or active suicidality will be a basis for exclusion in the study. * Lack of proficiency in English.

Locations (4)

Boys & Girls Club of New Haven

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Center for Wellbeing of Women and Mothers, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Stop & Shop

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

West Rock Author's Academy

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Improvement in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CED-D) Scale

Reduced CES-D Score (CES-D score goal \<16)

Time frame: 6 months

Improvement in work readiness skills

Reduced CASAS score

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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