Local Evaluation of the Saint Francis Ministries Fatherhood FIRE Program

Kansas Board of Regents

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Relationship, Family; Relationship, Marital; Parenting; Parent-Child Relations; Relationships, Father-Child; Fathers

Treatments: Behavioral: Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program; Behavioral: Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05097833

146802

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is the local process and impact evaluation for Saint Francis Ministries' Fatherhood FIRE Program.

Full description

This project is based on federal legislation that requires evaluation of a program being implemented and delivered by Saint Francis Ministries, a community-based non-profit organization serving children and families. Saint Francis Ministries received federal funds to expand and deliver the Fatherhood FIRE Program to community-based and justice-system involved fathers in their service area. The FIRE program, which stands for Family-Oriented, Interconnected, Resilient, and Essential, aims to promote responsible and positive fatherhood parenting practices and develop and maintain healthy relationships with their partners and other co-parents (e.g., mothers of their children). Evaluation of the program is a condition of Saint Francis Ministries' grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The KU evaluation team at the School of Social Welfare has been contracted by Saint Francis Ministries to conduct the evaluation. The evaluation will be carried out in two parts: 1) a process evaluation and 2 an outcomes evaluation. The process and target populations for both the process and outcomes components are as follows. PROCESS EVALUATION: The process study involves individuals involved in the implementation of the Fatherhood FIRE program at Saint Francis Ministries. Specific populations eligible for inclusion in the process evaluation include: (1) implementation teams facilitating the Fatherhood FIRE program in three states in Saint Francis Ministries service area (Kansas, Nebraska, & Texas), (2) members of the Fatherhood FIRE Data, Assessment, and Dissemination Workgroup, an advisory group comprised of Saint Francis program administrators and the evaluation team charged with planning and overseeing data collection, evaluation, and dissemination efforts, and (3) the evaluation study team. OUTCOMES EVALUATION: Fathers ages 18 and older who are not incarcerated and are enrolled and participating in the Fatherhood FIRE program. To be eligible for inclusion in the evaluation study, program participants must not be incarcerated, have children up to age 24, and may be living with or apart from their children. Eligible participants may be biological parents, adoptive or foster parents, or other caregivers in the parenting role if they have children who meet the age criteria.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fathers with children up to 24 year old
• Fathers participating in the Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program

Exclusion criteria

• Fathers who are incarcerated

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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600 participants in 2 patient groups

Enhanced Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

Randomized group of participants receiving an enhanced Fatherhood FIRE program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Randomized group of participants receiving the 'services as usual' Fatherhood program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program