The Impact of Family CTI on Homeless Children

Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Critical Time Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00055081

R01MH067148 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

DSIR 82-SEMS

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 320 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 months to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrollment in the parent study
• Homeless and living at a shelter with mother/maternal guardian at the time of study enrollment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)