Head Start REACH: Strengthening Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Approaches With Families

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Early Intervention, Educational (Head Start and Early Head Start Access and Participation)

In brief

Mathematica, funded by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will collect descriptive information for the Head Start REACH: Strengthening Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Approaches with Families (Head Start REACH) study. The investigators will conduct qualitative case studies in six sites. The goal of these case studies in the Head Start REACH study is to provide an in-depth understanding of (1) the approaches that are likely to be successful for the recruitment, selection, enrollment, and retention (RSER) of families who are experiencing adversities; (2) the factors that affect the implementation of these approaches and; (3) the experiences of such families, both enrolled and non-enrolled in Head Start. Data collection will occur in spring 2022. The investigators will conduct qualitative, semi-structured interviews with staff across the six sites who are involved in RSER efforts and provide services to families experiencing adversities, including those in Head Start programs and in the community organizations with which the programs partner. The investigators will also conduct focus groups with families who are being served by Head Start programs and/or the community partner organizations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05145933

Run by

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

People needed

174

Starts

2022-01-03

Expected to finish

2023-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-12-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Program director at Head Start program
• ERSEA staff members at Head Start program
• Staff at community partner organizations
• Families enrolled in program at Head Start program
• Families not enrolled in Head Start program but being served by the community partner organization

You may not qualify if…

• Does not meet the inclusion criteria

Where it is running

• Mathematica — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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