Evaluating a One-Year Version of the Parent-Child Assistance Program

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Conditions studied: Alcohol Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorders, Alcohol Use Complicating Pregnancy, Unspecified Trimester, Drug Use Disorders, Drug Use Complicating Pregnancy, Unspecified Trimester

In brief

The proposed project seeks to achieve three objectives that will, collectively, evaluate the effectiveness of a one-year version of the Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP-1) -a model for a home visitation and case management program for parents who used substances. First, the proposed project aims to estimate the causal impact of PCAP-1 on preventing the need for foster care and promoting reunification. Second, the project will estimate PCAP-1's effectiveness in achieving other program goals: parent recovery, parent's connection with needed comprehensive community resources, and preventing future children from being exposed to drugs and alcohol. Finally, causal evidence of program effectiveness across the prior two objectives would enable PCAP-1 to be rated according to strength of evidence on relevant federal registries (i.e., FFPSA and HOMEVEE). All objectives will be pursued with substantial backing from public and private partners, including the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OK's Title IV-E agency). This quasi-experimental project will recruit 40 new participants to receive one year of PCAP-1 services. It will use administrative data on participants from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services for the control group. Given that the population PCAP serves are disproportionately poor and low-income and PCAP is designed to be culturally competent and relevant, PCAP-1 harbors the potential to address inequities in child welfare outcomes, substance use disorder treatment services, and child and family well- being by improving outcomes for these families. With a strong backing by state agencies and community partners, the evaluation of PCAP-1 will contribute to a knowledge gap in the field for in-home program models serving a highly vulnerable population with high rates of child welfare involvement and use of foster care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06163651

Run by

University of Oklahoma

People needed

80

Starts

2025-06-23

Expected to finish

2026-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• People over the age of 18
• Parents with children under the age of 6 living with them
• Resides within a 50-mile radius of Enid, OK or Oklahoma City, OK (for treatment group)

You may not qualify if…

• Incarcerated at the time of enrollment

Where it is running

• Remote Worker — Enid, Oklahoma, United States (enrolling)
• Remote Worker — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States (enrolling)

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