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Cash Transfers for Child Poverty

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Recruiting

Led By Stacia West, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Pennsylvania

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 18 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will explore if giving families $500/mo for a year improves their health, finances, and child welfare.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults over 18 living in Monroe, Onondaga, or Westchester County, New York who have been invited by an OCFS caseworker and met state eligibility for the Family Assessment Response (FAR) within the last six months.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if giving families $500 monthly with no conditions affects parental health, child health and healthcare use, financial stability, and interactions with child welfare services. It's a randomized controlled trial comparing cash transfers to no direct transfers.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves financial interventions rather than medical treatments, there are no traditional side effects. However, potential impacts could include changes in stress levels or decision-making behaviors.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 18 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~18 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 18 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Family Assessment Response (FAR) track reports to CPS

Foster care placements

Indicated reports to CPS

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Secondary outcome measures

Child missed medical care

Child school truancy

Family dynamics and parenting (CHAOS)

+9 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Treatment GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants in the treatment group will receive $500 per month for 12 months

Group II: Control GroupActive Control1 Intervention

Participants in the control group will not receive monthly cash benefits.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of PennsylvaniaLead Sponsor

2,005 Previous Clinical Trials

42,881,833 Total Patients Enrolled

Redlich Horwitz FoundationUNKNOWN

Rutgers UniversityOTHER

113 Previous Clinical Trials

2,803,643 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Unconditional Cash Transfer Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05857553 — N/A

Child Poverty Research Study Groups: Treatment Group, Control Group

Child Poverty Clinical Trial 2023: Unconditional Cash Transfer Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05857553 — N/A

Unconditional Cash Transfer 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05857553 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are additional openings available for the research project?

"As verified on clinicaltrials.gov, this study is no longer actively seeking enrolment after the most recent update was posted on May 9th 2023. Despite this being the case, there are still 1 other trials that require participants right now."

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What are the central aims of this investigation?

"Over the course of 18 months, this trial's primary outcome will be measured by tracking reports to Child Protective Services. Secondary goals include assessing Mental health (Kessler 10) with a score range from 10-50 where low scores reflect good mental health; Perceived Stress Scale - 4 which ranges from 0-16 and higher scores signify greater stress levels; and Family Dynamics and Parenting (CHAOS), scored on a yes/no system, indicating higher levels of chaos in the home as the score increases."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Cash Transfers to Address Child Welfare Involvement

Stacia West 2023. "Cash Transfers to Address Child Welfare Involvement". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05857553.