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Coaching + Leadership Guide + Rent Support for Youth Homelessness

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Waitlist Available
Led By Naomi S Thulien, NP-PHC, PhD
Research Sponsored by Unity Health Toronto
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Ages 16-24 years
Be willing to actively participate in the intervention if randomized to this arm
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up assessed at 4-months, 8-months, and 12-months.
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Study Summary

This trial studies whether portable rent subsidies and an intervention to target identity capital can help youth exiting homelessness to achieve socioeconomic inclusion. It uses a randomized controlled trial w/ mixed methods & Community Based Participatory Action Research.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for young people aged 16-24 in Ontario, Canada who have recently left homelessness. They must understand English, be willing to participate actively if chosen for the intervention group, and live or plan to live in market rent housing without current rent subsidies.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study tests whether monthly rent subsidies combined with an identity capital intervention (a leadership guide and coach) can help integrate these youths socioeconomically. Participants are split into two groups: one receives both economic support and the intervention; the other only gets economic support.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since this trial involves social interventions rather than medical treatments, traditional side effects are not applicable. However, participants may experience varying psychological impacts from engagement with the identity capital coaching.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I am between 16 and 24 years old.
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I am willing to follow the treatment plan if I am selected.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~assessed at 4-months, 8-months, and 12-months.
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and assessed at 4-months, 8-months, and 12-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
Change in intervention feasibility and acceptability as assessed by recruitment/enrolment/dropout metrics from baseline to 12-months.
Change in intervention feasibility and acceptability as assessed by the Intervention Engagement Questionnaire from 4-months to 12-months.
Intervention feasibility and acceptability as informed by focus groups from 4-months to 12-months.
Secondary outcome measures
Change in employment, education, and training as assessed by a questionnaire from baseline to 12-months.
Mean change from baseline in housing security as measured by the Housing Security Scale at 12-months.
Mean change from baseline in identity capital as measured by the Multi-Measure Agentic Personal Scale (MAPS20) at 12-months.
Other outcome measures
Subgroup feasibility and acceptability as measured by the Baseline Demographic Questionnaire.
Subgroup feasibility and acceptability as measured by the GAIN Short Screener (GAIN-SS).

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Portable Rent Subsidies + Identity Capital InterventionExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Young people randomized to the intervention group will receive 12 months of: portable rent subsidies, engage in a co-designed leadership guide, and be assigned a coach (one coach/10 youth).
Group II: Portable Rent Subsidies OnlyActive Control1 Intervention
The control group will be offered 12 months of portable rent subsidies.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Unity Health TorontoLead Sponsor
533 Previous Clinical Trials
446,423 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Homelessness
27 Patients Enrolled for Homelessness
Covenant House TorontoOTHER
3 Previous Clinical Trials
261 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Homelessness
27 Patients Enrolled for Homelessness
StepStones for YouthUNKNOWN

Media Library

Identity Capital Intervention (Coach + Co-designed Leadership Guide) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05781503 — N/A
Homelessness Research Study Groups: Portable Rent Subsidies + Identity Capital Intervention, Portable Rent Subsidies Only
Homelessness Clinical Trial 2023: Identity Capital Intervention (Coach + Co-designed Leadership Guide) Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05781503 — N/A
Identity Capital Intervention (Coach + Co-designed Leadership Guide) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05781503 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is the upper limit of participants in this trial?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov displays that this clinical trial, which was published on March 1st 2023, is actively recruiting individuals. The research project needs 40 participants from a single medical facility to be enrolled."

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Is enrollment open at this time for the clinical trial?

"Affirmative. The info hosted on clinicaltrials.gov supports the notion that this medical investigation, which was initially posted in March of 2023, is actively seeking out participants. Approximately 40 patients need to be recruited from 1 research facility."

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Am I eligible to join the research project?

"This medical experiment is on the lookout for 40 homeless persons aged between 16 and 24. These are the eligibility criteria that need to be met in order to join this trial."

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Does this medical experiment have an age cap of 45 years?

"To be considered for inclusion, applicants must fall in the 16-24 age bracket. There are also 7 clinical trials available specifically targeting those below 18 years of age and an additional set of investigations tailored to seniors above 65."

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~20 spots leftby Mar 2025