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FCT Study: Reducing the Need for Out-of-Home Placements
Sponsor: Duke University
Summary
Does Family Centered Treatment (FCT) result in better youth, family, and cost outcomes, as compared to a Level II or Level III out-of-home placement (OHP)? The investigators test the hypotheses that among children/youth authorized to a Level II or Level III out-of-home placement, relative to youth who receive such a placement, those who receive FCT will have: * Better: family functioning and mental/behavioral health outcomes (youth and caregiver). * Lower probability of: being subject of a child protective services report, entering (or re-entering) foster care, being arrested, being retained in grade, being chronically absent (missing \>15 days), dropping out of high school, or receiving an out-of-home placement. * Lower cost of care.
Official title: Reducing the Need for Out-of-Home Placements: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Effects of Family Centered Treatment on Well-Being Outcomes and Public Dollar Costs
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
5 Years - 17 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
750
Start Date
2018-09-10
Completion Date
2027-06-30
Last Updated
2025-02-18
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Family Centered Treatment
Family Centered Treatment® (FCT) is a promising practice for providing home-based services to families at-risk for their children being removed from home.
Level II or Level III Out of Home Placement
Residential care for children with emotional, behavioral, and/or mental health in North Carolina who have experienced a level of dysfunction that makes it impossible to function at an age appropriate level in their own homes or in a lower level of care. These services can be provided in a variety of locations from urban to rural, from facility based to community based and from public sector to private sector. This service provides a structured and supervised environment for the acquisition of skills necessary to enable the child to improve level of functioning to achieve and/or to maintain the most realistic level of independent function where earlier treatment gains are somewhat fragile and the child is subject to regression.
Locations (2)
Cardinal Innovations Health Care
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Partners Behavioral Health Management
Elkin, North Carolina, United States