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Mental Health Navigation for Foster Care Youth (FCFN Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Marina Tolou-Shams, Ph.D

Research Sponsored by University of California, San Francisco

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Ages 12-17

Have an active dependency petition with the SF Unified Family Court (newly filed or existing when the trial starts)

Must not have

Youth is not English-speaking

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 12 months post enrollment

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will develop and test a family-based intervention called the Foster Care Family Navigator, to see if it helps improve mental health service initiation and engagement for child welfare-involved youth.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for English-speaking youth aged 12-17 who are involved in the San Francisco child welfare system and have a caregiver able to give consent. Participants must be open to services from SF DPH Foster Care Mental Health Clinic and have mobile phone access. Those without an English-speaking ability or with caregivers unable to consent due to impairment are excluded.

What is being tested?

The study tests a new approach called the Foster Care Family Navigator (FCFN), which uses family-based mental health navigation combined with mobile health technology, aiming to improve how young people start and continue with mental health services.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention involves non-medical procedures focused on service navigation and engagement practices, traditional physical side effects associated with medications are not applicable. However, there may be emotional or psychological impacts as participants engage in mental health services.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I am between 12 and 17 years old.

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I have an ongoing case with the SF Unified Family Court.

Exclusion Criteria

You may be eligible for the trial if you check “No” for criteria below:

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I am a young person who does not speak English.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 12 months post enrollment

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~12 months post enrollment

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 months post enrollment for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Time to treatment initiation

Time to treatment referral

Treatment engagement

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Family-based mental health navigationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Family-based navigator intervention combined with mHealth practices to improve mental health treatment initiation and engagement

Group II: Standard of care, then family-based mental health navigationActive Control2 Interventions

During wait-list period receive standard of care engagement practices and services-as-usual, and after the wait-list period the participants receive the family-based navigator intervention combined with mHealth practices

0 / 3Eligibility criteria met