Goodwill of Central Texas: Fatherhood Works Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation

NCT ID: NCT05292963

Last Updated: 2025-10-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 395 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-08-30

Brief Summary

The key goal of this descriptive evaluation is to assess the extent to which participation in the Fatherhood Works Program is positively associated with improved attitudes and behaviors among fathers and father figures in Central Texas. Research questions will focus on whether attitudes and behaviors related to parenting, co-parenting, and employment change after participation in primary program services.

Detailed Description

This evaluation seeks to understand the positive and/or negative impacts of an evidence-based core curriculum, Nurturing Fathers (NF), in combination with other workshops and case management services. All participants will receive a range of support services tailored to individuals' needs related to financial planning, career counseling, job search assistance, and occupational skills training. The program facilitator will offer the NF curriculum in both virtual and in-person formats. The evaluation will seek to determine to what extent participation in a program that uses Nurturing Fathers curriculum, in combination with other workshop programming, is associated with changes in parenting and employment attitudes as well as parenting and co-parenting behaviors.

Conditions

Fathers

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Fatherhood Works Program delivered in-person

Participants receive 26 hours of Nurturing Fathers curriculum, delivered in person. Participants also receive employment supports, case management, and financial literacy training.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention #1: Fatherhood Works Program Delivered to Participants

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants receive 26 hours of Nurturing Fathers curriculum, delivered in person. Participants also receive employment supports, case management, and financial literacy training.

Interventions

Intervention #1: Fatherhood Works Program Delivered to Participants

Participants receive 26 hours of Nurturing Fathers curriculum, delivered in person. Participants also receive employment supports, case management, and financial literacy training.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Father figure
• Child up to 24 years of age
• Resides in Central Texas
• Adult (age 18 and older)

Exclusion Criteria

• Minor (under the age of 18)
• Not a father/father figure
• Resides outside of Central Texas
• Child is older than 24 years of age

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Goodwill of Central Texas

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Midwest Evaluation & Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Matt D Shepherd, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Midwest Evaluation and Research

Locations

Goodwill of Central Texas

Austin, Texas, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

#2021/03/31

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id