ParentingNCT05097833
Local Evaluation of the Saint Francis Ministries Fatherhood FIRE Program
A study testing Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program and Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program in people with Parenting and Parent-Child Relations, run by University of Kansas at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study is the local process and impact evaluation for Saint Francis Ministries' Fatherhood FIRE Program. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, men onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Relationship, Marital
- What is being tested?
- Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program and Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 600 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Mar 2022to 30 Sep 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Men only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Fathers with children up to 24 year old
- Fathers participating in the Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program
Who cannot join
- Fathers who are incarcerated
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Kansas School of Social Welfare
Lawrence, Kansas, 66045
About this study
Official title: KS, NE, and TX Fathers, Couples, and Co-parents Whose Children Are Involved in the Child Welfare System Will Gain the Skills and Knowledge to be Better Parents Through Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE
This study is the local process and impact evaluation for Saint Francis Ministries' Fatherhood FIRE Program.
Read the detailed description
This project is based on federal legislation that requires evaluation of a program being implemented and delivered by Saint Francis Ministries, a community-based non-profit organization serving children and families. Saint Francis Ministries received federal funds to expand and deliver the Fatherhood FIRE Program to community-based and justice-system involved fathers in their service area. The FIRE program, which stands for Family-Oriented, Interconnected, Resilient, and Essential, aims to promote responsible and positive fatherhood parenting practices and develop and maintain healthy relationships with their partners and other co-parents (e.g., mothers of their children). Evaluation of the program is a condition of Saint Francis Ministries' grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The KU evaluation team at the School of Social Welfare has been contracted by Saint Francis Ministries to conduct the evaluation. The evaluation will be carried out in two parts: 1) a process evaluation and 2 an outcomes evaluation. The process and target populations for both the process and outcomes components are as follows. PROCESS EVALUATION: The process study involves individuals involved in the implementation of the Fatherhood FIRE program at Saint Francis Ministries. Specific populations eligible for inclusion in the process evaluation include: (1) implementation teams facilitating the Fatherhood FIRE program in three states in Saint Francis Ministries service area (Kansas, Nebraska, \& Texas), (2) members of the Fatherhood FIRE Data, Assessment, and Dissemination Workgroup, an advisory group comprised of Saint Francis program administrators and the evaluation team charged with planning and overseeing data collection, evaluation, and dissemination efforts, and (3) the evaluation study team. OUTCOMES EVALUATION: Fathers ages 18 and older who are not incarcerated and are enrolled and participating in the Fatherhood FIRE program. To be eligible for inclusion in the evaluation study, program participants must not be incarcerated, have children up to age 24, and may be living with or apart from their children. Eligible participants may be biological parents, adoptive or foster parents, or other caregivers in the parenting role if they have children who meet the age criteria.
- Conditions
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Relationship, Marital, Relationship, Family, Relationships, Father-Child, Fathers
- Being tested
- Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program, Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE ProgramBehavioural
Fathers receive an enhanced series of pro-parenting, relationship, and economic stability workshops over 16 weeks. Workshop series are based on a diverse curricula including a combination of either 24/7 Dad or Parent Project and Connections to Success and the Nurturing Fathers enhancement program.
Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE ProgramBehavioural
Fathers receive the services as usual approach which includes a series of pro-parenting, relationship, and economic stability workshops over 13 weeks. Workshop series are based on a diverse curricula including a combination of either 24/7 Dad or Parent Project and Connections to Success.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Enhanced Treatment Group | Experimental | Randomized group of participants receiving an enhanced Fatherhood FIRE program. Receives: Behavioral: Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program |
| Control Group | Active comparator | Randomized group of participants receiving the 'services as usual' Fatherhood program. Receives: Behavioral: Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Healthy relationship and marriage skills
Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in healthy relationship and marriage skills (e.g., compromise and interactional reactivity) than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Romantic Partner Conflict Scale (Zacchilli, Hendrick, \& Hendrick, 2009).
Measured: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Parenting skills
Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in parenting skills than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (Ohan, Leung, \& Jonston, 2000; Johnston \& Mash, 1989; Gillmore \& Cuskelly, 2008).
Measured: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Co-parenting skills
Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in co-parenting skills than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Daily Co-Parenting Scale (D-COP; McDaniel, Teti, \& Feinberg, 2017).
Measured: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Father-child engagement
Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in father/child engagement than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Inventory of Father Involvement (Hawkins, Bradford, Palkovitz, \& Christiansen, 1999).
Measured: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Oct 2021
- Study start1 Mar 2022
- Primary completion30 Mar 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Sep 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for ParentingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
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More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 600 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Kansas
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Jared L Barton, PhD, Principal investigator, University of Kansas
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05097833
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 146802
- Status last verified
- Apr 2024
- First submitted
- 1 Oct 2021
- Last updated
- 3 Apr 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: De-identified data will be archived at the end of the study through an accessible archiving site.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Apr 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- KS, NE, and TX Fathers, Couples, and Co-parents Whose Children Are Involved in the Child Welfare System Will Gain the Skills and Knowledge to be Better Parents Through Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05097833
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 146802
- Conditions
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Relationship, Marital, Relationship, Family, Relationships, Father-Child, Fathers
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 600 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of KansasUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Mar 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Mar 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 28 Oct 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study is the local process and impact evaluation for Saint Francis Ministries' Fatherhood FIRE Program.
Detailed description
This project is based on federal legislation that requires evaluation of a program being implemented and delivered by Saint Francis Ministries, a community-based non-profit organization serving children and families. Saint Francis Ministries received federal funds to expand and deliver the Fatherhood FIRE Program to community-based and justice-system involved fathers in their service area. The FIRE program, which stands for Family-Oriented, Interconnected, Resilient, and Essential, aims to promote responsible and positive fatherhood parenting practices and develop and maintain healthy relationships with their partners and other co-parents (e.g., mothers of their children). Evaluation of the program is a condition of Saint Francis Ministries' grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The KU evaluation team at the School of Social Welfare has been contracted by Saint Francis Ministries to conduct the evaluation. The evaluation will be carried out in two parts: 1) a process evaluation and 2 an outcomes evaluation. The process and target populations for both the process and outcomes components are as follows. PROCESS EVALUATION: The process study involves individuals involved in the implementation of the Fatherhood FIRE program at Saint Francis Ministries. Specific populations eligible for inclusion in the process evaluation include: (1) implementation teams facilitating the Fatherhood FIRE program in three states in Saint Francis Ministries service area (Kansas, Nebraska, \& Texas), (2) members of the Fatherhood FIRE Data, Assessment, and Dissemination Workgroup, an advisory group comprised of Saint Francis program administrators and the evaluation team charged with planning and overseeing data collection, evaluation, and dissemination efforts, and (3) the evaluation study team. OUTCOMES EVALUATION: Fathers ages 18 and older who are not incarcerated and are enrolled and participating in the Fatherhood FIRE program. To be eligible for inclusion in the evaluation study, program participants must not be incarcerated, have children up to age 24, and may be living with or apart from their children. Eligible participants may be biological parents, adoptive or foster parents, or other caregivers in the parenting role if they have children who meet the age criteria.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Enhanced Treatment Group | Experimental | Behavioral: Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE ProgramRandomized group of participants receiving an enhanced Fatherhood FIRE program. |
| Control Group | Active comparator | Behavioral: Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE ProgramRandomized group of participants receiving the 'services as usual' Fatherhood program. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Male only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Fathers with children up to 24 year old
- Fathers participating in the Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Fathers who are incarcerated
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE ProgramFathers receive an enhanced series of pro-parenting, relationship, and economic stability workshops over 16 weeks. Workshop series are based on a diverse curricula including a combination of either 24/7 Dad or Parent Project and Connections to Success and the Nurturing Fathers enhancement program. | Behavioural | Enhanced Treatment Group |
| Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE ProgramFathers receive the services as usual approach which includes a series of pro-parenting, relationship, and economic stability workshops over 13 weeks. Workshop series are based on a diverse curricula including a combination of either 24/7 Dad or Parent Project and Connections to Success. | Behavioural | Control Group |
Primary outcome
Healthy relationship and marriage skills
Time frame: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in healthy relationship and marriage skills (e.g., compromise and interactional reactivity) than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Romantic Partner Conflict Scale (Zacchilli, Hendrick, \& Hendrick, 2009).
Parenting skills
Time frame: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in parenting skills than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (Ohan, Leung, \& Jonston, 2000; Johnston \& Mash, 1989; Gillmore \& Cuskelly, 2008).
Co-parenting skills
Time frame: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in co-parenting skills than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Daily Co-Parenting Scale (D-COP; McDaniel, Teti, \& Feinberg, 2017).
Father-child engagement
Time frame: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in father/child engagement than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Inventory of Father Involvement (Hawkins, Bradford, Palkovitz, \& Christiansen, 1999).
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Apr 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. De-identified data will be archived at the end of the study through an accessible archiving site.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Jared L Barton, PhD principal investigator
University of Kansas
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program and Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program in people with Parenting and Parent-Child Relations, run by University of Kansas at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Apr 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Healthy relationship and marriage skills (time frame: Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Apr 2025.