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Building Capacity for Youth Mental Wellness: Family Navigator Model for Foster Parents

Northwestern University · with National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · NCT07805395

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–99 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Phase 2
Target enrollment
60
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 5, 2026
Record last updated
September 9, 2026

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What the study is about

The investigators have designed a 5-week Family Navigator Plus (FN+) educational program to support foster parents in better understanding their youth's mental health needs and in finding mental health services. The purpose of this interventional study is to assess the the program's acceptability (e.g., satisfaction, barriers to participation, and burden), utility (e.g., how useful foster parents found the program to be), and feasibility (e.g., number referred who meet eligibility, time to complete assessments, self-reported feasibility), compared to Attention Control (AC). The investigators hypothesize that our program will be acceptable, useful, and feasible for foster parents of youth with mental health needs.

Being studied: Family Navigation; Civic Engagement Plus

Conditions: Family Navigator Plus; Civic Engagement Plus

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Foster parent, kinship caregiver, or guardian, of a youth between the ages of 6 to 17 with mental health needs
  • Parent adopted child from foster care
  • Living in Illinois, United States
  • English speaking
  • Has access to internet and videoconferencing

Exclusion Criteria

  • Participated in the FN+ Focus Groups, Open Trial or PROACTIVE Parent Pilot Study

Recruiting US locations

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, IL 60611

    Site contact: Heather Risser, PhD · 312-848-3019 · heather.risser@northwestern.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Heather Risser, PhD · 3128483019 · heather.risser@northwestern.edu
  • Christina Boisseau, PhD · 312-5033270 · christina.boisseau@northwestern.edu
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