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Family Navigator Plus for Foster Parents

Northwestern University · with National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · NCT06978959

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
12
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
January 12, 2026
Record last updated
January 27, 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). The investigators hypothesize that our program will be acceptable, useful, and feasible for foster parents of youth with mental health needs.

Being studied: FN+ Intervention

Conditions: Intervention

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Foster parent 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 or Spanish speaking
  • Has access to internet and videoconferencing

Exclusion Criteria

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

Recruiting US locations

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, IL 60611

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

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Heather J Risser, PhD · 312-848-3019 · heather.risser@northwestern.edu
  • Christina L Boisseau, PhD · 804-332-1627 · christina.boisseau@northwestern.edu
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