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K-ORCA: Testing a Decision Support Tool and Group Process for Selecting Interventions

Chestnut Health Systems · with National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · NCT06375551

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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
80
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
December 1, 2026
Record last updated
June 18, 2026

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What the study is about

This proposal responds to NIMH Objective 4.2.c to develop "decision-support tools and technologies that increase the effectiveness and continuous improvement of mental health interventions" by leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) policy opportunity. First, a web-based platform to host (a) a decision-support tool and (b) automated facilitation for group decisions with the tool will be developed with state partners' feedback. Next, decision makers leading their states' FFPSA quality improvement efforts will be engaged to pilot a decision-support intervention comprised of the tool and live or automated facilitation, and to evaluate the implementation quality of evidence-based programs adopted with the decision-support intervention.

Being studied: Optimizing Responses with Collaborative Assessments-Automated (ORCA-A); Optimizing Responses with Collaborative Assessments-Live (ORCA-L)

Conditions: Child Abuse; Decision Making; Child Welfare; Decision Making, Shared; Decision Support Technique; Social Facilitation; Implementation Science; Policy; Organizations; Consensus; Mental Health; Family

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Non-institutionalized
  • Adults (18 years or older).
  • English-Speaking

Aim 1:

  • Involved in initial state decision-making related to Family First Prevention Services Act.
  • Willing to participate in two data collection occasions.

Aim 2:

  • Non-institutionalized
  • Adults (18 years or older). English-Speaking.
  • Involved in ongoing state decision-making related to Family First Prevention Services Act.
  • Willing to participate in three measurement occasions.

Aim 3:

-Willing to participate in multiple (bi-weekly up to two years) measurement occasions.

Exclusion Criteria

-Not involved in or potentially influencing child welfare intervention decisions

Recruiting US locations

  • Chestnut Health Systems

    Eugene, OR 97401

    Site contact: Gracelyn Cruden, PhD · 309-451-7868 · gcruden@chestnut.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Gracelyn Cruden, PhD · 843-513-9928 · gcruden@chestnut.org
  • Kelli Wright · kwright@chestnut.org
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