90071-Fathers Advancing Community Together (FACT)

Study Name

Fathers Advancing Community Together (FACT)

Study Sharepoint ID

90071

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a quasi-experimental design that does not adjust estimated impacts for potentially important differences between the intervention and comparison groups.

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a quasi-experimental design that does not adjust estimated impacts for potentially important differences between the intervention and comparison groups.

Design

Quasi-experimental design

Services

Work and work-based learning

Subsidized employment

Transitional jobs

Work readiness activities

Employment coaching

Job search assistance

Job development/job placement

Populations targeted

Parents

Settings in which the intervention was studied

Tested in multiple settings

Demographics

Subgroups

Subgroup data - Female

Subgroup data - Male

Subgroup data - White

Subgroup data - Black

Count age

Count Young Adults

Count Hard-to-employ

Count Disability

Count chronically ill

Count mentally ill

Count substance dependent

Count formerly incarcerated

Count Justice involved

Count limited work history

Count homeless

Count immigrants

Count refugees

Count veterans

Count female

Count Male

Count Any postsecondary education

Count With a high school diploma or GED

Count No high school diploma or GED

Count Married

Count Parents

Count Single Parents

Count Non-Custodial Parents

Count Employed

Count Self employed

Count Unemployed

Count Disconnected/discouraged workers

Count general low-income population

Count Very low income (as classified by the authors)

Count welfare population

Count long-term welfare recipients

Count Asian

Count Black or African American

Count Hispanic or Latino of any race

Count American Indian or Alaska Native

Count Pacific islander

Count White

Count White not Hispanic

Count More than one race

Count Unknown race

Count another race

Percent female

37.90

Percent Male

62.10

Percent Parents

100.00

Percent Non-Custodial Parents

65.00

Percent Employed

43.20

Percent general low-income population

100.00

Percent Black or African American

66.30

Percent Hispanic or Latino of any race

16.50

Percent White not Hispanic

14.60

Percent another race

2.60

Mean age

39.00

Study Characteristics

Group formation formatted

The authors used a quasi-experimental design. Participants were recruited to participate in FACT through walk-ins, word-of-mouth referrals, recruitment at county shelters, and staff presentations at meetings for individuals who were recently incarcerated. Parents living in Contra Costa County (California) who had at least one minor child and had a low to moderate income were eligible for FACT services. Program staff referred prospective participants whom they deemed to be not a good fit for FACT to receive other services in the community. The intervention group was formed by identifying and including 379 FACT participants, who enrolled between July 2016 and September 2019 and had an open child support case at the time of enrollment. The comparison group was formed by drawing from Department of Child Support Services administrative data to find individuals who made up a matched comparison group based on age, sex, race, how many children they had, whether parents were custodial or noncustodial, number of days they had a Department of Child Support Services child support case open, and whether they ever had more than one child support case opened. The authors used a coarsened exact matching procedure in which they matched three comparison group members to every intervention group member, for a total of 927 parents in the comparison group and 209 parents in the intervention group.

Study timing formatted

Participants enrolled between July 2016 and September 2019. Authors examined outcomes for six months after enrollment.

Implementing organization formatted

Rubicon Programs

Treatment condition formatted

The Fathers Advancing Community Together (FACT) program provided services to parents with low incomes in Contra Costa County, CA. Program staff provided services intended to help participants enhance their financial mobility and obtain employment. Services included reviewing resumes, helping with job applications, and offering financial literacy workshops. Individuals were offered intensive case management focused on building transformational relationships and establishing an empowerment plan with individual goals. Program staff also provided workshops on healthy relationships, parenting, and economic stability. Participants could access subsidized employment or transitional employment, therapy sessions, and legal assistance. Participants could also receive supportive services such as transportation assistance, work clothing, and referrals to outside services such as housing assistance or health services.

Comparison condition formatted

Comparison group members were individuals who had an open child support case between January 2016 and September 2019 and who would have been eligible for FACT but did not participate in it.

Mandatory services formatted

None

Setting details formatted

The study took place in Contra Costa County, CA.

Delivered by public or private entity?

Private

Secondary domains examined

Child support modification; Child support payments

Citations/manuscripts

Earliest publication year

2020

Most recent publication year

2022

Manuscripts

90071

36884

SRG File Path

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Primary Service

Case management

Subgroup data - Hispanic