Family Navigator Plus for Foster Parents

This study is testing a 5-week educational program called Family Navigator Plus (FN+) designed to help foster parents better understand their child's mental health needs and find services. You might be able to join if you are a foster parent of a youth aged 6-17 with mental health needs, have adopted a child from foster care, live in Illinois, speak English or Spanish, and have internet access for video calls. The researchers want to see how satisfied parents are with the program, how useful they find it, and how easy it is to participate. We don't have information on the current recruitment status.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 12 participants. It involves a behavioral intervention.
What's involved
You will attend 5 one-on-one sessions over 5 weeks with a family navigator via video conferencing. You will also complete questionnaires after each session and at 5 weeks and 3 months after the program ends.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
You will be followed for 3 months after the program ends, with a final questionnaire at Week 18.

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NCT06978959

Family Navigator Plus for Foster Parents

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
Northwestern University
~12 participants
Updated 2026-01-27 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:FN+ Intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ)
Measured over Post-Intervention (Week 5) and 3 Month Follow Up (Week 18)
+1 more outcome measured
Intervention

NCT06978959

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinoisstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Heather J Risser, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Northwestern University
  • Enrollment Contact, If interested in participation · STUDY_DIRECTOR · Northwestern University email [email protected]

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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
  • Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ)Post-Intervention (Week 5) and 3 Month Follow Up (Week 18)

    The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) is an eight-item measure that assesses client satisfaction with services including its quality, utility, and relevance.

  • Post Session Questionnaire (PsQ)After Completing Each Session (Weeks 1 - 5)

    The PsQ is a measure we created to assess utility and relevance of session content and materials, and to assess if participants intended to use skills/information learned during that session.