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Testing the COSTARS Model for Child Welfare Staff Retention

This study, called COSTARS, is looking at ways to help child welfare supervisors better support their teams, including caseworkers and family peer mentors, who work with families affected by substance use disorder. The goal is to see if a special training program for supervisors, called CrOss System Technical Assistance for Retaining Staff (COSTARS), can help keep staff from leaving their jobs and improve how well programs like Ohio START are delivered. Researchers will compare agencies using COSTARS to those using their usual supervision methods. They want to find out if COSTARS leads to better staff retention, a more positive work environment, and improved outcomes for parents in the Ohio START program. This study is currently recruiting about 200 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study comparing public children services agencies implementing COSTARS to those implementing supervision practices as usual. It plans to enroll 200 participants.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for changes in staff retention and intention to leave over five years, with measurements taken at baseline, year 2, year 3, year 4, and year 5.

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NCT07439783

Testing the CrOss Systems Technical Assistance for Retaining Staff (COSTARS) Model for Improving Staff Retention Among Child Welfare Workers and Peer Supporters, and Implementation of Evidence Based Interventions.

Enrolling by Invitation
NAAges 18+InterventionalHealth services
Alicia Bunger
~200 participants
Updated 2026-07-13 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:COSTARSImplementation As Usual

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change Over Time in Employee Intention to Leave Position, as Assessed by the Turnover Intention Scale (TIS-6)
Measured over Collected at Baseline, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, and Year 5
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Substance Use Disorder
Opioid Use Disorder
Child Maltreatment
Implementation
Peer Recovery Supporters

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Ohio1

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Adults employed as supervisors in child welfare agencies who are leading teams of case workers and family peer mentors as part of Ohio START implementation.

Exclusion

Not involved in Ohio START

What this trial measures

  • Change Over Time in Employee Intention to Leave Position, as Assessed by the Turnover Intention Scale (TIS-6)Collected at Baseline, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, and Year 5

    The Turnover Intention Scale (TIS-6) measures the degree to which an employee intends to leave their job.

  • Change Over Time in Staff RetentionCollected at Baseline, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5

    Number of months family peer mentors and caseworkers serve in their position.