AdultsNCT05261802
AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Program Evaluation
A study testing Descriptive Intervention in people with Adults, run by Midwest Evaluation & Research at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
AVANCE-Houston seeks to understand whether a standard or compressed schedule format for delivering the Survival Skills for Healthy Families curriculum better meets the needs of low-income adults to improve skill retention and, ultimately, to promote better outcomes for healthy family relationships and economic… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Adults
- What is being tested?
- Descriptive Intervention
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,403 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Apr 2021to 29 Aug 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Adult (age 18 and older)
- Reside in Harris County (Houston area), TX
Who cannot join
- Minor (under the age of 18)
- Reside outside of Harris County (Houston area), TX
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation
AVANCE-Houston seeks to understand whether a standard or compressed schedule format for delivering the Survival Skills for Healthy Families curriculum better meets the needs of low-income adults to improve skill retention and, ultimately, to promote better outcomes for healthy family relationships and economic stability.
Read the detailed description
AVANCE-Houston's FRAMEWorks (Family, Relationship, and Marriage Education Works) Project seeks to promote healthy family relationships and economic stability by providing the Survival Skills for Healthy Families (SSHF) curriculum to cohorts of low-income adults. Developed by Family Wellness Associates, SSHF is an evidence-based curriculum delivered through a series of workshops that focus on communication skills, conflict resolution, knowledge of the benefits of marriage, stress and anger management, parenting skills, financial literacy, job and career advancement, and relationship skills to improve family and economic stability. In the past, AVANCE has offered two curriculum delivery models: recurring weekly workshops (standard schedule format) and intensive weekend retreats (compressed schedule format). Each model meets the needs of the target population in different ways, and participants consider factors such as childcare, work/school schedules, weekend availability, and geographic location when choosing their preferred model.
The key goal of this descriptive evaluation is to assess the extent that attitudes and behaviors related to parenting, partner relationships, and financial and job readiness change after participation in the SSHF curriculum. Though the program offers support services and economic stability resources, our analysis will only include outcome changes based on surveys taken at program enrollment, program completion, and one-year post-enrollment. Additionally, a secondary analysis will focus on the ancillary question of whether differences in outcomes exist between in-person and virtual format group participants, and subgroup analyses will be conducted.
- Conditions
- Adults
- Being tested
- Descriptive Intervention
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Descriptive InterventionOther
A trained facilitator, supported by Career and Family Coaches, leads every HMRE parenting workshop for adults via multiple delivery models: in recurring weekly workshops (2 hours each workshop for 7 weeks) and intensive weekend retreats (totaling 16 hours). Additionally, AVANCE offers the weekly workshops either virtually via Zoom or in-person. All workshop models were offered to program participants who were able to choose whether the weekly (either in-person or virtually) or the weekend (in-person only) format worked best for them. Curriculum content is consistent across all delivery methods and target hours for all participants is 14 hours.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Program Weekly Workshop Format | Experimental | A trained facilitator, supported by Career and Family Coaches, leads every HMRE parenting workshop for adults via multiple delivery models: in recurring weekly workshops (2 hours each workshop for 7 weeks) and intensive weekend retreats (totaling 16 hours). Additionally, AVANCE offers the weekly workshops either virtually via Zoom or in-person. All workshop models were offered to program participants who were able to choose whether the weekly (either in-person or virtually) or the weekend (in-person only) format worked best for them. Curriculum content is consistent across all delivery methods and target hours for all participants is 14 hours. Receives: Other: Descriptive Intervention |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Parenting Behavior Measurement #1
How did parenting behavior outcomes change from program enrollment to 1 year after enrollment?
Items measured include:
Parenting behavior measured with:
4 items - frequency of support for child (4-point scale)
Measured on the parenting behavior scale #1 as:
1 = Never, 2 = Hardly ever, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often
The higher the rating, the better the score.
The 4 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 4 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome.
maximum score of 4.0, minimum score of 1.0
Measured: Change from baseline in parenting behavior (frequency of support for child) at 12 months from enrollment.
Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #1
How did partner relationship behavior outcomes change from program enrollment to 1 year after enrollment?
Items measured include:
Partner relationship behavior measured with:
3 items - frequency of key relationship behaviors (4-point scale)
Measured on the partner relationship behavior scale #1 as:
1 = Never, 2 = Hardly ever, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often
The 3 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 3 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome.
maximum score of 4, minimum score of 1.0
Measured: Change from baseline in partner relationship behavior (frequency of key relationship behaviors) at 12 months from enrollment.
Financial Readiness Measurement #1
How did financial readiness behavior outcomes change from program enrollment to 1 year after enrollment?
Items measured include:
Financial readiness measured with:
2 items - presence of a savings account and checking account (dichotomous)
1 = Yes, 0 = No, so the higher the rating, the better the score.
Measured: Change from baseline in financial readiness (presence of savings and checking accounts) at 12 months from enrollment.
Secondary outcomes (2)
Parenting Attitudes Measurement #1
4A) How did parenting attitude outcomes change from program enrollment to program completion?
Items measured include:
Parenting attitudes measured with:
4 items - frequency of supportive feelings toward child (5-point scale)
Measured on the parenting attitudes scale #1 as:
1 = Never, 2 = Hardly ever, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5=always
The 4 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 4 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome.
maximum score of 5.0, minimum score of 1.0
Measured: Change from baseline in parenting attitudes (frequency of supportive feelings toward child) immediately after program completion (7 weeks)
Partner Relationship Attitudes Measurement #1
- How did partner relationship attitude outcomes change from program enrollment to program completion?
Items measured include:
Partner relationship attitudes measured with:
5 items - level of agreement with how supportive partner is (5-point scale)
Measured on the partner relationship attitudes scale #1 as:
1 = Strongly agree, 2 = Agree, 3 = Disagree, 4 = Strongly disagree, 5 = Not applicable
The lower the rating, the better the score.
The 5 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 5 to create the construct score.
maximum score of 5.0, minimum score of 1.0
Measured: Change from baseline in parenting attitudes (level of agreement with how supportive partner is) immediately after program completion (7 weeks).
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 Mar 2022
- Study start1 Apr 2021
- Primary completion31 Mar 2025
- Study completion29 Aug 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Other trials for AdultsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- Participants choose between two workshop options: receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula over 7 weeks. receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families in a compressed format during a 16-hour weekend retreat, followed by a 2-hour reflections workshop two weeks later. Participants (regardless of how they participate) also receive employment supports and case management services.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 1,403 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Midwest Evaluation & Research
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Avance Clinical Pty Ltd.
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Matt D Shepherd, PhD, Principal investigator, Midwest Evaluation & Research
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05261802
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- #2021/03/32
- Status last verified
- Feb 2026
- First submitted
- 8 Feb 2022
- Last updated
- 6 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: All participant data will be confidential and aggregated. No individual participant data will be released unless requested by the courts. This study looks at data as a whole.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 6 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05261802
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- #2021/03/32
- Conditions
- Adults
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,403 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Midwest Evaluation & ResearchUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Avance Clinical Pty Ltd.
- Study start
- 1 Apr 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 29 Aug 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 2 Mar 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 6 Mar 2026
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
AVANCE-Houston seeks to understand whether a standard or compressed schedule format for delivering the Survival Skills for Healthy Families curriculum better meets the needs of low-income adults to improve skill retention and, ultimately, to promote better outcomes for healthy family relationships and economic stability.
Detailed description
AVANCE-Houston's FRAMEWorks (Family, Relationship, and Marriage Education Works) Project seeks to promote healthy family relationships and economic stability by providing the Survival Skills for Healthy Families (SSHF) curriculum to cohorts of low-income adults. Developed by Family Wellness Associates, SSHF is an evidence-based curriculum delivered through a series of workshops that focus on communication skills, conflict resolution, knowledge of the benefits of marriage, stress and anger management, parenting skills, financial literacy, job and career advancement, and relationship skills to improve family and economic stability. In the past, AVANCE has offered two curriculum delivery models: recurring weekly workshops (standard schedule format) and intensive weekend retreats (compressed schedule format). Each model meets the needs of the target population in different ways, and participants consider factors such as childcare, work/school schedules, weekend availability, and geographic location when choosing their preferred model.
The key goal of this descriptive evaluation is to assess the extent that attitudes and behaviors related to parenting, partner relationships, and financial and job readiness change after participation in the SSHF curriculum. Though the program offers support services and economic stability resources, our analysis will only include outcome changes based on surveys taken at program enrollment, program completion, and one-year post-enrollment. Additionally, a secondary analysis will focus on the ancillary question of whether differences in outcomes exist between in-person and virtual format group participants, and subgroup analyses will be conducted.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- Participants choose between two workshop options: receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula over 7 weeks. receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families in a compressed format during a 16-hour weekend retreat, followed by a 2-hour reflections workshop two weeks later. Participants (regardless of how they participate) also receive employment supports and case management services.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Program Weekly Workshop Format | Experimental | Other: Descriptive InterventionA trained facilitator, supported by Career and Family Coaches, leads every HMRE parenting workshop for adults via multiple delivery models: in recurring weekly workshops (2 hours each workshop for 7 weeks) and intensive weekend retreats (totaling 16 hours). Additionally, AVANCE offers the weekly workshops either virtually via Zoom or in-person. All workshop models were offered to program participants who were able to choose whether the weekly (either in-person or virtually) or the weekend (in-person only) format worked best for them. Curriculum content is consistent across all delivery methods and target hours for all participants is 14 hours. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Adult (age 18 and older)
- Reside in Harris County (Houston area), TX
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Minor (under the age of 18)
- Reside outside of Harris County (Houston area), TX
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Descriptive InterventionA trained facilitator, supported by Career and Family Coaches, leads every HMRE parenting workshop for adults via multiple delivery models: in recurring weekly workshops (2 hours each workshop for 7 weeks) and intensive weekend retreats (totaling 16 hours). Additionally, AVANCE offers the weekly workshops either virtually via Zoom or in-person. All workshop models were offered to program participants who were able to choose whether the weekly (either in-person or virtually) or the weekend (in-person only) format worked best for them. Curriculum content is consistent across all delivery methods and target hours for all participants is 14 hours. | Other | AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Program Weekly Workshop Format |
Primary outcome
Parenting Behavior Measurement #1
Time frame: Change from baseline in parenting behavior (frequency of support for child) at 12 months from enrollment.
How did parenting behavior outcomes change from program enrollment to 1 year after enrollment? Items measured include: Parenting behavior measured with: 4 items - frequency of support for child (4-point scale) Measured on the parenting behavior scale #1 as: 1 = Never, 2 = Hardly ever, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often The higher the rating, the better the score. The 4 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 4 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome. maximum score of 4.0, minimum score of 1.0
Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #1
Time frame: Change from baseline in partner relationship behavior (frequency of key relationship behaviors) at 12 months from enrollment.
How did partner relationship behavior outcomes change from program enrollment to 1 year after enrollment? Items measured include: Partner relationship behavior measured with: 3 items - frequency of key relationship behaviors (4-point scale) Measured on the partner relationship behavior scale #1 as: 1 = Never, 2 = Hardly ever, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often The 3 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 3 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome. maximum score of 4, minimum score of 1.0
Financial Readiness Measurement #1
Time frame: Change from baseline in financial readiness (presence of savings and checking accounts) at 12 months from enrollment.
How did financial readiness behavior outcomes change from program enrollment to 1 year after enrollment? Items measured include: Financial readiness measured with: 2 items - presence of a savings account and checking account (dichotomous) 1 = Yes, 0 = No, so the higher the rating, the better the score.
2 secondary outcomes
Parenting Attitudes Measurement #1
Time frame: Change from baseline in parenting attitudes (frequency of supportive feelings toward child) immediately after program completion (7 weeks)
Partner Relationship Attitudes Measurement #1
Time frame: Change from baseline in parenting attitudes (level of agreement with how supportive partner is) immediately after program completion (7 weeks).
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 6 Mar 2026.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. All participant data will be confidential and aggregated. No individual participant data will be released unless requested by the courts. This study looks at data as a whole.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Matt D Shepherd, PhD principal investigator
Midwest Evaluation & Research
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Descriptive Intervention in people with Adults, run by Midwest Evaluation & Research at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 6 Mar 2026). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Parenting Behavior Measurement #1 (time frame: Change from baseline in parenting behavior (frequency of support for child) at 12 months from enrollment.). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Mar 2026.