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NCT Number: NCT04901403

Earned Income Tax Credit Access Study

The EITC Access Study an intervention study provided to families in 7 counties in Michigan.The intervention involves appending a concentrated benefits advocacy intervention onto an existing home visiting program. There are 5 treatment counties and 2 control counties that will survey families in the home visiting program to compare the relative benefits of the added benefits advocacy intervention on the outcomes of parent mental health, intimate partner violence, economic hardship, earned income tax credit take-up, and child maltreatment.

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Key information

Conditions

The Study is Intended to Increase Take-up of EITC

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Calhoun Intermediate School District, Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years of age, has a child in their home

Exclusion criteria

  • Does not speak or read English, Spanish, Burmese, or Arabic

Treatment and study plan

Education

Other

Parents will be provided with information about Earned Income Tax Credits and budgeting

Home visiting

Other

Parents as Teachers home visiting program

Primary outcomes

  1. Earned Income Tax Credit receipt

    Time frame: Within 2 years of receiving the intervention

    Self-report

Secondary outcomes

  1. Child maltreatment behaviors

    Time frame: Within 2 years of receiving the intervention

    Self-report on the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory. 34 Yes/No questions. E.g. "A child needs very strict rules."

  2. Intimate partner violence

    Time frame: Within 2 years of receiving the intervention

    Self-report from Women's Experiences of Battering Scale. 10 items relating to how they would describe their life with their partner. Scale ranges from Strongly agree to strongly disagree. E.g. 1. He makes me feel unsafe even in my own home.

  3. Depression

    Time frame: Within 2 years of receiving the intervention

    Self-report from the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). 20 questions on a scale from "rarely" to "most or all of the time" relating to things experienced within the past week. E.g. "I was bothered by things that usually don't bother me."

  4. Anxiety

    Time frame: Within 2 years of receiving the intervention

    Self-report from the General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7). 7 questions relating to feelings experienced over the past 2 weeks, with response options ranging from "not at all" to "nearly every day." E.g. "Not being able to stop or control worrying."

  5. Economic hardship

    Time frame: Within 2 years of receiving the intervention

    Self-report on 11 yes or no items indicating whether individual hardships were experienced in the past year. E.g. "Was there anyone in your household who needed to see a doctor or go to the hospital but could not go because of the cost?"

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
May 25, 2021
Registry last updated
Jan 8, 2024

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