TRUE HAVEN: TRUsted rEsidents and Housing Assistance to Decrease Violence Exposure in New Haven
Yale University
Summary
The overall objective of this study is to implement and test a strengths-based, community-driven intervention to reduce gun violence by (1) improving housing stability through providing financial assistance coupled with comprehensive financial education for the re-entry population as well as their family members, and (2) fostering greater support for mental health by training a trusted network of community members in trauma-informed counseling.
Description
Proposed is a type I hybrid effectiveness/implementation study using a neighborhood-level, stepped-wedge trial design across seven primarily socially vulnerable neighborhoods in New Haven. Residents of each neighborhood who have been affected by incarceration (i.e., currently have a family member incarcerated or a person returning to the community from prison within the last 12 months) will be eligible for our intervention for a period of 6 months. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) impl…
Eligibility
- Age range
- Not specified
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
All residents in the study neighborhoods are eligible for outcome assessment. For the intervention component of housing support, the below inclusion and exclusion criteria apply. Inclusion criteria: * Age 18 or above * Family member currently incarcerated or person returning from prison within the last 12 months * Live in one of the seven neighborhoods with highest rates of gun violence in New Haven, Connecticut Exclusion criteria: * Plans to leave the study area within 1 year
Interventions
- BehavioralTRUE HAVEN
The two components of the TRUE HAVEN intervention are: housing support for recently incarcerated people as well as family members of currently incarcerated people, and mental wellness training for neighborhood residents to participate in trauma-informed care training sessions.
Locations (7)
- Beaver HillsNew Haven, Connecticut
- DixwellNew Haven, Connecticut
- Dwight/West RiverNew Haven, Connecticut
- Fair HavenNew Haven, Connecticut
- Hill North and SouthNew Haven, Connecticut
- NewhallvilleNew Haven, Connecticut