ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Medical-legal Partnerships to Prevent Evictions and Homelessness Among Veterans

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

The legal team in medical-legal partnerships works with healthcare providers to improve their clients' lives. It is unknown whether this approach is better than providing usual legal services, with no special emphasis on non-legal matters and no particular collaboration with healthcare providers. The investigators propose to randomly assign 300 Veterans with housing-related legal problems to either legal help from a medical-legal partnership or help from lawyers in the community. The investigators will follow the randomized Veterans in this study for one year to determine if there is a difference between the two groups of Veterans in their housing situations and their mental health. The investigators will also interview Veterans in both groups about their experience of the legal services they have received.

Official Title

Medical-legal Partnerships to Prevent Evictions and Homelessness Among Veterans

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-02-01
Study Completion:2026-10-30
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT04924088

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Annual non-VA income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level
  2. * Has a legal problem related to housing (e.g., eviction, rent arrears, housing violation)
  3. * Engaged in a VA mental health or homeless program
  4. * Able to provide informed consent
  5. * Match income level CVLC uses for service eligibility
  6. * Participants will be recruited from zip codes in which the team and CVLC will be recruiting from
  1. * Has been assigned a conservator of person
  2. * Will not be able to complete follow-up assessments (e.g., moving away)
  3. * Already receiving civil legal aid from Connecticut Veterans Legal Program

Contacts and Locations

Principal Investigator

Marc I. Rosen, MD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT

Study Locations (Sites)

VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT
West Haven, Connecticut, 06516-2770
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

  • Marc I. Rosen, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2022-02-01
Study Completion Date2026-10-30

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-02-01
Study Completion Date2026-10-30

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • legal services
  • mental health services
  • veterans
  • medical-legal partnership

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Homelessness
  • Mental Health