Scaling up e-Connect in Juvenile Probation Settings
Scaling up eConnect in Juvenile Probation Settings: a Hybrid Implementation Effectiveness Trial of a Digital Suicide Risk/Behavior Identification and linkage-to Treatment System
Who can join
Ages 10 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Sample: County Probation Staff Inclusion Criteria: * All probation agency leadership and officers employed by the partnering sites who are (a) at least 18 years of age and (b) conversant in English in participating study counties are eligible Exclusion Criteria: * There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants. Sample: County Treatment Staff Inclusion Criteria: * All treatment staff (agency directors, supervisors and clinical line staff) employed by participating treatment agencies who are at least 18 years of age and conversant in English in participating study counties will be asked to participate Exclusion Criteria: * There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants. Sample: Local Facilitators Inclusion Criteria: * All county/local Justice Diversion Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) representatives that work with partnering sites who (a) are at least 18 years of age and (b) conversant in English in participating study counties are eligible Exclusion Criteria: * There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants. Sample: Probation Youth Inclusion Criteria: * All youth who are on probation who are (a) 10-18 years of age and (b) conversant in English in participating study counties are eligible; Exclusion Criteria: * There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants.
About the study
We propose to conduct research on strategies that support the successful scale-up of an evidence-based, suicidal risk and behavior identification and cross-system linkage programs for justice-involved youth (e-Connect), and to rigorously evaluate the implementation activities and associated costs that support that scale-up of e-Connect within 9 Indiana counties. Guided by the GPM and EPIS frameworks, this 4-year study will comprise 3 project phases: (1) Scale-Up Strategy Efforts, focused on preparing for scale-up; (2) e-Connect-scaleup implementation (2a Exploration and Preparation and 2b Implementation and Sustainment); and (3) Scale-Up Effectiveness Trial/Outcome Evaluation. The current project draws on lessons learned from the e-Connect efficacy trial in NYS and research team leadership will serve as External Facilitators to support 9 Local Facilitators to ensure the successful transfer of knowledge, skill and expertise in delivering e-Connect in a new JJ system and geographic context, utilizing implementation strategies to support the more widespread, sustained and rigorous adoption of e-Connect. The study will include a learning community created by External Facilitators for Local Facilitators to provide support, to exchange strategies to handle implementation issues, to develop competencies in facilitation, and to guide implementation throughout the program. The learning community will help Local Facilitators navigate through the implementation stages of the study.
What is being tested
- e-Connect (behavioral)
Sponsor: New York State Psychiatric Institute · Participants: 3,629 · Started: May 2, 2023
Contact the study team
- Katherine S Elkington, Ph.D. · Phone: 646-774-6965
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05541926
Locations in the U.S.
| New York | Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Instititute, New York |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.