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Building Capacity for Youth Mental Wellness: Family Navigator Model for Foster Parents

Building Capacity for Youth Mental Wellness: Feasibility and Acceptability for a Mental Health Family Navigator Model for Foster Parents (FN+ Phase 2)

Who can join

Ages 18 to 99 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Foster parent, kinship caregiver, or guardian, of a youth between the ages of 6 to 17 with mental health needs
* Parent adopted child from foster care
* Living in Illinois, United States
* English speaking
* Has access to internet and videoconferencing

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participated in the FN+ Focus Groups, Open Trial or PROACTIVE Parent Pilot Study

About the study

The investigators have designed a 5-week Family Navigator Plus (FN+) educational program to support foster parents in better understanding their youth's mental health needs and in finding mental health services. The purpose of this interventional study is to assess the the program's acceptability (e.g., satisfaction, barriers to participation, and burden), utility (e.g., how useful foster parents found the program to be), and feasibility (e.g., number referred who meet eligibility, time to complete assessments, self-reported feasibility), compared to Attention Control (AC). The investigators hypothesize that our program will be acceptable, useful, and feasible for foster parents of youth with mental health needs.

What is being tested

• Family Navigation (behavioral)
• Civic Engagement Plus (behavioral)

Sponsor: Northwestern University · Participants: 60 · Started: Sep 5, 2026

Contact the study team

• Heather Risser, PhD · Phone: 3128483019
• Christina Boisseau, PhD · Phone: 312-5033270

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07805395

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.