Texas Research Initiative for Adolescents in the Legal System (TRIALS)

Information

  • Research Project
  • 9529964
  • ApplicationId
    9529964
  • Core Project Number
    U01DA036224
  • Full Project Number
    3U01DA036224-05S1
  • Serial Number
    036224
  • FOA Number
    RFA-DA-13-009
  • Sub Project Id
  • Project Start Date
    7/1/2013 - 10 years ago
  • Project End Date
    6/30/2018 - 5 years ago
  • Program Officer Name
    JONES, DIONNE
  • Budget Start Date
    7/15/2017 - 6 years ago
  • Budget End Date
    6/30/2018 - 5 years ago
  • Fiscal Year
    2017
  • Support Year
    05
  • Suffix
    S1
  • Award Notice Date
    7/18/2017 - 6 years ago

Texas Research Initiative for Adolescents in the Legal System (TRIALS)

Implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) within juvenile justice (JJ) settings has been limited. Service delivery occurs within disconnected practice settings (e.g., parole/probation, drug treatment, public health), with limited continuity of care. Effective strategies are needed for implementing EBPs to improve service delivery to adolescents under juvenile justice supervision and promote sustainable changes across large, multifaceted systems. The goal of the TRIALS initiative is to support implementation research that improves the continuum of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS services for adolescents in the legal system. Our research concept focuses on improving HIV/AIDS testing and referral within the JJ continuum. Using a randomized cluster design, the effectiveness of Community-wide (CW) and Horizontal Cascading (HC) implementation strategies will be compared. Both involve a Plan-Do-Study-Act approach that promotes change at the community level through training, the use of Community Change Teams (CCT), and guidance from external coaches. In the CW condition, JJ and other professionals (actively involved in overseeing and/or providing services for juveniles) will be asked to collaborate with multiple substance use treatment provider agencies within a specified community in the development of strategic plans to address gaps in the service delivery continuum. These individuals will be invited to participate in CCT training and planning efforts. Implementation of strategic plans will be allowed to proceed without additional coaching or implementation intervention strategies. In the HC condition, along with JJ and other professionals actively involved in providing services to juveniles, CCT membership will include a single treatment provider agency. The CCT will be tasked with developing a ?prototype? for carrying out the strategic plan within the participating treatment provider agency. Once implemented successfully, the prototype will serve as a model for systematic roll out to the other providers in the community, with CCT members functioning as ?in-vivo? coaches. The research concept involves random assignment of 40 clusters of providers (e.g., Community/county) to either the CW or HC study condition. Using mixed-methods, data will be collected at the community, provider, staff, and client levels. The degree to which implementation strategies, organizational readiness for change, and interagency collaboration promote implementation, service, and client outcomes will be examined using multilevel analytic techniques. In collaboration with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, we have established an interdisciplinary team to design meaningful studies that will identify implementation strategies that are viewed as valuable, acceptable, feasible, and sustainable by the field.

IC Name
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
  • Activity
    U01
  • Administering IC
    DA
  • Application Type
    3
  • Direct Cost Amount
    99829
  • Indirect Cost Amount
    34619
  • Total Cost
    134448
  • Sub Project Total Cost
  • ARRA Funded
    False
  • CFDA Code
    279
  • Ed Inst. Type
    ORGANIZED RESEARCH UNITS
  • Funding ICs
    NIDA:134448\
  • Funding Mechanism
    Non-SBIR/STTR RPGs
  • Study Section
    ZDA1
  • Study Section Name
    Special Emphasis Panel
  • Organization Name
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
  • Organization Department
    MISCELLANEOUS
  • Organization DUNS
    043807882
  • Organization City
    FORT WORTH
  • Organization State
    TX
  • Organization Country
    UNITED STATES
  • Organization Zip Code
    761290001
  • Organization District
    UNITED STATES