Replication of Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (R3-Impact)

This draft RFP s for Replication of Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (R3-Impact). This is a follow on to Replication of Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families (R3),contract number HHSP233201500069I. The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Patients and Communities Act; Public Law 115-271) authorizes funding for the replication of a recovery coaching intervention for families engaged in the child welfare system due to parental substance use disorders and to conduct a three-part evaluation. The evaluation must include (1) a pilot study, (2) an impact study that includes a random assignment and multiple follow-ups of participating families over 5 years, and (3) an implementation study that is conducted concurrently with the impact study. The purpose of this contract is to replicate at least one recovery coaching intervention and conduct a pilot study and the initial phases of the impact study and implementation study. This contract builds on work conducted in the Expanding Evidence on Replicable Recovery and Interventions for Families (R3) project, contract number HHSP233201500069I. Specifically, this Phase 2 project, the Replication of Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (R3-Impact), aims to satisfy some of the legislative requirements outlined in the SUPPORT Act by replicating a recovery coaching intervention and conducting the pilot study, implementation study, and initial phases of the impact study. The R3-Impact project has two primary goals. The first goal is to execute a rigorous impact evaluation on the replication of the recovery coaching intervention(s). The impact evaluation will be informed by the conduct of a pilot study and will add to what is known about the effectiveness of the intervention(s) in helping
parents achieve positive recovery and reunification outcomes in the shorter term. The second goal is to execute an implementation evaluation that analyzes the processes for the pilot and impact studies and informs future replication and evaluation efforts. These goals encapsulate ACF’s interest in understanding whether recovery coaching interventions yield successful parental SUD recovery and permanency outcomes[1], and if so, whether the potential exists to scale the recovery coaching intervention(s) for the benefit of more affected families.