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Could financial coaching in the Doctor's office improve child development?

NCT ID NCT07064915

Disease control Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jul 13, 2026 · Last updated Jul 23, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This study tests whether connecting families with financial coaching and social services during pregnancy or right after birth can improve parent mental health, pregnancy outcomes, and child development. Around 1,200 English- or Spanish-speaking expectant parents will be randomly assigned to receive this support or standard care. Researchers will track parents' well-being, children's developmental milestones, and enrollment in public benefits over time.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Medical-Financial Partnership Support (financial coaching, goal-setting, and connection to anti-poverty programs)
What this could lead to
If effective, this approach could become a standard clinic-based tool to reduce poverty-related health disparities in families with young children.
What could go wrong
This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug, so effects may be modest. Results depend on participant engagement and local program availability, and may not generalize to all communities.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 2

Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.

Participants

About 1,200 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2025

Expected to finish

Feb 2030

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Being an expectant parent (mother or father) who is either 1) receiving prenatal care or 2) their partner is receiving prenatal care at one of the study's prenatal care clinical sites during recruitment * Intending at the time of recruitment to have their child receive primary pediatric care at one of the of the study's pediatric primary care clinical sites after birth * Speaking English or Spanish as primary language Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment or any other condition that would prevent participation in the intervention * Foster parents * Parent age under 18 at enrollment

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Psychological Well-Being

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Child development Mental health

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Harbor-UCLA/Lundquist Institute

    Torrance, California, 90502, United States

  • Lomita Family Health Center

    Harbor City, California, 90710, United States

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90059, United States

  • Olive View-UCLA/ERI

    Sylmar, California, 91342, United States

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