Can cash and coaching give every baby a fair start?
NCT ID NCT07261254
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether giving low-income families a monthly cash gift plus support from a community health worker can improve child health, reduce poverty, and help families use services like doctor visits and food assistance. Researchers will follow 2,400 families in San Mateo County for three years. The goal is to see if this combination helps children develop better and reduces health disparities.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- guaranteed basic income and community health worker support
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that combining cash support with community health workers improves child development and reduces poverty-related health disparities.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on measuring outcomes, not a treatment. Results may not apply to other regions or populations, and the intervention may not produce lasting changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 2,400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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.
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0 days and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Caregiver Eligibility Criteria * 18 and Older * Family plans to reside in San Mateo County * Does not plan to move from the County in the next year * Speaks English and/or Spanish * Cared for in Postpartum Maternity unit Child Eligibility Criteria * Baby is being cared for in well newborn nursery * Child is enrolled in Medicaid * 36 weeks or older * To be discharged home in the custody of the caregiver Exclusion Criteria: Caregiver Exclusion Criteria * Will not consent to share data via Epic/Study * Caregiver has significant cognitive impairment * Caregiver under contact isolation Child Exclusion Criteria * Sibling already enrolled in the Baby Bonus Study * Child has significant genetic disorder issues at birth * Child is a multiple (not a singleton)
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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