Cash for parents: could monthly payments boost Kids' mental health?
NCT ID NCT07641244
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving extra money to lower-income parents for three years can improve their children's mental health and brain function. Researchers will follow 500 children, ages 5 to 14 at the start, and measure stress, inflammation, and brain activity using scans. The goal is to understand how family income affects child development and inform policies on cash support for families.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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10 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Child of a participant enrolled in the Every Dollar Counts intervention. Youth were between ages 5 and 14 at the start of the intervention (followed up when ages 10 to 18) * Biological parent who lives with the child must be part of the original income study * For the in-person neuroimaging subsample: family must live within a 2-hour drive of downtown Chicago Exclusion Criteria: * Youth not between ages 5 and 14 at the start of the intervention * Parent not enrolled in the Every Dollar Counts program
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Northwestern University
RECRUITINGEvanston, Illinois, 60208, United States
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