Testing the CrOss Systems Technical Assistance for Retaining Staff (COSTARS) Model for Improving Staff Retention Among Child Welfare Workers and Peer Supporters, and Implementation of Evidence Based Interventions.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Alicia Bunger
- Where
- Columbus, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- People taking part
- 200 people, planned
- Started
- 28 Jul 2026
- Expected to end
- 31 Aug 2030
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- COSTARS
- Implementation As Usual
- Record updated
- 13 July 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Adults employed as supervisors in child welfare agencies who are leading teams of case workers and family peer mentors as part of Ohio START implementation
Who cannot take part
- Not involved in Ohio START
Where in United States
- Ohio State UniversityColumbus, United StatesEnrolling by invitation
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this study is to test whether the CrOss System Technical Assistance for Retaining Staff (COSTARS) supervision leadership institute can promote workforce stability and improved implementation outcomes within the Ohio START child welfare program. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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* Among supervisors, caseworkers, and family peer mentors, what is the effect of COSTARS on staff retention and perceptions of the work environment? * What is the effect of COSTARS on service timeliness, implementation fidelity, and parent outcomes within Ohio START?
Researchers will compare public children services agencies implementing COSTARS to those implementing supervision practices as usual to see if there are differences between groups in the outcomes described above.
Participating supervisors will:
* Complete a 6-hour training workshop in the FOCUS model of supervision. * Participate in monthly group coaching sessions with other supervisors, for approximately one year. * Receive individualized feedback from coaches about their supervision performance.
The 2 groups in the trial
- COSTARSTreatment being tested
To receive the COSTARS intervention
Treatment: COSTARS and Implementation As Usual
- Implementation As UsualExisting treatment, for comparison
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Staffing and Supports for Implementing Cross-System Interventions With Peer Mentors
- Record updated
- 13 July 2026