NCT05986188

Evaluating a School-based Social and Material Needs Identification System to Prevent Youth Violence Involvement

Active, enrolled Last updated 19 December 2025

What this trial tests

trial testing Pathways to Potential in Violence, Physical in 111 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline

21 February 2024

Primary endpoint
1 October 2025

30 September 2026

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Michigan
Status	Active, enrolled
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	111
Start date	21 February 2024
Primary completion	1 October 2025
Estimated completion	30 September 2026
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Pathways to Potential

Conditions studied

• Violence, Physical — all drugs for Violence, Physical →
• Maltreatment, Child — all drugs for Maltreatment, Child →

Sponsor

University of Michigan

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Violence, Physical or Maltreatment, Child. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the effects of Pathways to Potential (P2P) on youth violence involvement in Michigan public K-12 students. The main goals of this study are:

* This project will link longitudinal P2P participation data to state administrative records and school disciplinary data to evaluate associations between school P2P participation and youth outcomes-specifically chronic absenteeism, peer aggression expulsions, and child maltreatment rates within a school (Aim 1).
* Given the focus of P2P is to improve the social and structural conditions within a school that contribute to student chronic absenteeism, the team will assess if chronic absenteeism rates mediate the relationships between school P2P participation and youth violence involvement (Aim 2).
* Finally, a survey of success coaches will inform the examination of school and implementation factors that moderate associations between P2P participation and youth violence involvement (Aim 3).

Schools participating in P2P receive Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) caseworkers, called success coaches, in local elementary, middle, and high schools. After identifying a social or material need that is a barrier to school attendance (e.g., transportation barriers, caregiver unemployment), success coaches connect students and families to community resources and public assistance.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. A school-based material needs intervention for chronic absenteeism: a state-wide staggered interrupted time series analysis.
   Sokol R, Degli Esposti M, Victor BG, Kernsmith P, et al · · 2026 · PMID 41260912 · DOI 10.1136/jech-2025-224567