NCT05971160

Creating Access to Resources and Economic Support

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 360 (actual)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to test the ability of small grants and/or peer support to improve mental health among transgender people experiencing material hardship. The main questions the study will answer are: 1. Do microgrants with or without peer mentoring improve mental health? 2. Do microgrants with or without peer mentoring improve mental health by reducing material hardship and/or increasing a sense of community connection? Researchers will compare mental health outcomes among three groups of participants: A. Participants who receive one small grant and monthly financial education videos B. Participants who receive a small grant every month and monthly financial education videos for a total of 6 months. C. Participants who receive a small grant every month, peer mentoring support, and monthly financial education videos for a total of 6 months.

Conditions

• Psychological Distress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Financial education videos	Brief videos providing structured information on managing one's money
OTHER	Microgrant	$150 stipend
BEHAVIORAL	Peer mentoring	One-on-one structured mentoring sessions with a trained peer

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-12
• Primary completion: 2026-03-21
• Completion: 2026-03-21
• First posted: 2023-08-02
• Last updated: 2026-03-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States