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| Miracle Messages | UNKNOWN |
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The project will conduct a randomized control trial (RCT) of an innovative program for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) that initially designed to address social isolation and loneliness among people experiencing homelessness but subsequently paired with an economic poverty-reduction intervention. The social support intervention, known as "Miracle Friends," pairs an unhoused person with a volunteer "phone buddy." The poverty reduction intervention, known as "Miracle Money," provides guaranteed basic income of $750 per month for 1 year to Miracle Friends participants.
The project will conduct a randomized control trial (RCT) of an innovative program for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) that initially designed to address social isolation and loneliness among people experiencing homelessness but subsequently paired with an economic poverty-reduction intervention. The social support intervention, known as "Miracle Friends (MF)," pairs an unhoused person with a volunteer "phone buddy." The poverty reduction intervention, known as "Miracle Money (M$)," provides guaranteed basic income of $750 per month for 1 year to MF participants. The RCT will have 3 arms of PEH who expressed interest in the phone buddy program: (1) those assigned to Miracle Friends; (2) those assigned to Miracle Money, which is not disclosed until after they actively engage in the Miracle Friends program; (3) And those assigned to a waitlist for Miracle Friends. To recruit for the study, the Miracle Friends program engage PEH through a variety of homeless services partners and introduce the MF program. Anyone who is interested in the MF program is provided information about a 15-month longitudinal study and referred to the research team to complete an eligibility screener. The research team explains the interview protocols that include receiving a $30 incentive each time a survey is completed that includes a baseline and 5 quarterly surveys. Participants will also be notified about being randomly selected to either be offered MF or put on a waitlist. Those assigned to the M$ are not notified about receiving monthly income until after they engage in the MF program. Information about frequency of contact with the MF social support volunteer and volunteer demographics will be provided directly from the Miracle Friends administrative data records.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Miracle Friends | Active Comparator | Participants selected to receive a social support "phone buddy" program. |
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| waitlist | No Intervention | Waitlisted for the social support "phone buddy" program. | |
| Miracle Money | Experimental | Participants who receive $750 monthly income for 12 months based on having engaged in the Miracle Friends program |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Social Support | Other | Social support "phone buddy" program. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Homelessness/Housing status using questions from the Los Angeles Homeless Count | In the past 30 days, please indicate all places where you have slept for at least one night: 1. My own apartment or home 2. Someone else's apartment or home 3. In a shelter, emergency, temporary housing, 4. Hotel/motel provided by an agency 5. Outside on the street, park, or beach 6. Tent or makeshift shelter 7. In a bus station, train station, airport 8. Abandoned building 9. In a vehicle (car, van, recreation vehicle (RV), truck) 10. An institution, hospital, or facility | Measured quarterly for 15 months. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Employment status using questions from the Los Angeles Homeless Count | What is your employment status?
| Measured quarterly for 15 months. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ben Henwood, PhD | University of Southern California | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Miracle Messages | Los Angeles | California | 90039 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 38685123 | Derived | Henwood BF, Kim BE, Stein A, Corletto G, Suthar H, Adler KF, Mazzocchi M, Ip J, Padgett DK. Miracle friends and miracle money in California: a mixed-methods experiment of social support and guaranteed income for people experiencing homelessness. Trials. 2024 Apr 29;25(1):290. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08109-6. |
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| Type | Date | Date Unknown |
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| Release | May 30, 2025 | |
| Reset | Jun 13, 2025 |
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| Release Date | Unrelease Date | Unrelease Date Unknown | Reset Date | MCP Release Number |
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| May 30, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 |
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Those assigned to the Miracle Money condition are not notified that they have been selected to receive monthly income until after they have actively engaged in the Miracle Friends intervention.
| Basic income | Other | $750 per month for 12 months |
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| Health status using Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement InformationSystem (PROMIS) Scale 1.2 | In general, how would you rate your physical/mental health?
| Measured quarterly for 15 months. |
| University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Short Version | 3 item questionnaire: How often do you feel that you lack companionship? How often do you feel left out? How often do you feel isolated from others?
| Measured quarterly for 15 months. |