Targeting Child Mental Health and Household Poverty

Participants in the intervention group will have a structured review of their financially related needs and resources with a trained CSW, who will have a thorough understanding of potential income supports and community support agencies. The CSW will use a structured approach to identify financial needs and benefits for which the family is eligible The CSW will work intensively with families in the intervention arm to identify and meet their goals. They will conduct weekly meetings to complete forms, and provide advocacy (in person and by telephone) as needed up to six meetings as needed for system navigation.

There is no clear standard of care and potential for practice variation in clinician responses to identified social need. For this proposal, participants in the comparator group will receive Usual care, defined as: Participants in both groups will receive a written summary of available resources.