Mother Up: Phase Two Pre-Pilot Randomized Control Trial

This report was created by Mother’s Outreach Network.

This report describes the implementation and results of the Access to Justice (A2J) Lab’s evaluation of the Mothers’ Outreach Network (MON) Phase Two Mother-Up Pre-pilot. The evaluation featured randomized assignment of 19 participants to either a Direct Cash Transfer (Direct Cash) group, which received from MON unconditional payments of $500 per month for twelve months as well as up to $240 for participation in surveys and interviews, or a Compensated Research group, which received up to $240 for participation in surveys and interviews but no cash. Eligible participants were Black custodial mothers living in D.C. who had experienced an investigation of the District of Columbia’s Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) for an allegation of child neglect within twelve months of enrollment.