OnTrackNY With the Option of Social Network Meetings

This project aims to expand the role of family engagement and support within the OnTrackNY
model by offering a new service, Social Network Meetings. The study team will offer Social
Network Meetings to individuals enrolled in the OnTrackNY@MHA program as an additional
service option. This option will be completely voluntary and available for a 12 month period.
Participant entrance into the study will be staggered with no more than approximately 5
individuals in the Social Network group and no more than 5 individuals not in the Social
Network group enrolled each month. Participants will choose which group they would like to be
in, if any. Data will be collected for all participants, both those participating and not
participating in the Social Network Meetings upon entering the study and then once every
three months and at the end of their time in the study. For all participants, the study will
end after 6 months of participation.

Meetings may occur as often as 3 times a week when there is a crisis or more commonly would
occur once every other week. These meetings will last between 60 and 90 minutes and will take
place for however long the clients and their social networks would like within the project
period.

Study aims are:

1. To determine the extent to which clients and their social networks find the Social
Network meetings acceptable and beneficial.

2. To compare outcomes (family functioning, recovery) of individuals participating in
Social Network meetings to those not participating.

Subject Population 1: OnTrackNY MHA Client- Social Network Meeting Group (ages 16-30)

Inclusion Criteria:

- Ages 16-30

- Currently enrolled, clinically stable, English speaking clients in the OnTrackNY
program at MHA Westchester determined my client roster for MHA Westchester program and
clinical judgment

- Willingness to participate in Social Network meetings determined by self-report as
asked by clinician

- Willingness to complete brief baseline and quarterly assessments determined by
self-report as asked by clinician

Exclusion Criteria:

- Anyone who the OnTrackNY team determines is clinically unstable determined by
clinician assessment

- Clients who are unwilling to participate in Social Network meetings determined by
self-report

Subject Population 2: OnTrackNY MHA Client- No Social Network Meeting Group (ages 16-30)

Inclusion Criteria

- Ages 16-30

- Currently enrolled clients in the OnTrackNY program at MHA Westchester determined by
MHA Westchester Client Roster for OnTrackNY

Exclusion Criteria:

- Anyone who the OnTrackNY team determines is clinically unstable determined by
clinician assessment

Subject Population 3: Social Network Member (ages 18+)

Inclusion Criteria:

- Must be 18 years or older

- English speaking member of social network (i.e., biological or chosen family member/s)
of a currently enrolled client in the OnTrackNY program at MHA Westchester who has
agreed to participate in the study determined by client self-report

- Willingness to complete brief baseline and quarterly assessments determined by social
network member self-report

- Willingness to participate in social network meetings determined by social network
member self-report

Exclusion Criteria:

- Family members who the client does not want involved in the social network meetings
determined by client self-report