Advocates for Justice and Education (AJE) is proud to partner with Children’s National as a community-based organization supporting the CONNECT Study.

What Is the CONNECT Study?
The CONNECT Study, Community Networks’ Needs and Experiences with Care & Treatment, seeks to learn about families’ experiences getting physical health care and mental health care for their kids and teens in the DC Metropolitan Area.

If you are a parent and you join the Study, you will complete a 30-minute survey about your child’s health care. Some parents may also be invited to:
– Join a focus group
– Participate in 1 interview
– Take part in a photo/video journaling activity

If you have a teenage child (ages 13–17), you can also choose if they could be invited to complete a focus group or an interview and the photo/video journaling activity as well.

If you are a young adult (aged 18-21), you can join yourself to share about your own experiences and complete the 30-minute survey. You may also be invited to join a focus group or participate in an interview, and a photo/video journaling activity.

You can receive up to $205 for participating. If you complete the following activities, you will receive:
– $15 for the survey
– $75 for a focus group (if invited)
– $60 for an interview (if invited)
– $55 for the photo/video journaling activity and $75 for the photo/video journaling activity discussion (if invited)

Joining the study is your choice. Your child’s care at Children’s National will not change if you say no.

Questions about the study?
Phone: 240-531-6593
Email: Communityhealthcarebridgingproject@childrensnational.org
To learn more and start the survey, click here www.redcap.link/connectdc

AJE Supporting CONNECT Study Outreach
As a CONNECT Study partner, AJE is helping promote the Study through community outreach and tabling events. You can view the events on our AJE calendar. Keep an eye out for AJE at upcoming community tabling events, where we will be sharing information about the CONNECT Study and helping interested families learn how to get started.