Table 1 FostrSpace app features and content
Type | Feature | Function |
|---|---|---|
Self-Guided/ Asynchronous | Resource Directory | A curated resource directory of available resources and services in the user’s area, e.g., food pantries, employment orgs, free medical clinics, and substance use prevention and treatment resources. |
Peer Created Resources | Videos, handouts, and guides to support users with navigating adulthood and building independence. Includes skill-building videos featuring the FAB to promote healthy coping and a 5-session series (Launchpad to FostrSuccess) providing practical guidance on financial literacy, housing, health and behavioral health care, college applications, and community building. | |
Mood Tracking | Emoji-based daily mood tracking, which provides opportunities for self-awareness and empowers users to take control of their emotional states. | |
Assessments | Assessments such as the Emotional Wellness Questionnaire (e.g., including items from the DSM-5 Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom measure) are available to support users in learning about their behavioral health. National Survey on Drug Use and Health items added to provide more detailed substance use self-assessment and modified by FAB to improve accessibility. Resources are curated based on user responses assessments. | |
Missions | Support goal organization (e.g., completing specific tasks such as attending health appointments) and psychoeducation, including a harm reduction mission to address substance use prevention. | |
Services/ Synchronous | Peer Support | The FAB team is available daily in-app via the “FAB Chat” to assist users with accessing resources and offer ongoing peer support and guidance. |
Navigation | Personal care navigators support users in accessing and navigating social services, healthcare, and other resources, including substance use prevention and treatment services to meet their basic needs. | |
Clinical Care Services | Licensed clinicians provide evidence-based behavioral health services, by appointment, via telehealth, including cognitive behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, motivational interviewing/motivational enhanced therapy to reduce substance use. | |
In-App Chat | Allows users to communicate with their care team (including the FAB). |