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AG-3198-D-10-0051 Mathematica Policy Research

APPENDIX F1

RESPONDENT ADVANCE LETTER – BASELINE TELEPHONE SURVEY (ENGLISH)

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P.O. Box 2393

Princeton, NJ 08543-2393

Telephone (609) 799-3535

Fax (609) 799-0005

www.mathematica-mpr.com

[DATE]

[NAME]

[ADDRESS]

[CITY, STATE ZIP]

Dear [Salutation, NAME]:

Mathematica Policy Research and the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture are doing a study to learn about families and how SNAP (once known as food stamps) may affect their food needs.

An interviewer from Mathematica Policy Research will call in the next few weeks to ask you to do a short survey on the phone. The survey will take about 25-30 minutes. All answers you give will be confidential. Your participation is voluntary, and will not affect any government assistance you may be receiving.

We will send you a $20 gift card from [store] to thank you for your time. We have also enclosed $2 to show our appreciation.

The telephone number that we have for you is [xxx-xxx-xxxx]. If that is the wrong number, please call us toll-free number at 1-8xx-xxx-xxxx to give us your correct phone number. You can also use this number if you have any questions about the study. Please be sure to ask for the SNAP project team when you call.

Thank you in advance for your help with this important study. We look forward to speaking with you.

Sincerely,

Dawn Nelson

Survey Director

Mathematica Policy Research

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.  An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.  Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services, Office of Research and Analysis, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302 ATTN: PRA (0584-NEW).  Do not return the completed form to this address.