Appendix B8 Follow-Up E-mail to SFA Directors

APPENDIX B8

FOLLOW-UP E-MAIL TO SFA DIRECTORS

OMB Number: 0584-XXXX

Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

XX/XX/2015

REMINDER for SFA Director!

We are writing to confirm that you received a letter and survey for the USDA Child Nutrition Program Operations Study II (CN-OPS II). You are one of the randomly selected SFAs chosen to participate in this study. Please note that your cooperation in this study is required under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Section 305 of that Act states that

“States, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, schools, institutions, facilities, and contractors participating in programs authorized under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C 1771 et seq.) shall cooperate with officials and contractors acting on behalf of the Secretary, in the conduct of evaluations and studies under those Acts.”

Therefore, let me encourage you to complete the study by XX. Please let us know if there is any way we can help you. If you did not receive this information in the mail, please get in touch with us as soon as possible by contacting the survey helpline at 1-866-465-7738 (toll-free) or by email: [email protected].

Once you are prepared to take the survey, you may access it at www.YYYY.com or by clicking on this LINK. Your login information is:

Login Identification: [Username]

Password: [Password]

Remember, you may save your responses and return to complete the survey at any time.

Thank you!

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0584-XXXX. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 3 minutes (0.05 hours) 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..