Attachment I.4 Interview Confirmation Email Template for Retailers

Attachment I.4: Interview Confirmation Email Template for Retailers

OMB Control Number: 0584-0524

Expiration Date: 12/31/2022

SUBJECT: 2019-2022 Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer EBT) Retailer Interview Confirmation

Dear [RETAILER NAME],

Thank you for agreeing to participate in the 2019-2022 Summer EBT Evaluation for the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.

As we discussed on the phone, you are one of a small group of Retailers who has been asked to share your knowledge and experience regarding the processes, successes and challenges of Summer EBT implementation. Through this research, we hope to gather critical feedback to inform future FNS Summer EBT policy decisions.

We greatly appreciate your support of this study and look forward to speaking with you on [SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME]. Please let us know if you have any questions prior to the interview or if you have not received the Outlook invite with the call-in information.

Best,

2019-2022 Summer EBT Evaluation Team, Abt Associates

The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is conducting this study to obtain information about the experiences of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Project by grantees, retailers, school districts and participants. Participation in this study is voluntary and the information collected will be used to understand how Summer EBT projects are implemented in varying settings. This study does not collect personally identifiable information. Information collected in this study will be kept private to the full extent permitted by law. 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 0584-0524. The time required to provide this information collection is estimated to average 1 minute per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather and maintain the data needed, and complete and review the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: USDA/Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Policy Support, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314 ATTN: PRA (0584-0524).