Appendix J Partner Survey FAQ

APPENDIX J

Partner survey faq

OMB No.: 0970-0527

Expiration Date: xx/xx/xxxx

Partner Survey FAQ

Regional Partnership Grants

National Cross-Site Evaluation

Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) Program Partner Survey

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who is funding and conducting this survey?

This survey is being conducted for the Children’s Bureau (CB) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. Mathematica Policy Research is conducting the survey with funding from CB.

2. What is this survey about?

The survey is for representatives of partner organizations working with Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) program grantees. The survey will collect information about partner organization characteristics, relationships with the grantee and other collaborating organizations, and program implementation. This survey is part of the national cross-site evaluation of the RPG program that Mathematica is conducting.

3. How will data be collected for this survey?

The partner survey will be administered on the web once, in the spring of 2023. It will be available online for eight weeks.

4. How were partner organization representatives selected for this survey?

Approximately 135 individuals representing partner organizations across 27 RPG grantees are invited to participate. Mathematica requested contact information for RPG partners from each grantee.

5. What will be the final product of this evaluation?

Mathematica will produce annual reports to Congress and separate annual reports for the Children’s Bureau as well as a final evaluation report. No individuals will be identified in these reports.

6. Will anyone find out about what I say in this survey?

Your responses will be kept private and used only for research purposes. They will be combined with the responses of other partner organization representatives and no individual names will be reported.

7. Do I have to participate?

Participation in the survey is completely voluntary and you may choose to not answer any question.

8. How long will it take to complete the survey?

The length of this survey is different for different people, but on average it should take about 25 minutes.

9. In addition to this survey, what other data will the RPG project collect?

Other data will be collected for the evaluation through activities such as grantee site visits, a survey of frontline staff, and administration of standardized instruments to participants by frontline staff.

10. Is there someone I can contact to get more information?

For more information, please contact the team at Mathematica by emailing [email protected] or calling 855-558-5528.

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