B8a Provider experience survey 1st reminder_English

OMB #: 0584-####

Expiration Date: XX-XX-XXXX

B8a. First reminder email/reminder letter--English

Send to: [PROVIDER]

Subject: We are trying to reach you about USDA’s Family Child Care Home Provider Experience Survey

Hello [Family Child Care Home Provider Name],

You have been randomly selected to complete the Family Child Care Home (FCCH) Provider Experience Survey. This survey is being conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to learn about the experiences of family child care providers who have participated in the Food Program, or the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), at any point since 2019. Your answers will be used to improve the Food Program for family child care providers like you.

Please complete the survey, even if you are no longer participating in the Food Program or if you no longer operate a family child care home. The survey will take 20 minutes to complete. After we receive your survey, we will send you a $40 gift card.

To begin the survey:
Go to www.ProviderExperienceSurvey.com or scan the QR code Enter your unique PIN [###]
If you cannot access the internet or prefer a paper survey, call us toll-free at 1-###-###-####. Let us know if you prefer the English or Spanish paper version of the survey

Providers are strongly encouraged to participate per Section 28 of the National School Lunch Act. If you have any questions, please call [study phone] toll free, email [study email], or visit the study website at [link] using the passcode [passcode].

Thank you for your participation in this important survey.

Sincerely,

[SIGNATURE]

This information is being collected to assist the Food and Nutrition Service in understanding the decrease in CACFP participation among family child care home providers. This is a voluntary collection and FNS will use the information to provide technical assistance and inform program improvements to support family child care home participation in CACFP. This collection does not request any personally identifiable information under the Privacy Act of 1974. 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 0.0334 hours (2 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. 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 Service, Office of Policy Support, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22306 ATTN: PRA (0584-xxxx). Do not return the completed form to this address.