CAPE-Y WG Members Survey

OMB Control Number: 1225-0088

OMB Expiration Date: 1/31/24

Public reporting burden for this survey is estimated to average 45 minutes per response. The burden estimate includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and submitting the survey. This collection of information is voluntary. You are not required to respond to this collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. Please send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information to the Office of Disability Employment Policy, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, S-1313, Washington, DC 20210 or [email protected] and reference OMB control number [1225-0088]. NOTE: Please do not send your completed survey to this address.

The Council of State Governments has contracted the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to independently evaluate the Center for Advancing Policy on Employment for Youth (CAPE-Youth).

Purpose. This survey aims to collect feedback from CAPE-Youth Working Group members about the services and resources provided or delivered by CAPE-Youth. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete.

Risks and Benefits. There are no anticipated risks to completing this survey. The benefits are that Working Group members can share their perspectives and experiences and help CAPE-Youth improve its services and resources designed to support the development of policies that promote the employment of youth and young adults with disabilities.

Voluntary Participation. Your participation in this survey is voluntary. There are no consequences if you decide you do not want to participate. Even after you consent to participate, you can skip any question and quit the survey anytime.

Confidentiality. AIR will keep the information you share in this survey confidential. We will store survey data in a secure location to which only AIR staff will have access. In addition, survey data will be reported in the aggregate, meaning we will not report findings at the individual level. We will keep your identity unknown in our reporting of findings.

Contact information. If you have any questions about the study or this survey, please contact Julia Marchand at [email protected]. If you have questions about your rights as a survey participant, you can contact AIR’s Institutional Review Board by e- mail at [email protected] or call toll-free at 1-800-634-0797.

1. Please Select One.

I have read and understand the above information, and I agree to participate in this survey.

I do not agree to participate in this survey.

2. What resources produced by CAPE-Youth have you accessed or used? (select all that apply)

Blogs

State policy/information scans Policy briefs

Implementation toolkits Research Reports

Other (please specify)

I have not accessed or used resources developed by CAPE-Youth.

3. Thinking about the resources that you have accessed or used, to what extent were they…

Not at all Somewhat For the most part Very much so Not sure

Relevant to your current needs or

priorities related to

disability employment.

4. What CAPE-Youth resources or types of resources have been most helpful to you?

5. How could CAPE-Youth improve the resources it develops?

6. If you haven’t accessed or used CAPE-Youth resources, please indicate why. (Select all that apply)

The content of the resources was not applicable to my needs or priorities. I didn’t know about CAPE-Youth resources.

I didn’t know how to access CAPE-Youth resources.

Other (please specify)

7. How many CAPE-Youth events—presentations, conferences, or webinars—in which information about disability employment was shared have you attended in the past year?

1-2

3-5

More than 5

I have not attended CAPE-Youth events in the past year.

8. Thinking about the CAPE-Youth events that you have attended, to what extent was the information shared…

Not at all Somewhat For the most part Very much so Not sure

Relevant to your current needs or

priorities related to

disability employment.

9. What events or types of events have been most helpful to you?

10. How could CAPE-Youth improve the events that it holds?

11. If you haven’t you attended CAPE-Youth events in the past year, please indicate why. (Select all that apply)

The content of the events was not applicable to my needs or priorities. The events were held at inconvenient times or locations.

Accessing events was difficult.

I didn’t know about CAPE-Youth events. Other (please specify)

12. Have you received technical assistance from CAPE-Youth—in-person or virtual—to address a specific need or request that you had?

Yes No

13. Thinking about the technical assistance that you received from CAPE-Youth, to what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree

The technical assistance helped me to be more effective in my work.

14. What has been most helpful about CAPE-Youth technical assistance?

15. How could CAPE-Youth improve the technical assistance it provides?

16. What state do you represent?

17. What best describes your role?

Policymaker/legislator

Education program or agency director/administrator Workforce program or agency director/administrator Youth/Young adult Working Group Member

Other (please specify)

18. 
    Please share any additional comments that you have about your experience with CAPE- Youth.