Y. Burden Table

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Overview

Burden Table
Assumptions

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Sheet 1: Burden Table

					Responsive					Non-Responsive
Respondent Category	Type of respondents	Instruments	Appendix	Sample Size	Number of respondents	Frequency of response	Total Annual responses	Hours per response	Annual burden (hours)	Number of Non-respondents	Frequency of response	Total Annual responses	Hours per response	Annual burden (hours)	Grand Total Annual Burden Estimate (hours)	Hourly rate	Cost
Individual/ Household	Survey participants	Survey Invitation	C1/C2	19,800	15,840	1	15,840	0.0334	529	3,960	1	3,960	0.0334	132.264	661	$7.25	$4,795
		Study Brochure	D	19,800	15,840	1	15,840	0.0334	529	3,960	1	3,960	0.0334	132.264	661	$7.25	$4,795
		Endorsement Letter	E1/E2	19,800	15,840	1	15,840	0.0334	529	3,960	1	3,960	0.0334	132.264	661	$7.25	$4,795
		First Survey Reminder Letter	F1/F2	17,325	10,395	1	10,395	0.0334	347	6,930	1	6,930	0.0334	231.462	579	$7.25	$4,195
		Second Survey Reminder Letter	G1/G2	13,860	5,544	1	5,544	0.0334	185	8,316	1	8,316	0.0334	277.754	463	$7.25	$3,356
		Survey Door Hanger	H	10,395	9,876	1	9,876	0.0167	165	519	1	519	0.0167	8.667	174	$7.25	$1,259
		Survey Refusal Letter	J1/J2	3,960	3,168	1	3,168	0.0334	106	792	1	792	0.0334	26.453	132	$7.25	$959
		Thank You Letter	K1/K2	2,178	2,178	1	2,178	0.0167	36	0	0	-	0.0167	-	36	$7.25	$264
		Household Survey	S1/S2/S3	19,800	6,600	1	6,600	0.5845	3,858	13,200	1	13,200	0.0000	-	3,858	$7.25	$27,968
	IDI participants	IDI Invitation Call Script	L1/L2	624	562	1	562	0.1002	56	62	1	62	0.1002	6.212	63	$7.25	$453
		IDI Confirmation Letter/Email	M1/M2	624	156	1	156	0.0167	3	468	1	468	0.0167	7.816	10	$7.25	$76
		IDI Reminder Call Script	N1/N2	624	156	1	156	0.0334	5	468	1	468	0.0334	15.631	21	$7.25	$151
		IDI Consent Form	O1/O2	624	156	1	156	0.0334	5	468	1	468	0.0334	15.631	21	$7.25	$151
		IDI Interview Guide	P1/P2	624	156	1	156	2.0000	312	468	1	468	0.0000	-	312	$7.25	$2,262
Individual/ Household Sub-Total				20,112	16,121	5.36	86,467	0.0771	6,666	3,991	10.92	43,571	0.0226	986.419	7,652.101		$55,477.73
Business (Profit, Non-Profit, or Farm)	Focus groups	Focus Group Consent Form	Q1	96	36	1	36	0.0334	1	60	1	60	0.0334	2.004	3	$25.94	$83
		Focus Group Discussion Guide	Q2	96	36	1	36	1.5000	54	60	1	60	0.0000	-	54	$25.94	$1,401
		Focus Group Invitation	Q3	96	36	1	36	0.0167	1	60	1	60	0.0167	1.002	2	$25.94	$42
		Study Description	R	96	36	1	36	0.0334	1	60	1	60	0.0334	2.004	3	$25.94	$83
Business (Profit, Non-Profit, or Farm) Sub-Total				96	36	4.000	144	0.396	57	60	4	240	0.021	5	62		$1,608.70
State, Local, or Tribal Government	State or county staff	SNAP Agency Data Request	B	7	7	1	7	8.0000	56	0	0	-	8.0000	-	56	$78.88	$4,417
	State or local police station staff	Police Station Letter	I	38	31	1	31	0.0167	1	7	1	7	0.0167	0.117	1	$78.88	$50
		Study Description	R	38	31	1	31	0.0334	1	7	1	7	0.0334	0.234	1.3	$78.88	$100
	Focus groups	Focus Group Consent Form	Q1	24	12	1	12	0.0334	0	12	1	12	0.0334	0.401	1	$78.88	$63
		Focus Group Discussion Guide	Q2	24	12	1	12	1.5000	18	12	1	12	0.0000	-	18	$78.88	$1,420
		Focus Group Invitation	Q3	24	12	1	12	0.0167	0	12	1	12	0.0167	0.200	0	$78.88	$32
		Study Description	R	24	12	1	12	0.0334	0	12	1	12	0.0334	0.401	1	$78.88	$63
State, Local, or Tribal Government Sub-Total				69	50	2.34	117	0.654	76.555	19	3.263	62	0.022	1.353	78		$6,145.55
COMBINED TOTAL				20,277	16,207		86,728		6,799	4,070	18	43,873		993	7,792.02		$63,231.97
Sources: Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (http://www.dol.gov/whd/minimumwage.htm). Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics Survey, May 2021. (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm). Individual/Household: Federal minimum wage. Business (Profit, Non-Profit, or Farm): Average hourly earnings of Social and Community Service Management Occupations. State, Local, or Tribal Government: Average hourly earnings of Management Occupations. State, Local, or Tribal Government.
													Number of responses per respondent (includes respondents and non-respondents				6.4408
													Total Annual Responses				130,601
													Estimated time per respondent				0.0597
													Total annual burden hours (respondent + nonrespondent				7,792
													Number of responses per survey respt				0.3620
													Total survey responses				130,038
													Estimated time per survey respt				0.0588
													Number of responses per State respt				2.5942
													Total state responses				179
													Estimated time per State respt				0.4352

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Sheet 2: Assumptions

Cell	Document	Sample Size Assumption	Notes
C3	Survey Invitation	19,800	Sample of all participants who receive initial letter+brochure
C4	Study Brochure	19,800	Sample of all participants who receive initial letter+brochure
C5	Endorsement Letter	19,800	Sample of all participants who receive initial letter+brochure
C6	First Survey Reminder Letter	17,325	Send 1st survey reminder 2 weeks after start
C7	Second Survey Reminder Letter	13,860	Send 2nd survey reminder 8 weeks after start
C8	Survey Door Hanger	10,395	Use door hanger 8 weeks after start
C9	Survey Refusal Letter	3,960	Send refusal letters between 4-8 weeks after participant refusal
C10	Thank You Letter	2,178	Respondents who are mailed thank you letter for participation - just phone and web completes
C11	Household survey	19,800	Sample of all participants invited to participate in the survey
C12	IDI Invitation Call Script	624	Respondents invited to participate in the IDI. Half of these sample members will have completed the household survey, while the other half will be household members who were not included in the survey sample.
C13	IDI Confirmation Letter/Email	624	Send IDI confirmation letter/email
C14	IDI Reminder Call Script	624	Send reminder call script
C15	IDI Consent Form	624	Use consent form with IDI
C16	IDI Interview Guide	624	Respondents invited to complete IDI
C17	Total Individual/HH Respondents	20,112	19,800 household survey sample members + 312 IDI sample members (the half of the IDI sample that is not included in the HH survey sample)
C18	Focus Group Consent Form	96	Use consent form with focus groups - community based organizations
C19	Focus Group Discussion Guide	96	Respondents from community based organizations invited to complete focus group
C20	Focus Group Invitation	96	Sample of focus group participants from community based organizations - send invitation letter
C21	Study Description	96	Sample of focus group participants from community based organizations - send study description
C23	SNAP Agency Data Request	7	6 States + 1 County agency provide SNAP administrative data
C24	Police Station Letter	38	Number of police stations to alert regarding field staff
C25	Study Description	38	Number of police stations to alert regarding field staff
C26	Focus Group Consent Form	24	Use consent form with focus groups - State, local or tribal government
C27	Focus Group Discussion Guide	24	Respondents from State, local, or tribal government invited to complete focus group
C28	Focus Group Invitation	24	Sample of focus group participants from State, Local, or Tribal government - send invitation letter
C29	Study Description	24	Sample of focus group participants from State, Local, or Tribal government - send study description
Hourly rate for State agency staff includes 33% adjustment to include fringe benefits
Individuals/Participant: Federal minimum wage = $7.25
State, local, or Tribal agency director/manager: Average hourly earnings of workers in management occupations; = $59.31
State, local, or Tribal agency direct service staff: Average hourly earnings of workers in community and social services occupations;
Private sector for-profit business director/manager: Average hourly earnings of workers in management occupations;
Private sector not-for-profit agency director/manager: Average hourly earnings of social and community services managers = $$ 36.92
Private sector not-for-profit direct service staff : Average hourly earnings of community and social service specialists;