Strengthening
Child Welfare Systems Grantees – Technical Assistance Feedback
Survey
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) The purpose of this information collection is to gather feedback on capacity building products and services to better meet the needs of child welfare professionals. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 minutes per respondent, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing the collection of information. This is a voluntary collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The control number for this project is 0970-0401. The control number expires on 6/30/2024. If you have any comments on this collection of information, please contact Beth Claxon, ACF, Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Children’s Bureau (CB) by e-mail at [email protected].
Survey Introduction
The Center for States Evaluation Team is conducting collecting feedback regarding the Technical Assistance (TA) provided to the Strengthening Child Welfare Systems (SCWS) grantees. Specifically, this effort is focused on getting feedback about services provided by TA providers who support grantees with implementation. As such, references in this survey to the “TA Team” are used to indicate staff and consultants from the Center for States collectively known as the Implementation Specialists. The purpose of this evaluation to gather information that will be used to improve future services for SCWS and other CB funded grantees. This survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete and your participation is voluntary. You may exit the survey at any time and are free to decline to answer any question. There are no foreseeable risks and no direct benefits from participating with this survey. Your responses will be private and anonymously shared with the TA provider team and the Children’s Bureau to improve service delivery. Reporting that uses these survey responses will be shared in aggregate, with combining findings across all grantees. No reporting will be provided by grantee project. If you have any questions, please contact the Evaluation Lead, Christine Leicht at [email protected]. Proceeding with the survey is an indication of your consent. Thank you for your participation!
Background Information
Grantee Project:
Kansas Strong
New Mexico Family Advocacy Program
Permanency from Day One (Washington)
Strong Foundations (Florida)
Texas Permanency Outcomes Project
Project Role:_______________________
Time involved with project:
0-6 months
7-12 months
13-18 months
19-24 months
25-30 months
Since SCWS grant award
Expectations and Overall Experience
Please rate your agreement with the following statements.
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Disagree |
Somewhat Disagree |
Somewhat Agree |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
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What comments or suggestions do you have about your expectations for TA and overall experience? _________________________________________________
Usefulness of TA Activities
For each type of TA activity, please rate the overall usefulness of that activity for your project.
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Not Very Useful |
Not Useful |
Somewhat Not Useful |
Somewhat Useful |
Useful |
Very Useful |
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What comments or suggestions do you have about the usefulness of TA activities?
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Support for Capacity Building
Please rate your agreement with the following statements about the extent in which TA support contributed to building capacity.
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Somewhat Disagree |
Somewhat Agree |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
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What comments or suggestions do you have related to how TA support contributed to improvements with your project’s capacity? __________________________________
Contributions of Capacity Building to Project Goals and Outcomes
The following statements that are designed to assess the extent to which capacities developed with TA support contributed to the completion of key project tasks or deliverables. For each item, consider the contribution of capacities developed to your project’s achievement of the respective task, with “1” indicating “not at all” and “6” indicating “contributed significantly.” If you feel like capacity was not developed with TA support in that area, select “N/A.”
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1 (Not at All) |
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6 (Contributed Significantly) |
N/A – I do not feel like capacity was developed in this area. |
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What comments or suggestions do you have related to how capacity increases contributed to the achievement of project goals and outcomes.
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Knowledge Transfer
Please rate your agreement with the following statements.
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Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Somewhat Disagree |
Somewhat Agree |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
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What comments or suggestions do you have related to project’s ability to apply skills learned through TA support with other areas of work?
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Miscellaneous
What does effective TA support look like to you? ___________________________
Do you think the TA support that your project has received so far has been effective?
Yes. Please explain_________________
No. Please explain__________________
How could TA support for your project be improved?__________________________
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