Attachment A Interview Brochure revised-clean

(OMB Control #0970-0356, Expiration Date 01/31/2015)

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?

Attachment A: Interview Brochure

Your participation would involve one
interview session that lasts 1.0–1.5 hours.
We will conduct the interview at the most
convenient place for you. For each interview
session, you will be provided a $20.00 gift
card in appreciation for your time. Also, we
may give you 3 coupons to hand out to other
homeless youth you know. You will receive a
$10 gift card for each person who turns in a
coupon and completes an interview.

Street Outreach
Program Data
Collection Project

OUTREACH PROJECT
Interview
2012-2013

IS EVERYTHING PRIVATE?

All information you give us is kept strictly
private. Questionnaires are marked with only
ID numbers, not names, and are kept in
locked cabinets in locked offices. The
information you share with us will only be
used for this project and will never be used for
anything else.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS INFORMATION?

The information from this survey will be used
to design programs to help homeless youth
and young adults with housing, education,
healthcare, counseling services, and other
important needs.

If you have any questions,
please call the project manager,
Devan Crawford at 1-888-567-5285

Youth Emergency Services
in partnership with
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
and
The Family and Youth Services Bureau

WHAT IS THE STREET OUTREACH PROJECT?

We are doing a study to understand the
needs of homeless youth and young adults.
You have been selected as one of the
individuals we will be talking with in
Omaha. If you are a young person currently
without permanent housing we would like
you to participate in our study.
This important study involves 680 homeless
youth in 11 cities. It is one of the most farreaching studies of homelessness among
young people in the nation.
The information we collect while talking
with you will help us identify what kinds of
services will best help young people who do
not have permanent housing. Participation
in the project is completely voluntary.
By participating in the project you will be
providing us with valuable information
about your childhood history, your life
experiences, and your housing history
which will help us provide agencies in your
area with helpful information about how to
better serve you and your community. Our
hope is that agencies in your area can use
this information to increase the quality of
life of homeless young people in and
around the [CITY] metro area.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Only young people age 14-21 without a
permanent place to stay in each of the
cities can participate. Some of the
individuals who participate in the study
will be selected by [AGENCY] and others
will be referred by young people who
have completed the interview.
WHAT WILL WE ASK YOU TO DO?

Specially-trained interviewers will visit
with you at a convenient place and time.
They will talk with you and enter your
answers into a computer. The interviewer
will upload your answers to a server at
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where
data will be analyzed and information will
be sent back to agencies in your city.
Your responses will be linked to you with
ONLY a random ID number. Your name
will not be linked to your answers. All
responses will be private and your
answers will not be shared with anyone.
Agencies will not be allowed to see your
individual responses.

WHAT KINDS OF QUESTIONS ARE ASKED?

We will talk to you about many different
topics during the interview. During the
interview, you may choose not to
answer any question that makes you
uncomfortable or that you do not want
to answer.
We will ask you about:
Your thoughts and feelings
Your relationships and family
Your feelings about your life
Your own behaviors and emotions
Where you have been staying
How you became homeless
What has happened to you since you
have been without permanent
housing
Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse
Drug and alcohol use
Gang activity
Sexual behaviors

Some of the questions will ask about
personal and private things that may
trigger unpleasant memories. We know
that these topics are difficult to talk
about. Everything you tell the
interviewer is private and no one outside
of our research team will see your
answers.