Site visit screening and recruiting

Appendix L: Screener YEARS Site Visits

Hello. My name is [SCREENER’S NAME]. I’m calling from Child Trends. May I speak with [PROGRAM DIRECTOR/ADMINISTRATOR]?

I’m calling about a research study Child Trends is conducting with Office of Family Assistance currently- or formerly-funded Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grantees to better understand the HMRE services provided for youth aged 14-24. The goal of this study is to describe youth-serving HMRE programs, participant and partner characteristics, and program implementation characteristics, and to identify promising approaches used by grantees to better serve youth in HMRE programs.

As a part of this effort, Child Trends will be conducting site visits with up to nine currently- or formerly-funded OFA HMRE grantees. During the site visits, we will conduct observations of one or two HMRE program sessions with youth and conduct interviews with program facilitators, program directors/administrators, and in some sites, staff working at partner organizations. To thank you for your participation, interview respondents will receive a $25 Visa gift card.

Please note that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this collection is XXXX-XXXX and it expires on XX/XX/XXXX.

We want to collect information from a range of service sites all around the country. In order to make sure that your organization is eligible to participate in the study, I need to ask you a few questions. This will take about 5 minutes; do you have time to answer the questions now?

IF NO: SCHEDULE DATE AND TIME FOR CALL BACK

IF YES: PROCEED

Do you have any questions before I begin?

SCREENER BEGIN HERE:

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Before we start, I want to assure you that your participation is voluntary. If we come to a question you do not wish to answer, please let me know and we will move on to the next question.

1. How many OFA-funded HMRE programs do you currently implement or have you previously implemented that serve youth aged 14-24?

__________ [IF 0 GO TO STOP SCREENER]

2. Please tell me if you currently have or previously had any OFA-funded HMRE programs that serve primarily (at least 75%) youth aged 14-24 that operate in the following settings (and if so, how many). Please remember, we are only interested in OFA-funded programs and only those whose primary, or target/intended population is youth.

   • In school, during school __________

   • In school, after school___________

   • At a community based organization (if so, describe this setting)__________

   • At a clinic_______

   • In another type of setting:___________

3. What percent of the youth served by the OFA-funded HMRE program would you say are

   • 14-17 _________

   • 18- 24? _________
     
     

4. Please tell me if you are serving or have served in the past any of the following groups of youth in your federally-funded HMRE program:

• Current or previous foster youth

• Homeless/runaway youth

• Male

• Youth who have trouble speaking English

• Disconnected youth, or school-aged youth that are neither in school or working

• Pregnant or parenting teens

• LGBTQ youth

5. Please tell me if you currently receive any sources of funding in addition to funding from OFA for your HMRE program:

   • Yes: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________

   • No

IF ELIGIBLE. Based on what you have told me, your site is eligible to participate in a site visit. We would love to schedule a time to visit your organization for two to three days sometime between now and February 2016. I can send an email with the specifics about the site visit and to set up the best dates and times for the visit to take place. Who should I email to get started on this process?

EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________________

Great, I am going to send an email that will outline the next steps. During the site visit we hope to observe one or two program sessions of an OFA- funded HMRE program with youth participants. We also hope to conduct interviews with a program director/administrator, program facilitator, and for some sites, an individual that works at a partner organization. In addition to information about scheduling, the email will include follow-up information for identifying and following up with these individuals for interviews. It will also include a consent form that contains more information about the interviews. Do you have any questions for me right now?

Great, thank you so much again for taking the time to talk with me today. I look forward to being in touch with you over the next few days and hopefully meeting you in person soon.

STOP SCREENER: Thank you for taking the time to talk with me today. Based on what you have told me, your organization is not eligible to participate in a site visit. Thank you again for your time. Have a great day.

Appendix L: Screener—YEARS Site Visits
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