State Child Nutrition Agency (State Director and Key Staff)

OMB Number: 0584-NEW

Expiration Date: XX/XX/XXXX

APPENDIX B-4. EMAIL TO STATE DIRECTORS: SCHEDULING SITE VISITS

Dear [NAME]:

As you may have heard, we will be visiting [STATE] on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to collect data for the Child Nutrition State Administrative Expense (SAE) study.

The purpose of the Child Nutrition SAE study is to assess the effectiveness of the current formula used for SAE allocations, identify and examine factors that influence State spending, and develop and test a range of possible alternatives to improve the allocation formula. The final product will be a description of the factors influencing State spending, and recommendations to improve the SAE allocation formula.

We hope to schedule our visit for the week of <DATES>, and would like schedule a two-hour in-person interview with you when we visit. We would break the interview into two parts with a 20 minute break in the middle. Please respond with your availability for the week of <DATES>. If you are unavailable that week, please respond with other dates and times that would work for you.

While we hope that you will agree to be interviewed, participation in this study is voluntary. There will be no penalties if you decide not to respond, either to the interview as a whole or to any particular questions. If you have any questions please contact me by email at MelissaRothstein@westat.com or by phone at 301-315-5975.

Sincerely,

Melissa Rothstein

Project Director

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