G3. Invitation Letter for Mailed Surveys

OMB Control No: 0584-XXXX Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX Expiration Date: 03/31/2019

Appendix G3. Invitation Letter for Mailed Surveys

Dear parent/guardian,

You and your child are able to take part in the Summer Meals Study! Westat is conducting this study on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service to answer questions like:

• Where do children spend their summer months?

• Do your children go to any summer programs?

• What would make your children more likely to go to summer programs that serve free meals?

Please fill out the attached Caregiver Survey and have your child fill out the attached child/teen section of the survey. It should take you 20 minutes each to fill out and your responses will provide valuable information about how summer meal programs can best serve families and their children. Use the postage-paid envelope to return the survey to us within a week.

Instead of this paper survey, you and your child can fill out the survey online by visiting the secure website below and entering your unique PIN.

SURVEY WEBSITE: https://www.SUMS.org

YOUR PIN: <PIN>

After we receive your completed survey, we will send you an additional $10 in cash.

Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary. Please know that your responses will be kept private as required by law and will not be shared with anyone not involved with conducting the study. Neither your name nor any other information about your identity will be used in any reports. The information you provide will be combined with information from everyone who participates in the study. You may skip any question that you prefer not to answer. If you decide not to participate, there will be no loss of benefits. As described in the system of record notice (SORN) titled FNS-8 USDA/FNS Studies and Reports (published in the Federal Register on April 25, 1991, volume 56, pages 19078-19080), FNS and contractors working on their behalf may collect and analyze this information for research purposes and are required to have safeguards in place to keep data private.

More information about this study is provided in the brochure included with this letter. If you have any questions about the study or how to fill out the survey, please email SUMS@westat.com or call 1-800-XXX-XXXX.

Your opinion matters to us. Thank you for helping us with this important study!

Sincerely,

The Summer Meals Study Team

Westat

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average1 minute per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. 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. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services, Office of Policy Support, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302 ATTN: PRA (0584-xxxx*). Do not return the completed form to this address.