AppendixC STREAMS Topics for STREAMS Meeting

OMB # 0970-0356

Expiration Date: 03/31/2018

Appendix C

Strengthening Relationship Education and Marriage Services (STREAMS)

Topics for the STREAMS Meeting

Thank you for taking time to meet with the STREAMS study team. As a reminder, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has contracted with Mathematica and its partner, Public Strategies, to conduct STREAMS. The study will aim to identify and test strategies for improving the delivery and effectiveness of healthy marriage and relationships education (HMRE) programs.

This document outlines the information the STREAMS team is interested in learning about your HMRE program. The information will help us learn about the HMRE field and inform the STREAMS study design. We envision these topics to serve as a guide for our conversation. They do not need to all be answered in our first call. You do not need to answer these questions prior to our meeting. Instead, we hope they can be a guide to help prepare for our discussion. Thank you in advance for your time!

• What type of organization houses your HMRE program? What other services does the larger organization provide? What is its governing structure?

• How long has your program existed? What are your sources of funding?

• How many staff does your HMRE program employ? What are their roles?*

• Who does your HMRE program serve primarily? (e.g. target population)

• What services are provided to youth, single adults, and adult couples in your program? Do you use a curriculum or have specific model affiliations? Do you offer employment services as part of your HMRE program? If so, what services of this sort do you offer? Do you offer case management services? If so, what type?

• How do you recruit participants?

• How many participants can you serve at any one time? How many tend to enroll monthly or annually?

• How long does the average participant remain in your program? What is the intended duration of the program services you offer? What are the primary reasons for participants leaving the program before that time?

• How do you decide which services participants receive?

• What do participants like about the program? What components do you think are most successful?

• If you had unlimited resources, are there services you would enhance or add, based on the needs of participants in your program?

*Please forward an organizational chart, if available.

NOTE: The Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This collection of information is voluntary and will be used to gather preliminary information about the healthy marriage-relationship education (HMRE) field and explore with HMRE programs the research questions that are of interest and the design options that are feasible. 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 Diane Paulsell; DPaulsell@mathematica-mpr.com; Attn: OMB-PRA (0970-0356).