State CN Agencies and Local Education Agencies (Directors and Key Staff) - SLT

OMB Approval No. 0584-####

Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX

Appendix E9: Email to Schedule LEA Calls on Household Applications (Interview and Application LEAs)

Dear [PARTICIPANT NAME],

Thank you for participating in the recent telephone interview for the Evaluation of the Independent Review Process (“IRA Study”). We greatly appreciate your participation. Your responses will provide FNS with information about the effectiveness of the independent review of applications (IRA) requirement for school meal programs, also called the second review of applications.

[if needed] As a reminder, please email us any documents that your LEA has created that detail the policies and/or procedures relevant to the IRA process.

In preparation to collect a sample of your household applications, we would like to schedule a half-hour phone call to discuss the sampling and submission process with you. During the call we will discuss how to make collection of the applications as straightforward and least burdensome as possible for you and your staff.

On which of the following dates and times are you available? Select all slots that will work for you.

	DATES
9:00 AM -10:30 AM <local time zone>
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM <local time zone>

If you have any questions about the study, please contact the Westat Study Team at: [study email] or [study phone number].

Thank you again for your support of this important FNS study.

Sincerely,

The Westat Study Team

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0584-XXX. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 5 minutes 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.