Grantee Exchange Platform Survey

THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) The purpose of this information collection is to understand grantee experience with the Grantee Exchange Platform. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per grantee, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing the collection of information. This is a voluntary collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The control number for this project is 0970-0401. The control number expires on 05/31/2021. If you have any comments on this collection of information, please contact Matthew McGuire, ACF, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) by e-mail at Matthew.McGuire@acf.hhs.gov.

The Grantee Exchange Platform Survey

Child Welfare Information Gateway has developed the Grantee Exchange knowledge management (KM) platform to support grantee collaboration, learning, and information sharing. We are conducting this survey to better understand your experience with the platform, so we can make modifications to the Grantee Exchange platform that will better meet your needs. The survey is voluntary and should take about five minutes to complete. Thank you for providing your feedback!

1. I am a… (Select one)

• FY18 Community Collaborations Grantee

• FY19 Community Collaborations Grantee

• Federal staff

• Other__________

2. What is your role on your grant project? (If response is FY18 or FY19 Community Collaborations Grantee for Q1) (Select one)

• Project Director/Manager

• Researcher/Evaluator

• Program Administrator

• Finance Manager

• Community Partner

• Other_________

3. Please indicate your top three (3) priorities for receiving information that will help you with project planning and implementation. (Select 3)

• Information from or about other Community Collaborations grantee projects

• Information about grants management tasks or activities

• Information about building and/or maintaining partnerships

• Information about funding primary prevention programs

• Information about data collection/evaluation of primary prevention programs

• Information about evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies or activities

• Information about communicating, branding, or marketing your program

• Other_______

4. What do you want to learn about other grantee projects?  (Select all that apply)

• Assessment and/or intake tools

• Organizational structure

• Implementation strategies

• Developing and maintaining community partnerships

• Evidence-based approaches/interventions

• Funding structure

• Strategies for any promising outcomes

• Data collection methods

• Evaluation design and tools 

• Challenges or barriers and any solutions

• Family and community engagement strategies

• Other__________

• Not Applicable

5. How do you typically learn about what other grantees are doing or learning on their projects? (Select all that apply)

• E-mail  

• Social media  

• In-person meetings 

• Website 

• Meetings

• Other

6. How do you typically get information from Federal staff about topics important to you? (e.g. grants management) (Select all that apply)

• E-mail  

• Social media  

• In-person meetings 

• Website 

• Meetings

• Other

7. What is the first place you usually turn to when searching for information that you can use in your work on the grant? (Select one)

• Personal files/folders

• Colleague

• Subject Matter Expert

• Children’s Bureau/Federal Project Officer

• Internet search engine (e.g., Google)

• Children’s Bureau website

• Child Welfare Information Gateway website

• Other (please specify): _______________

8. In a typical work week, how much time do you spend looking for information to support your work on the grant (e.g., searching the Internet for relevant products or reports, e-mailing to ask a colleague or subject matter expert)? (Select one)

• 0-30 minutes

• 31 minutes to one hour

• 61 minutes to 2 hours

• Between 2 and 3 hours

• More than 3 hours

9. In a typical work week, how much time do you spend responding to questions about your grant? (Select one)

• 0-30 minutes

• 31 minutes to one hour

• 61 minutes to 2 hours

• Between 2 and 3 hours

• More than 3 hours

10. What could be improved about your current access to information that could be helpful for your grant project?

11. Please indicate your disagreement or agreement with the following statements.

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither Disagree nor Agree	Agree	Strongly Agree
I know and understand what other grantees are doing and learning on their projects.
I have information about what other grantees are doing that can inform the work on my own grant project.
I have sufficient access to information that can help me to manage my grant project.
I have sufficient access to expertise that can support my grant project (e.g. implementation, research/evaluation).
I have easy and quick access to information that supports my grant project.
I have made meaningful connections with grantees outside of my grant project.
I have been able to ask questions of other grantees, to receive real time help.
I was able to find information relevant for my project faster than I would have without the Grantee Exchange.
When I asked questions on the Grantee Exchange, I received helpful answers.

12. What did you primarily use the Grantee Exchange for?

13. Please provide an example of how you have used Grantee Exchange to support your grant project.

14. In the past 6 months, I have used the Grantee Exchange… (Select one)

• Almost every day

• At least once a week

• At least once a month

• A few times

• Not at all

15. On a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent), please rate the following aspects of the Grantee Exchange:

	1 (Poor)	2	3	4	5 (Excellent)
Easy to log on and access the platform
Easy to find information
Easy to ask questions
Organization of the content
Appeal of the design
Content posted that matches my needs

16. How can we improve the Grantee Exchange?

Thank you for your participation!

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