Appendix E_Outreach to fathers to schedule semi-structured interview time

OMB # 0970-0531

Expiration Date: 07/31/2022

Appendix E: Outreach to fathers to schedule semi-structured discussion time

This is intended to be shared with program staff who will invite fathers on behalf of the SIRF study team; the study team will not have PII (including contact information) for fathers in each program.

 

Hello! [name the program] has been partnering with MDRC, a nonprofit organization, to learn how to better support fathers in our program. The project is called Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs, or SIRF. [Name the program] is one of 10 fatherhood programs involved in this project for the last year or so. You can learn more about the SIRF study here. Or you can reach out to MDRC by email (SIRF@mdrc.org) or call the SIRF hotline at (877) 375-9340.

As part of this project, the SIRF team would like to hear about your experiences with [name the program] and what the program could do to better support your goals. Your responses will help the program to better engage fathers in their services. Your responses will also be combined with those from the other programs participating in the project to come up with ideas for how fatherhood programs nationwide can be better in the future.

The SIRF Team would like to schedule a one-hour meeting with you and other fathers from your program.

 

The discussion is scheduled for [day, date, time, location]. Please consider attending to share your thoughts!

Discussion participants will each receive a $20 gift card as a token of the SIRF team’s appreciation.

You do not need to prepare anything prior to the meeting but here is a list of topics the team may ask you about:

1. About you and your first interaction with the program

2. Being recruited into the program

3. Enrolling into the program

4. Participating in the program on the first day

5. Staying engaged in the program

6. Influence of program on your life

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) STATEMENT OF PUBLIC BURDEN: The purpose of the described information collection is to gather preliminary information about the fatherhood field and explore with fatherhood programs the research questions that are of interest and the design options that are feasible. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 60 minutes per response, 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. The answers you give will be kept private. 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 OMB # is 0970-0531 and the expiration date is 07/31/2022. If you have any comments on this collection of information, please contact Charles Michalopoulos; Charles.Michalopoulos@mdrc.org, and Dina Israel; Dina.Israel@mdrc.org; Attn: OMB-PRA (0970-0531).