Appendix F_Meeting topics for program staff

OMB # 0970-0531

Expiration Date: 07/31/2022

Appendix F: Meeting Topics for Program Staff

Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs (SIRF)

Meeting Topics

Thank you for taking time to meet with the SIRF study team. As a reminder, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has contracted with MDRC and its partners, MEF Associates and Insight Policy Research, to conduct SIRF. SIRF used rapid learning methods, or iterative cycles of learning, to identify implementation roadblocks, design, and test solutions, interpret findings, and make adaptations to practice and measurement.

This document outlines the topics the SIRF team is interested in talking to you about. The information will help us learn how SIRF was implemented within your program and what lessons the study team can take away from this experience. We envision these topics to serve as a guide for our conversation, though we do not need to cover all topics if they are not relevant to your role within the program. You do not need to prepare anything prior to our meeting. Thank you in advance for your time!

1. Current Affiliation and Role

2. Organization Overview and Program Context

3. Overview of SIRF Involvement

4. Learning Cycle Experiences

5. Lessons and takeaways from the SIRF Experience

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).