NEW RISE Research Matrix_updated June 2014

ATTACHMENT B1: RISE RESEARCH MATRIX

RISE RESEARCH MATRIX
Interview/ Administration	Instruments and Descriptions	Frequency	Target Population	Annual Number of Respondents	Annual Burden Hours	Research Questions
Youth Interview	Self-Acceptance and Comfort (LGBTQ Status): Designed for RISE; examines youth’s personal comfort level with their sexual orientation, gender identity or their questioning of either sexual orientation or gender identity. Supporting/Rejecting Perceptions Survey: Designed for RISE; examines youth’s perceptions of how much their LGBTQ identity is supported or rejected by foster family, friends, persons in their school community, coworkers, neighbors, caseworkers, ministers, and anyone else the youth specifies. Permanent Connections Inventory: Designed for RISE; examines youth’s ability to identify adults in their lives that are committed to providing ongoing support and their perceptions of how the named adults support them. Debriefing Protocol: Designed for RISE; examines youth’s understanding of the sexual orientation and gender identity terminology included in the instruments.	Completed twice: baseline and 1 year later	LGBTQ and gender non-conforming youth ages 11-19 in out-of-home placements in Los Angeles County	22 youth: half treatment and half control	44	Do LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming children and youth in foster care achieve more timely and stable permanence if they and their families receive intensive wraparound services delivered by CCTs compared with LGBTQ children who receive usual services? What is the impact of RISE’s CCT component on proximal outcomes, including durable connections, enhanced well-being, and improved emotional permanency?
Youth Qualitative Interview	Qualitative Interview: Designed for RISE; examines youth’s perceptions of their experience receiving services from the RISE program and their foster care agency and explores the youth’s comfort in discussing sensitive topics with his or her caseworker, and their perceptions about the sensitivity of their foster care agency in working with LGBTQ people	Completed once: approximately 6 months after initiation of services	LGBTQ and gender non-conforming youth ages 11-19, in out-of-home placements in Los Angeles County	22 youth: half treatment and half control	22
CCT Facilitators administer to children ages 5-10	Permanent Connections Inventory (Child Version): Designed for RISE, identifies adults in the children’s lives that are committed to providing ongoing support and their perceptions of how the named adults support them.	Completed twice: baseline and 1 year later	LGBTQ and gender non-conforming children ages 5-10 in out-of-home placements in Los Angeles County, enrolled in CCT	2	2
CCT Facilitators complete	Emotional Permanency Instrument: Designed for RISE, examines the connections the youth has made with supportive adults who may provide permanency.	Completed twice: baseline and 1 year later	LGBTQ and gender non-conforming children and youth ages 5-19, in out-of-home placements in Los Angeles County, enrolled in CCT	2	8
CCT Facilitators complete	Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale: Standardized and copyrighted instrument; assesses youth's day-to-day functioning across critical life subscales and determines whether a youth's functioning improves over time.	Completed twice: baseline and 1 year later	LGBTQ and gender non-conforming children and youth ages 5-19 in out-of-home placements in Los Angeles County, enrolled in CCT	2	4
Permanency Resource Interview	Permanent Connections Inventory (Adult Version): Designed for RISE; examines whether the permanency resource is committed to providing ongoing support, their experience in caring for youth, foster youth, and LGBTQ youth, and their comfort level with LGBTQ persons. Emotional Permanency Instrument: Designed for RISE, examines the connections the permanency resource has made with the youth. Supporting/Rejecting Attitudes Scale (MHI): Designed for RISE, examines the permanency resources’ attitudes towards, and level or acceptance or rejection of LGBTQ youth and adults, and examines characteristics that may influence support or rejection such as religiosity, exposure to LGBTQ persons in the media, and personal relationships with LGBTQ persons. Supporting/Rejecting Attitudes- Genderism and Transphobia Scale: Designed for RISE, examines the permanency resources’ attitudes towards gender and gender roles, and level or acceptance or rejection of persons that do and do not fit typical masculine and feminine archetypes.	Completed twice: baseline and 1 year later	Permanency Resources for LGBTQ and gender non-conforming youth ages 11-19, in out-of-home placements in Los Angeles County, enrolled in CCT	11	22
Current Caregiver Interview	Supporting/Rejecting Attitudes Scale (MHI): Designed for RISE, examines caregivers’ attitudes toward and level of acceptance or rejection of LGBTQ youth and adults, and examines characteristics that may influence support or rejection such as religiosity, exposure to LGBTQ persons in the media, and personal relationships with LGBTQ persons. Supporting/Rejecting Attitudes- Genderism and Transphobia Scale: Designed for RISE, examines the caregivers’ attitudes towards gender and gender roles, and level or acceptance or rejection of persons that do and do not fit typical masculine and feminine archetypes.	Completed twice: baseline and 1 year later	Current Caregivers for LGBTQ and gender non-conforming youth ages 11-19, in out-of-home placements in Los Angeles County, enrolled in CCT	11	13
Staff Pretest/Posttest	RISE ORB Staff Pre/Posttest: Designed for RISE and intended to measure change in knowledge after receiving ORB training. This instrument is a revision of the instrument approved by OMB in August 2013.	Completed twice: immediately before (pretest) and immediately after (posttest) ORB training	DCFS and private agency caseworkers	157	78*	For staff in DCFS offices and private agencies, is receiving the ORB training associated with greater competence in addressing issues of sexual orientation and gender nonconformity compared to their competence before receiving the ORB intervention?
Staff Follow-Up Survey	RISE ORB Staff Web-Based Followup Survey: Designed for RISE and intended to assess LGBTQ competency in practice.	Completed 2 months after receiving ORB training	DCFS and private agency caseworkers	157	47

*This burden was previously approved by OMB in August 2013. RISE has revised the instrument and the revised version is included in this present package.