2020 OPRE Innovative Methods Meeting: Comment Form

Exploring Core Components Research in Social Services Settings

2020 Virtual OPRE Innovative Methods Meeting

Thank you for attending the 2020 OPRE Innovative Methods Meeting. We are requesting feedback during and after the meeting. This collection of information is voluntary and will be used to capture your experience and gauge your level of satisfaction in order to ascertain the success of this year’s meeting, and to plan future meetings. We expect the total time to complete the both sections to be about 15 minutes.

Section 1: To be completed during the meeting

Day 1 Questions:

Question 1

• Where are you joining from today? (Choose one: DC/Maryland/Virginia; Other East Coast, Midwest, South/Southwest, West Coast, International)

• What field(s) do you work in? (Choose all that apply: Child Welfare, Early Childhood, Education, Employment and Training, Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood, Home Visiting, Head Start, Public Health/Healthcare, Housing, Nutrition, TANF, Violence Prevention, Other)

• What role are you in? (Choose all that apply: federal employee, contract research staff, academic research, other)

• How familiar are you with core components research? (Likert scale: 1=New to me; 5=Very familiar)

Question 2

• What is resonating with you and your work?

Question 3

• What’s one idea you are taking away from today’s sessions?

• What could be improved for tomorrow’s session?

Day 2 Questions:

Question 4

• How are you feeling as we begin day 2? (Choose all that apply: Excited, Curious, Energized, Thoughtful, Overwhelmed, Tired)

• How do you use research? (Choose all that apply: Stay current on the evidence, Make funding decisions, Inform future research, Make changes to practice, Other)

Question 5

• What is one question you have about how this applies to your work?

Question 6

• What is one idea from this meeting that will stay with you?

• What’s one thing you will do with what you learned?

Section 2: To be completed at the end of the meeting

Please answer each of the questions written below. This collection of information is voluntary and will be used to gauge your level of satisfaction in order to ascertain the success of this year’s meeting and to plan future meetings. We expect the total time to complete the three sections to be about 10 minutes.

1. Was this your first OPRE Innovative Methods Meeting? 1 (Yes) 2 (No)

2. How much of the 2020 meeting did you attend?

1 (Just one session) 2 (A few sessions) 3 (All sessions)

3. How easy was it for you to follow along and understand the information presented?

1 (Too easy) 2 (Just right) 3 (Too hard)

Comments:

4. What did you think of the amount of time allotted to each presenter?

1 (Not enough time) 2 (Just right) 3 (Too much time)

Comments:

5. How relevant to your work were the session topics?

1 (Not relevant) 2 (Somewhat relevant) 3 (Very relevant)

Comments:

6. What topics would you like to see explored in future OPRE Innovative Methods Meetings?

7. What content areas do you focus on in your work? ­______________________________ (choose all that apply)

   1. Child Welfare

   2. Early Childhood

   3. Education

   4. Employment and Training

   5. Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood

   6. Home Visiting

   7. Head Start

   8. Public Health, Healthcare

   9. Housing

   10. Nutrition

   11. TANF

   12. Violence Prevention

   13. Other (specify)

8. Please indicate your position (check all that apply):

Federal Employee Contractor Academic Other (specify):______

9. Any additional comments on the meeting structure, virtual platform, or anything else?

The described collection of information is voluntary and will be used to engage attendees and improve the quality of future OPRE methods meetings. Public reporting burden for the described collection of information is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB number and expiration date for the described collection are OMB #: 0970-0401, Exp: 05/31/2021. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Rachel Holzwart; OPREmeeting@insightpolicyresearch.com.

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