[Sora] FW: Incentives for survey participation

Mon Nov 21 15:57:58 PST 2016

From: Brandt Robin L [mailto:ROBIN.L.BRANDT at dhsoha.state.or.us]
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 3:35 PM
To: Jerry Curry <JerryCurry at oslmail.osl.state.or.us>; sora at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
Subject: RE: Incentives for survey participation

Hello SORA members,

The issue is, if you provide an incentive, it could be seen as a conflict of interest. That conflict could be perceived as paying a program participant to participate in a survey about services received and it could be seen as an incentive to say good things about the program. (Last time I looked at studies about survey respondents, the studies showed that most survey respondents are more likely to be happy about services anyway. It was more difficult to get respondents to report negative things - which unfortunately makes it difficult to understand how to better improve the program.) I don't have a citation for that information handy.

Previously I worked for a university in another state and consulted with the state Vocational Rehabilitation for many years to survey persons with disabilities closed from service to complete a satisfaction survey.

You note that state the OAM does not allow the purchase of "gifts" for participants. During my work elsewhere, Vocational Rehabilitation explored its ability to provide an incentive through the contract that my University program had. I recall that federal regulations forbid funds to purchase such items as well. I have attached a document about the federal regulations and you may want to refer to the e-CFRs that relate to the funding for your program: http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=5ecdeae3e118ec61efacf9cc17af5cc0&mc=true&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2tab_02.tpl  These federal funds are considered "grants" and our programs must adhere to federal regulations about money.

Please note that when I was investigating whether Vocational Rehabilitation participants could pursue employment related to the production, manufacture, distribution or sale of cannabis, federal authorities explained that it was not only federal funds could not be used (because marijuana is illegal in federal law). Any state match to the grant funding the program was considered federal funds too. So, I think it follows that any state government match monies cannot be used to provide incentives anyway.

If you have questions, this is the hierarchy of precedence at the federal level is as follows.

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That's what I have to share. I hope it is useful and not too confusing.

Robin

From: Sora [mailto:sora-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Jerry Curry
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 2:52 PM
To: sora at listsmart.osl.state.or.us<mailto:sora at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [Sora] FW: Incentives for survey participation

Hello SORA folks,

Please respond  to Cheng-Fai via the SORA list as this may be a question many of us are interested in.

From: LAI Cheng-Fei -CEdO [mailto:cheng-fei.lai at state.or.us]
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 2:05 PM
To: MCCOY Jan - ODE <jan.mccoy at state.or.us<mailto:jan.mccoy at state.or.us>>; Jerry Curry <JerryCurry at oslmail.osl.state.or.us<mailto:JerryCurry at oslmail.osl.state.or.us>>; 'Chapman Natasha L' <natasha.l.chapman at state.or.us<mailto:natasha.l.chapman at state.or.us>>
Subject: Incentives for survey participation

Hello SORA colleagues
I'm curious to know if anyone has experience with incentivizing participants (e.g. school teachers/staff, parents, students, community members, etc.) to complete surveys in your studies?
I've been told that we can't as state agencies: "OAM 10.40.10 paragraph 115  notes items which may not be purchased with State funds and it specifically states gifts."

Any feedback/input/advise on this topic is greatly appreciated!

Cheng-Fei

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