Appendix B: Survey Questions School Food Procurement Needs Assessment OMB number OMB CONTROL NO.: 0584-0611 EXPIRATION DATE: 11/30/2025
Q1.2 The Urban School Food Alliance (USFA), as part of a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), seeks your feedback on challenges and training opportunities around school food procurement (the process by which school districts purchase food, equipment, supplies, and services all related to Child Nutrition Programs). This survey is for school business officials and those directly responsible for school food purchasing at the district level in all U.S. states and territories. We need your voice to improve school food procurement practices nationwide. In taking this survey, you’ll help shape future tools, training, and rule changes. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes. All results are anonymous. As a thank you for your time, at the conclusion of the survey, you will have the option to enter a drawing to attend a future USFA culinary training at the Culinary Institute of America. USFA’s research collaborator, the Government Performance Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School, is conducting the survey. For any questions, please reach out to Pamela Portocarrero at pamela_portocarrero@hks.harvard.edu. Q1.3 OMB Burden Statement: This information is being collected to assist the Food and Nutrition Service in guiding future rulemaking for regulations impacting school food procurement (the process by which school districts purchase food, equipment, supplies, and services all related to Child Nutrition Programs). This is a voluntary collection and FNS will use the information to understand current school food procurement challenges and needs of school food directors and school business officials. This collection does not request any personally identifiable information under the Privacy Act of 1974. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0584-0611. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Policy Support, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22306 ATTN: PRA (0584-0611). Do not return the completed form to this address. Q2.1 What is the top challenge you currently face related to school food procurement ? _________________________________________________________________________________________
Q2.2 What is the impact of this challenge on you, your colleagues, or your students? _________________________________________________________________________________________
Q2.3 Some common school food procurement challenges faced by individuals in roles like yours are listed below. Which of these challenges do you encounter most often ? Please rank the following challenges, where 1 represents "encounter most often" and 6 represents "encounter the least." (Click and drag) ______ Lack of alignment between local, state, and federal procurement rules ______ Poor vendor interest or retention ______ Limited adoption or underutilization of software or technology for procurement ______ Insufficient or inaccessible training resources ______ Lack of or inconsistent procurement forecasting at the district level ______ Complexity of meal pattern regulatory requirements
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