Outcomes Tools: Choose the Right Time Interval

When completing the resident survey, it is important to choose the correct time interval.

As mentioned before, there are three time intervals for data collection: at move-in, at six months into the stay and at move-out.

Survey questions are generally the same throughout, but there are questions specific to each of these different time intervals.

–

Residents should be filling out the move-in survey within one week of moving in. If its now two weeks after move-in and the resident has not completed the survey, then DO NOT have the resident complete the move-in part of the survey. Wait until the next time interval (six months or move-out) is achieved to complete the survey.

–

Residents should be filling out the six-month into residency survey within a two-week window: one week before or one week after that six-month time interval. If the resident is close enough to that six-month point when we can collect good data, then have the resident take the survey.

If you have a resident who has lived in your recovery house for more than six months and you are now starting the outcomes tools, then that resident has passed the move-in and six month time intervals and should only complete the move-out part of the survey.

Also, the resident survey’s six-month time interval is NOT every six months, but only the first six months of residency. Additionally, if a resident moves out before the six-month time interval is achieved, that resident should only complete and submit the move-in and move-out parts of the survey.

–

Residents should be filling out the move-out survey during the two-week window surrounding the move-out: either one week before move out, at move-out, or one week after moving out of the recovery home. If its now two weeks after move out and the resident has not completed the survey, then DO NOT have the resident complete that part of the survey.

–

Please note: once your organization is registered for the outcomes tools, ORH will send out reminders once a month to help organizations remember to have the resident complete and submit their surveys at the proper time intervals.

For any questions about when to implement the resident survey, please contact ORH at outcomes@ohiorecoveryhoousing.org.