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Timeline for The National Citizen SurveyTM 2nd wave mails Finalize survey materials 1st wave mails Data collection ends Reports finalized Postcard mails Opt -in survey opens Draft reports received C) 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 25 Apr 1 Apr 8 Apr 15 Apr 22 Apr 29 May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 Jun 3 Jun 10 Jun 17 Jun 24 Jul 1 Item Date Preparing for the Survey O The NCS survey process is initiated upon receipt of your enrollment form and first payment Jan 20 F NRC emails you information to customize The NCS Jan 21 4 Due to NRC: Selection of add-on options Feb 5 4 Due to NRC: Drafts of the optional custom questions to be included in the survey Feb 5 4 Due to NRC: Zip code information and GIS boundary data Feb 12 4 Due to NRC: Additional payment for add-on options Feb 12 O NRC finalizes the survey instrument and mailing materials and sends .pdf samples for your records Mar 25 O NRC generates the sample of households in your community Feb 12 to Feb 26 O NRC prints materials and prepares mailings Apr 1 4 Due to NRC: Selection of custom benchmark profile(s) (if custom benchmark add-on selected) Apr 1 Conducting the survey O Survey materials are mailed Apr 8 to Apr 22 O Prenotification postcards sent Apr 8 O 1st wave of surveys sent Apr 15 O 2nd wave of surveys sent Apr 22 4 Opt -in web survey link posted on your website (source link provided to you by NRC) May 13 O Data collection: surveys received and processed for your community Apr 15 to May 27 During this time, you will receive postcards that were undeliverable due to bad addresses, or vacant housing units. This is O normal. Please count all the postcards, as we will subtract the number of returned postcards from the total number mailed to estimate the number of "eligible" households in calculating the final response rate. 4 Due to NRC: Final count of returned postcards May 27 O Survey analysis and report writing May 27 to Jun 17 O F During this time, NRC will process the surveys, perform the data analysis, and produce a draft report for your community. The report of results will contain a description of the methodology, information on understanding the results, and graphs and tables of your results, as well as a description of NRC's database of normative data from across the U.S. and actual comparisons to your results, where appropriate. NRC emails draft report (in PDF format) to you along with invoice for balance due on The NCS Basic Service and any additional add-on options 4 Due to NRC: community feedback on the draft report (most final reports are identical to the draft reports, except being labeled as final instead of draft) Jun 17 Jun 24 F NRC emails final report and data file to you Jul 1 Legend (—Indicates when items from NRC are due to you +Indicates when items from you are due to NRC ()Indicates information items