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. 2017 Oct 10;21(2):180–187. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx232

Table 1.

Description of the five 2-1-1 call centers participating in the implementation study of the Smoke-Free Homes (SFH) Program

Site Call volume FT/PT staff Site description Description of callers Participants enrolled in SFH
A 78000 6/2 Single call center in an urban county in the East North Central region of the Midwest, operating 2-1-1 and other social service programs Primarily urban, half African-American, half white, mostly women and with incomes below 200% of federal poverty level 546
B 131000 15/14 Statewide collaboration of nine call centers with regional coordinators in each of four area codes in an East South Central state. Individual call centers implemented SFH. Primarily African-American and women, about two-thirds urban and one-third rural 605
C 279000 17/12 Single call center in the East North Central region of the Midwest, serving 15 counties with a population over 2 million. Predominantly women, both urban and rural, half African-American, 41% white 490
D 150000 6/40 Largest single call center in one South Atlantic state (and among the 10 largest call centers in U.S.) Predominantly female, 39% African- American, 32% white, 28% Hispanic 335
E 143000 11/8 Single call center serving 37 counties in a West South Central state Predominantly female, 54% white, 28% African-American, 8% Native American 369

Call volume is annual, rounded to the nearest 1000. FT/PT = full-time/part-time. Level of staff participation ranged from asking a single screening/eligibility question to being centrally involved in all phases of the project. Data come from sites’ applications, which were submitted in 2014 in response to a request for proposals.