Common use of Absence of Coercion Clause in Contracts

Absence of Coercion. If you plan to compensate participants, state how participants will be awarded incentives (e.g., gift cards, bus passes, gifts, etc.) If you have included funding for incentives in your budget, you must address this item. (A recipient or treatment or prevention provider may provide up to $30 non-cash incentive to individuals to participate in required data collection follow up. This amount may be paid for participation in each required follow-up interview.) • Provide justification that the use of incentives is appropriate, judicious, and conservative and that incentives do not provide an “undue inducement” that removes the voluntary nature of participation. • Describe how you will inform participants that they may receive services even if they chose to not participate in or complete the data collection component of the project.

Absence of Coercion. If you plan to compensate participants, state how participants will be awarded incentives (e.g., gift cards, bus passes, gifts, etc.) If you have included funding for incentives in your budget, you must address this item. (A recipient or treatment or prevention provider may provide up to $30 non-cash incentive to individuals to participate in required data collection follow up. This amount may be paid for participation in each required follow-up interview.) • Provide justification that the use of incentives is appropriate, judicious, judicious and conservative and that incentives do not provide an “undue inducement” that removes the voluntary nature of participation. • Describe how you will inform participants that they may receive services even if they chose to not participate in or complete the data collection component of the project.