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OMB Control No: 0970-0566	ICR Reference No: 202604-0970-010
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202502-0970-045
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OFA
Title: Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and Additional Data Collection
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/06/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/04/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2029	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2027
Responses	176,756	0	251,536
Time Burden (Hours)	45,122	0	78,263
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: For decades, various organizations and agencies (including community- and faith-based organizations, local governments, and universities) have been developing and operating programs to strengthen families through healthy marriage and relationship education and responsible fatherhood programming. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has had administrative responsibility for federal funding of such programs since 2006 through the Healthy Marriage (HM) and Responsible Fatherhood (RF) Grant Programs. The authorizing legislation for the programs may be found in Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act. ACF requires HMRF grant recipients to collect and report performance measures about program operations, services, and clients served, using a performance measures data collection system called nFORM (Information, Family Outcomes, Reporting, and Management). ACF provides this system to grant recipients to improve the efficiency of data collection and reporting and the quality of data. This system allows for streamlined and standardized submission of grant recipient performance data through regular progress reports, and it also supports grant recipient-led and federal research projects. Grant recipients are required by ACF’s Office of Grants Management (OGM) to submit a Performance Progress Report (PPR) once during each grant year (in October), reporting on the programmatic activities conducted by the grant recipient in the prior year and activities planned for the next year. The annual PPR (Instrument 5) fulfills these requirements for the HMRF grant recipients. The performance measures data collection and reporting instruments for the 2020 cohort were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB #0970-0566) in 2021 and renewed in 2024. The instruments have been used as planned. Through September 29, 2025 (the end of the 2020 cohort), grant recipients had enrolled 193,993 clients, administered the OMB-approved survey instruments, and submitted the OMB-approved reports to ACF to meet reporting requirements. In addition, the data have been used to support numerous federal and grant recipient-led evaluations of the HMRF programs. This request from ACF is for a revision to its approved collection and reporting of performance measures about program operations, services, and client services through the HMRF Grant Programs. ACF proposes to continue performance measure data collection and reporting for the 2025 cohort of HMRF grant recipients that received five-year awards in September 2025. For the 2025 cohort, ACF revised the instruments used by the 2020 cohort to reflect its current priorities, better align the data with the characteristics of HMRF programs and clients, and reduce respondent burden.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 603 Name of Law: Sec. 403; Social Security Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 3892	01/29/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 23992	05/04/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	176,756	251,536	-119,780	45,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	45,122	78,263	-48,441	15,300
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The overall reduction in burden from the 2024 renewal of the original OMB approval reflects the removal of the applicant characteristics survey, quarterly performance reports, and CQI planning instruments, and reduced frequency of Instruments 2 and 5 in Table A.3. The reduction in burden per response for Instruments 1b, 3, and 4 reflects a systematic assessment of the survey and services measures and removal of questions that were not frequently analyzed or aligned with ACF’s goals for the 2025 cohort. The change in burden also reflects the number of grant recipients and participants that ACF expects for the 2025 cohort.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,843,624

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

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