Data Collection

This tip sheet provides information and examples of how to introduce surveys to clients. 

Tip sheet coming soon

This template guides HMRF grants through the key stages of data collection and CQI to help plan ahead and train staff. Grant teams should regularly review and update their plan as needed to reflect changes in program operations and service delivery. 

Plan template coming soon

This tip sheet provides information on ACF-approved methods for administering surveys to clients remotely.

This video provides an introduction to nFORM and continuous quality improvement (CQI), along with preliminary information about key next steps to get ready for using nFORM and conducting CQI including:

• Upcoming requests from our team to establish data sharing and user agreements (DSUAs) and collect information for initial nFORM accounts
• Guidance on completing data capacity and CQI plans
• Confirmation of grant year 2 enrollment and primary workshop participation targets
• Invitation to attend Well nFORMed: an nFORM and CQI training series
• Alerts for data managers to set up additional nFORM user accounts, workshops, locations, and service providers 

For the final nFORM 2.0 office hours, the nFORM team celebrates grant recipients' accomplishments using nFORM 2.0 to manage, monitor and improve their programs. 

The nFORM team covers recent data export updates and data collection timelines, then answers nFORM and data collection questions from attendees. 

The nFORM team discusses what makes data high quality, tips and tricks for monitoring client information, and how to monitor clinet survey completion rates.

Webinar covers low-burden data collection strategies to support CQI and includes suggestions.

Webinar about findings from an ACF-sponsored study on workshop implementation factors that predict the likelihood of program completion among participants from the 2015 cohort of Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grantees. Includes considerations for how grantees could use the study’s findings for program improvement efforts.

Webinar described key data collection methods to support learning as part of a road test. The session touched on considerations for using different methods as part of a road test, including surveys, interviews, focus groups, and administrative data. It also included presentations from two grantees on how they have used data to learn about their improvement strategies.