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.
Data collection
This tip sheet provides information on ACF-approved methods for administering surveys to clients remotely.
This manual provides complete step-by-step instructions for using nFORM.
The nFORM System User Manual was updated in October 2026 to reflect recent system enhancements, ACF guidance, and questions received through the nFORM Help Desk. Key updates include:
- Expanded client population definitions and clarified ACF guidance on supporting individuals (pp. 2–4, 29, 40).
- Added instructions for staff supporting multiple grants (p. 26).
- Clarified duplicate detection procedures (pp. 42-43)
- Clarified workshop attendance reporting for clients enrolled on the same day as a session (pp. 44, 69, 80).
- Updated guidance on recording service contacts, referrals, incentives, and program supports (pp. 104-107)
- Expanded PPR instructions, including completion of the cover page, progress narrative, signature, and submission (pp. 122-127).
- Clarified operational report date filters (p. 130).
- Updated data export and data dictionary guidance and screenshots (pp. 135–147).
- Updated screenshots to reflect changes to DV/IPV screening functionality (throughout).
The nFORM team covers recent data export updates and data collection timelines, then answers nFORM and data collection questions from attendees.
The nFORM team reviews recent updates to the QPR and PPR progress narrative templates, the Applicant Characteristics survey, and the Program Operations survey.
These webinar slides describe how nFORM 2.0 data collection and reporting apply to school-based READY4Life grantees.
This document provides answers to common questions about nFORM 2.0 and performance measures data collection.
High-quality performance data are key for tracking programming and outcomes, informing continuous quality improvement, and conducting analyses to understand more about HMRF programs. To support the collection and use of high-quality data, ACF is providing grantees with nFORM 2.0, a management information system, as well as a template for planning data collection. During this webinar, the nFORM team gives an overview of how Project Leaders, Data Managers, and Evaluators may use nFORM 2.0 for data collection, reporting performance, and viewing and analyzing data. We also will walk through the data collection plan template and how it can be used to plan each step of grantee data collection.
This email tip includes information for grantees piloting services starting in January 2021.
This template guides HMRF grantees through the key stages of data collection using nFORM 2.0 to help plan ahead and train staff so that data collection runs as smoothly as possible.