Proposed Information Collection Activity; Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures and Additional Data Collection
Published Date: 1/29/2026
Notice
Summary
The government is updating how it collects info from programs that help families through healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood efforts. New grant recipients starting in 2025 will report their progress using revised forms starting April 2026. This update keeps the data collection going for three more years and asks the public to share thoughts by March 30, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Grant Recipients Face Reduced Reporting Burden
Organizations receiving Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grants (the 2025 five-year cohort awarded in September 2025) will use a revised annual Performance Progress Report (PPR) instead of completing program operations surveys and PPRs after the first, second, and third quarters of each grant year; ACF will continue to provide the nFORM web-based reporting system. ACF requests to extend the information collection approval for 3 years and estimates total annual burden at 45,122 hours across respondents.
You’ll Complete Entrance and Exit Surveys
If you participate in Healthy Marriage or Responsible Fatherhood programs, you will be asked to complete an entrance survey (0.34 hours) and an exit survey (0.28 hours) when the new cohort begins reporting in April 2026. The entrance survey is expected for up to 135,000 applicants and the exit survey for up to 87,561 participants; both will be translated into Spanish with English as the authoritative version.
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