Data Entry Instructions

Appendix E
Instructions for Completing the Performance Measurement Data
Collection for the Healthy Marriage, Promoting Responsible
Fatherhood and Reentry Grants
All Healthy Marriage, Promoting Responsible Fatherhood and Fatherhood Reentry
Grantees are expected to participate in reporting and monitoring activities. These
activities allow both grantees and the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) to document
progress toward key project milestones.
Performance Progress Reports (PPRs) are one tool for providing important qualitative
and quantitative information about your project’s performance and progress. The Online
Data Collection (OLDC) instruments you are being asked to complete, which is separate
from the PPRs, was created to collect additional quantitative data about your project.

How to Answer Questions
The following questions are for the Allowable/Authorized Activities that your grant is
funded to conduct. If you believe there is an error in the Allowable/Authorized Activity
or Activities you are being asked to report on, please contact your Federal Project
Officer. If you do not collect the data for a particular question, please check the box
indicating that you do not collect this data. No component to a question should be left
blank. If under a given Allowable Activity you did not provide curricula or activities to
improve a specific skill, please check “did not conduct.” You are able to save your data
if you do not complete the data entry during a particular session. (See the Timing and
Technical sections of these instructions for more details about saving data.) Only enter
data for the indicated reporting period; do not enter cumulative data for the grant that
covers multiple periods.
Timing
Performance data is collected in the same 6-month reporting periods (October–March and
April–September) as the semi-annual reports. You will receive an e-mail notification in
April and October, following the end of each reporting period, that the reporting system
is open and that you can enter your project’s information. You will have a 30-day
window to input your data. Your answers may be saved on the tool, and you can return
to the form to complete the data entry any time within the 30-day window. Following the
submission of your data, your Federal Project Officer will have 10 days to review and
approve the data.
Technical Questions
For questions about how to use the data collection tool, including technical difficulties
and login information, please contact the OLDC help desk, [email protected]
Performance Measures Questions

For questions about the performance measures, how to collect the data, deadlines, or
other non-data collection tool issues, please contact the Technical Assistance Team,
[email protected] or 703-225-2263.