NonSub Change Request memo

TO: Steph Tatham, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

FROM: Samantha Illangasekare, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

DATE: November 13, 2017

SUBJECT: NonSubstantive Change Request: Responding to Intimate Violence in Relationship programs (RIViR) – 0970-0503

This nonsubstantive change request is to add language as requested by the study’s IRBs to the following, previously approved attachments:

• Attachments B.3 and B.3s: Parent Permission form (English and Spanish versions)

• Attachments B.4 and B.4s: Parent Permission script (English and Spanish versions)

• Attachment B.5: Youth Assent form

• Attachment B.7: Youth Over 18 Consent form

The IRBs involved in the study asked the study team to add the following at the beginning of the documents:

What should I know about this research?

• You are being asked to take part in this research.

• Someone will explain this research to you.

• This form sums up that explanation.

• Taking part in this research is voluntary. Whether you take part is up to you.

• You can choose not to take part. There will be no penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled.

• You can agree to take part and later change your mind. There will be no penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled.

• If you don’t understand, ask questions.

• Ask all the questions you want before you decide.