NonSub Change - ACF Updates for Presidential Directives (June 2025

To: Kelsi Feltz

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

From: Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Date: June 10, 2025

Subject: NonSubstantive Change Request – Administration for Children and Families Information Collection Updates in Response to recent Presidential Actions

This memo requests approval of nonsubstantive changes to an Administration for Children and Families (ACF) information collection in response to the Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government Executive Order (Defending Women EO) and recent Presidential Actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), such as those covered under the EO Initial Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions. ACF is submitting multiple requests with very similar updates.

Background

On January 2025, the current Administration released multiple EOs and memoranda requiring updates to information collections that request gender and/or gender identity, to only request “Sex” with the options Male/Female. Additionally, presidential actions focused on the removal of DEI-specific activities. To be responsive to the new administration, ACF is submitting change requests for a number of implicated information collections.

Overview of Requested Changes

ACF has implemented changes to remove language related to DEI and update gender collected data to denote sex as a biological variable in current approved information collection requests to comply with the directives.

This request is specific to only these updates and include the following information collections:

OMB #	ICR Title	Updated ICs	Gender or DEI-related Updates
0970-0490	Microenterprise Development (MED) Program Indicators	MED Program Indicators MED Program Indicators Instructions	Gender
0970-0490	Employer Engagement Program Performance Data	Employer Engagement Program Performance Data Form Employer Engagement Program Performance Data Instructions	Gender
0970-0490	Ethnic Community Self-Help (ECSH) Program Data Indicators	ECSH Program Data Indicators ECSH Program Data Indicators Instructions	Gender
0970-0490	Office of Refugee Resettlement Refugee Family Child Care Microenterprise (RFCCMED) Program Performance Data	RFCCMED Program Performance Data Form RFCCMED Program Performance Data Form Instructions	Gender
0970-0490	Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program (RAPP) Indicators	RAPP Indicators RAPP Indicators Instructions	Gender
0970-0490	Refugee Individual Development Accounts (IDA) Program Indicators	IDA Program Indicators IDA Program Indicators Instructions	Gender
0970-0490	Refugee Resettlement Refugee Career Pathways (RCP) Program Performance Data	RCP Program Performance Data Form RCP Program Performance Data Instructions	Gender
0970-0490	Office of Refugee Resettlement Services to Afghan Survivors of Combat (SASIC) Program Performance Data Point Tool & User Guide	SASIC Program Performance Data Point Tool SASIC Program Performance User Guide	Gender
0970-0490	Support for Trauma-Affected Refugees (STAR) Annual Program Data Points (PDP) Tool and User Guide	STAR Annual PDP Tool STAR Annual PDP User Guide	Gender

Time Sensitivities

In an effort to be responsive to the new administration’s requests, ACF has implemented many of these updated ICs in the field. To ensure ACF comes into compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act as soon as possible, ACF requests immediate approval.