IRB Approval

Institutional Review Board Certification

Initial Submission -- Full Board Approval

Principal Investigator/Project Director: Bruce Taylor
Department: Public Health
IRB Protocol Number: 20.09.15
Project Number: 8656
Protocol Title: Pilot Implementation of The Violence Against Children and Youth Survey
(VACS) in the United States
Expiration Date: 11/1/2021

This certifies that the research protocol and consent documents described above have been
approved by the NORC Institutional Review Board (IRB00000967), under its Federalwide
Assurance #FWA00000142, which is valid through July 19, 2023.
Any amendments or other changes to this protocol must be submitted for review by the
NORC IRB, and all adverse events must be reported to the NORC IRB.
The IRB has approved your research for a period of 12 months. To avoid a lapse in IRB
approval, please submit your continuing review materials to the IRB at least 2 weeks prior
to the expiration date listed above. Although the IRB will provide reminders to you
about renewing your study’s approval as you near the expiration date, it is the
responsibility of the principal investigator and project director to ensure that IRB
approval does not lapse and that continuing review materials are submitted before
a study’s approval expires.

11.3.2020
Date

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Karen H. Grigorian, IRB Chair

55 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603

Phone: 773-256-6000

www.norc.uchicago.edu