To: Kelsi Feltz
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
From: Diana Lee
Supervisory Program Manager
Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS)
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Date: December 12, 2025
Subject: Non-Substantive Change Request for Family Violence Prevention and Services Formula Family Violence Prevention and Services: Grants to States; Native American Tribes and Alaska Native Villages; and State Domestic Violence Coalitions Performance Progress Report (OMB 0970-0280)
This memo requests approval for non-substantive change request for Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS) Formula Violence Prevention and Services: Grants to States; Native American Tribes and Alaska Native Villages; and State Domestic Violence Coalitions Performance Progress Reports (PPR) (OMB 0970-0280) in response to the Presidential Executive Orders - 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.
Background
Beginning in January 2025, the 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. Additional Presidential actions required removal of DEI-specific activities. The OFVPS has identified additional updates to formula grant progress reports for states, territories, and tribes to be in compliance with the EOs.
Overview of Requested Changes
The following updates to the PPR for FVPSA-funded States and Tribes are requested:
Page 3, remove, “or culturally and linguistically specific”, add “s” to population”
Page 4, add row, “Middle Eastern or North African”
Page 4, remove words, “or Refugee”
Page 4, remove row, “LGBTQ/Two Spirit”
Page 7, updated Race/Ethnicity to align with current standards.
Page 7, remove “Number of self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or Two Spirit (LGBTQ/Two Spirit).”
Page 10, Section F, H-03, remove words, “including populations underserved because of ethnic, racial, cultural or language diversity, sexual orientation or geographic isolation.”
Only display the header named, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 … once in the entire document, instead of on each page, at the end of the document or on page 2.
Add a notation in qualitative reporting section an interest in learning about activities intersecting with foster care and/or technology-facilitated abuse.
The following updates to the PPR for FVPSA Domestic Violence Coalition Grant Report are requested:
Page 3, replace and reworded, to state, “Check here if your coalition is both a sexual assault coalition determined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and an HHS-designated domestic violence coalition (Administration on Children and Families/Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services’ FVPSA Program).
Page 8, remove, “(such as LGBTQ/Two Spirit survivors, Native survivors, or communities of color) are especially welcome.
Page 9, remove words, “and FYSB Priority Areas”
Page 12, remove words, “and ACF Priority Area”
Page 12, replace “Anti-oppression/Anti-Racism” with Anti-discrimination
Only display the header named, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, once in the entire document, instead of on each page, at the end of the document or on page 2.
Page 16, replace “Anti-oppression/Anti-Racism” with Anti-discrimination
Page 20, remove word, “/Refugee”
Page 20, remove row, “LGBTQ/Two Spirit”
Page 20, replace “Native American/Alaskan Native” with “American Indian or Alaskan Native”
Page 20, replace “Native Hawaiian/Other” with “Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Page 21, remove row, “Limited English Proficiency (LP) or Language Interpretation
Page 21, add words, “Interpretation and or”
Add a notation in qualitative reporting section an interest in learning about activities intersecting with foster care and/or technology-facilitated abuse.
Time Sensitivities
To be responsive to the Administration’s requests, ACF has implemented many of these updates across the programs.
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