Below are training materials for collecting and reporting SRAE PAS performance measures. Measures include structure, cost, and support for implementation; attendance, reach, and dosage; and participant characteristics, behaviors, perceptions of program effects, and program experiences. To submit your performance measures data to ACF, access the Performance Measures Portal during the data collection window.
Introduction to SRAE Performance Measures
The webinar provides an overview of the SRAE performance measures and related requirements, including:
- Working with partners and an Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Data privacy and security protocols
This webinar is geared towards new (funded fall 2024) SRAE grant recipients and their partners, including subrecipient program providers and evaluation staff who are responsible for collecting and submitting performance measures data. However, we extend this webinar opportunity to any other grant recipients or partners that might want a refresher on this material or have new staff who could benefit from attending.
Webinar Materials
- Handout 1 - High School Participant Entry Survey
- Handout 2 – Middle School Participant Entry Survey
- Handout 3 – High School Participant Exit Survey
- Handout 4 – Middle School Participant Exit Survey
- Handout 5 – SRAE Participant Entry and Exit Surveys Measures Guide
- Handout 6 – Questions to Guide Discussions with Partners: SRAE Participant Entry and Exit Survey Data Collection Policies, Practices, and Processes
- Handout 7 – SRAE Tip Sheet: Working With an Institutional Review Board
- Handout 8 – Example IRB Application
- Handout 9 – Template for Parent / Guardian Consent
- Handout 10 – Template for Youth Assent
- Handout 11 – SRAE Performance Measures Data Privacy and Security Requirements
- Handout 12 – Example Staff Confidentiality Agreement
- Slides: Introduction to SRAE Performance Measures
This webinar is geared towards new (funded fall 2023) SRAE grantees and their partners, including subrecipient program providers and evaluation staff who are responsible for collecting and submitting performance measures data. However, we extend this webinar opportunity to any other grantees or partners that might want a refresher on this material or have new staff who could benefit from attending.
The webinar provides an overview of the SRAE performance measures and related requirements, including:
- Working with partners and an Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Data privacy and security protocols
Webinar Materials
- Handout 1 - High School Participant Entry Survey
- Handout 2 – Middle School Participant Entry Survey
- Handout 3 – High School Participant Exit Survey
- Handout 4 – Middle School Participant Exit Survey
- Handout 5 – SRAE Participant Entry and Exit Surveys Measures Guide
- Handout 6 – Questions to Guide Discussions with Partners: SRAE Participant Entry and Exit Survey Data Collection Policies, Practices, and Processes
- Handout 7 – SRAE Tip Sheet: Working With an Institutional Review Board
- Handout 8 – Example IRB Application
- Handout 9 – Template for Parent / Guardian Consent
- Handout 10 – Template for Youth Assent
- Handout 11 – SRAE Performance Measures Data Privacy and Security Requirements
- Handout 12 – Example Staff Confidentiality Agreement
- Slides: Introduction to SRAE Performance Measures
This webinar is for all SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for collecting and submitting performance measures data.
The webinar provides an overview of the SRAE performance measures reporting requirements. This webinar provides detailed information about the SRAE participant entry and exit survey performance measures, and discusses grantee requirements related to these performance measures, including:
- Sharing the surveys with subrecipients
- Seeking a letter of determination from an Institutional Review Board (IRB) to determine whether the performance measures must be reviewed
- Adhering to required data privacy and security protocols
Additionally, this webinar provides guidance on Institutional Review Board (IRB) engagement and approvals (if needed), as well as required data storage and privacy protocols for SRAE performance measures.
Webinar Materials
- Handout 1 – SRAE Participant Entry and Exit Surveys Measures Guide
- Handout 2 – High School Participant Entry Survey
- Handout 3 – Middle School Participant Entry Survey
- Handout 4 – High School Participant Exit Survey
- Handout 5 – Middle School Participant Exit Survey
- Handout 6 – Questions to Guide Discussions with Partners: SRAE Participant Entry and Exit Survey Data Collection Policies, Practices, and Processes
- Handout 7 – SRAE Performance Measures Data Privacy and Security Requirements
- Handout 8 – Example Staff Confidentiality Agreement
- Handout 9 – Template for Parent / Guardian Consent
- Handout 10 – Template for Youth Assent
- Handout 11 – Example IRB Application
- Slides: Overview of SRAE Performance Measures / Human Subjects and Privacy Protections for Grantees
The webinar provides an overview of the SRAE performance measures reporting requirements. This webinar also provides detailed information about the SRAE participant entry and exit survey performance measures and discuss grantee requirements related to these performance measures, including:
- Sharing the surveys with subrecipients to identify any items that do not align with local implementation site policies or practices
- Seeking a letter of determination from an Institutional Review Board (IRB) to determine whether the performance measures must be reviewed
- Guidance on IRB engagement and approvals (if needed)
- Adhering to required data privacy and security protocols
Webinar Materials
- Handout 1 – SRAE Participant Entry and Exit Surveys Measures Guide
- Handout 6 – SRAE Waiver Policy Letter
- Handout 7 – SRAE Partnerships Letter
- Handout 8 – SRAE Performance Measures Data Privacy and Security Requirements
- Handout 9 – Example Staff Confidentiality Agreement
- Handout 10 – Template for Parent Consent Form
- Handout 11 – Template for Youth Assent Form
- Handout 12 – Example IRB Application
- Handout 13 – SRAE Participant Entry and Exit Surveys Change Guide
- Slides: Introduction to SRAE Performance Measures and Human Subjects and Privacy Protections for SRAE Performance Measures Data
This webinar provides updates to SRAE implementation performance measures. It is for Title V State, Title V Competitive, and General Departmental-funded SRAE grantees funded in 2019 or earlier, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for collecting or submitting performance measures data.
This webinar:
- Reviews implementation-level performance measures, including measures of structure, cost, and support for program implementation, and measures of attendance, reach, and dosage;
- Highlights recently approved changes to the measures related to the effects of COVID-19; and
- Demonstrates optional Excel data recording tools to help grantees compile the attendance, reach, and dosage data for the July 1–December 31, 2020 data collection period.
Webinar Materials
This webinar provides an overview of the Winter 2021 performance measures reporting requirements. The webinar also provides detailed information about the SRAE participant entry and exit survey performance measures and discuss grantee requirements related to these performance measures, including:
- Sharing the surveys with subrecipients to identify any items that do not align with local implementation site policies or practices,
- Seeking a letter of determination from an Institutional Review Board (IRB) to determine whether the performance measures must be reviewed, and
- Adhering to required data privacy and security protocols.
Webinar Materials
- Handout 1-SRAE Participant Entry and Exit Surveys Measures Guide
- Handout 2-Middle School Participant Entry Survey
- Handout 3-High School Participant Entry Survey
- Handout 4-Middle School Participant Exit Survey
- Handout 5-High School Participant Exit Survey
- Handout 6-General Departmental SRAE Letter
- Handout 7-Title V SRAE Letter
- Handout 8-SRAE Performance Measures Data Privacy and Security Requirements
- Handout 9-Example Staff Confidentiality Agreement
- Slides: Introduction to SRAE Performance Measures for New Grantees
Preparing for SRAE Performance Measures Data Collection
This webinar is for all SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, evaluation staff who will be responsible for collecting and submitting performance measures data, and ACF staff. The primary objectives of this webinar are to:
- Review implementation-level performance measures, including measures of structure, cost, and support for program implementation, and measures of attendance, reach, and dosage
- Review SRAE performance measures to be submitted in Winter 2023 (for grantees funded before October 2022), including measures of attendance, reach, and dosage and participant entry and exit survey data
- Provide guidance on administering the participant entry and exit surveys (for all SRAE grantees)
- Data collection accommodations for youth with special needs or special circumstances (including youth with low reading comprehension, cognitive impairments, developmental delays), e.g., reading survey aloud to youth
- Provide information about data quality and missing data
- Answer grantees’ questions about these topics
This webinar has been updated and re-recorded with new information since it was previously delivered on November 1, 2021. This webinar provides information on factors to consider when deciding whether to shift to online data collection; shares guidance for shifting to online data collection, including working with partners, notifying parents, seeking approvals from Institutional Review Boards (if needed), programming, and testing; and reviews key considerations for online data collection, such as ensuring privacy and confidentiality, securing data, and accommodating youth with special needs.
This webinar has been updated and re-recorded with new information since it was previously delivered on November 1, 2021. This webinar provides information about the SRAE participant entry and exit performance measures surveys; shares guidance related to coordinating the approval process for the performance measures surveys and obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval; and answers questions about grantee organizational capacity needed for performance measures.
This webinar has been updated and re-recorded with new information since it was previously delivered on May 27, 2020.
For all grantees: Please disregard information in this recorded webinar regarding data collection start date that is contrary to the following information:
Please be advised that the data collection start date for the revised surveys has moved to February 1, 2022. In addition, as of 11/16/21, the revised versions of the entry and exit surveys have not yet been OMB approved. Once they have been OMB approved, they will be posted on the SRAE PAS website.
For continuing grantees only:
- The winter 2022 data submission will include data covering July 1, 2021-Jan. 31, 2022 (for both survey-based measures and attendance, reach, and dosage data)
- The Portal will be open Feb.-March 2022, for continuing grantees to submit those data
This webinar provides updates on the status of SRAE participant entry and exit performance measures surveys; shares guidance related to coordinating the approval process for the performance measures surveys, requesting waivers, and obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval; and answers questions about grantee organizational capacity needed for performance measures.
This webinar has been updated and re-recorded with new information since it was previously delivered on May 27, 2020.
For all grantees: Please disregard information in this recorded webinar regarding data collection start date that is contrary to the following information:
Please be advised that the data collection start date for the revised surveys has moved to February 1, 2022. In addition, as of 11/16/21, the revised versions of the entry and exit surveys have not yet been OMB approved. Once they have been OMB approved, they will be posted on the SRAE PAS website.
For continuing grantees only:
- The winter 2022 data submission will include data covering July 1, 2021-Jan. 31, 2022 (for both survey-based measures and attendance, reach, and dosage data)
- The Portal will be open Feb.-March 2022, for continuing grantees to submit those data
This webinar provides information on factors to consider when deciding whether to shift to online data collection; shares guidance for shifting to online data collection, including working with partners, notifying parents, seeking approvals from Institutional Review Boards (if needed), programming, and testing; and reviews key considerations for online data collection, such as ensuring privacy and confidentiality, securing data, and accommodating youth with special needs.
This webinar is for all new Title V Competitive and General Departmental SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who will be responsible for collecting and submitting performance measures data.
The primary objectives of the webinar are to:
• Provide grantees with information to engage and seek approvals from IRBs (if needed), for collection of the SRAE performance measures data, and
• Share and review written documentation on the required data storage and privacy protocols for the SRAE performance measures.
Webinar Materials
Submitting SRAE Performance Measures Data
Preparing Data for Submission
This webinar is for all SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for collecting and submitting performance measures data.
The webinar:
- Provides guidance on preparing SRAE performance measures participant survey data for submission to the SRAE Portal, including strategies for reviewing data to promote completeness and accuracy
- Demonstrates optional Excel data recording tools developed for participant entry and exit survey data and describe the requirements for files to be uploaded to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal
This webinar is for all SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, evaluation staff who will be responsible for collecting and submitting performance measures data, and ACF staff.
The webinar:
- Provides strategies for reviewing data to promote data quality.
- Provides guidance on preparing SRAE participant entry and exit survey data for submission to the SRAE Portal.
- Describes the requirements for files to be uploaded to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal.
- Demonstrates use of optional Excel data recording tools developed to prepare participant entry and exit survey data for submission.
SRAE Performance Measures Portal
This webinar covers how to submit data to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal starting on July 1, 2024.. The primary objectives of the webinar are to:
Review SRAE performance measures to be submitted in summer 2024
- Measures of structure, cost, and support for program implementation
- Measures of attendance, reach, and dosage
- Participant entry and exit survey data
Demonstrate how to access and use the Portal (demo begins at 28:00 minutes)
- Logging in and creating user accounts
- Entering performance measures data
- Uploading participant entry and exit surveys
This webinar is for all Title V State, Title V Competitive, and General Departmental SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for managing or submitting performance measures data.
This webinar covers how to submit data to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal for the winter 2024 data submission period, January 31, 2024 through March 13, 2024. The primary objectives of the webinar are to:
- Review SRAE performance measures to be submitted in winter 2024
- Measures of attendance, reach, and dosage
- Participant entry and exit survey data
- Demonstrate how to access and use the Portal
- Logging in and creating user accounts
- Entering performance measures data
- Uploading participant entry and exit surveys
This webinar is for all Title V State, Title V Competitive, and General Departmental SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for managing or submitting performance measures data.
This webinar covers how to submit data collected between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal starting in mid-January 2023. The primary objectives of the webinar are to:
- Review SRAE performance measures to be submitted in Winter 2023 (for grantees funded before October 2022), including measures of attendance, reach, and dosage and participant entry and exit survey data
- Review SRAE Performance Analysis Study online resources
- Demonstrate how to access and use the Portal
- Answer grantees’ questions about these topics
This webinar is for all SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, evaluation staff who will be responsible for collecting and submitting performance measures data, and ACF staff.
This webinar covers how to submit data to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal starting in early July. The primary objectives of the webinar are to:
- Review SRAE performance measures to be submitted in July/August 2022
- Measures of structure, cost, and support for program implementation
- Measures of attendance, reach, and dosage
- Participant entry and exit survey data
- Demonstrate how to access and use the Portal
- Logging in and creating user accounts
- Entering performance measures data
- Uploading participant entry and exit surveys
This webinar is for Title V State, Title V Competitive, and General Departmental funded SRAE grantees funded in 2021 or earlier, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for managing or submitting performance measures data.
This webinar covers how to submit data collected between July 1, 2021 and January 31, 2022 to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal starting in early February 2022. The primary objectives of the webinar are to:
- Provide guidance on administering the participant entry and exit surveys (for all SRAE grantees)
- Data collection accommodations for youth with special needs or special circumstances (including youth with low reading comprehension, cognitive impairments, developmental delays), e.g., reading survey aloud to youth
- Review SRAE performance measures to be submitted in February/March 2022 (for grantees funded before October 2021)
- Measures of attendance, reach, and dosage
- Participant entry and exit survey data
- Demonstrate how to access and use the Portal (for grantees funded before October 2021)
- Logging in and creating user accounts
- Entering performance measures data
- Uploading participant entry and exit survey data
This webinar is for Title V State, Title V Competitive, and General Departmental funded SRAE grantees funded in 2021 or earlier, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for managing or submitting performance measures data.
This webinar is for Title V State, Title V Competitive, and General Departmental-funded SRAE grantees funded in 2020 or earlier, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for managing or submitting performance measures data.
This webinar covers how to submit data to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal starting in early July 2021. The primary objectives of the webinar are to:
- Review SRAE performance measures to be submitted in July/August 2021
- Measures of structure, cost, and support for program implementation
- Measures of attendance, reach, and dosage
- Participant entry and exit survey data
- Demonstrate how to access and use the Portal
- Logging in and creating user accounts
- Entering performance measures data
- Uploading participant entry and exit surveys
This webinar covers how to submit data to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal starting on June 29, 2023. The primary objectives of the webinar are to:
Review SRAE performance measures to be submitted in summer 2023
- Measures of structure, cost, and support for program implementation
- Measures of attendance, reach, and dosage
- Participant entry and exit survey data
Demonstrate how to access and use the Portal
- Logging in and creating user accounts
- Entering performance measures data
- Uploading participant entry and exit surveys
This webinar is for all Title V State, Title V Competitive, and General Departmental SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for managing or submitting performance measures data.
SRAE Performance Measures Dashboard
This webinar is for Title V State, Title V Competitive, and General Departmental-funded SRAE grantees funded in 2019 or earlier, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are responsible for collecting or submitting performance measures data, and ACF staff.
The purpose of this webinar is to review the SRAE Performance Measures Dashboard, including new features related to participant entry and exit survey data. The Dashboard presents data submitted by grantees to the SRAE Performance Measures Portal, using a range of data visualizations and reports. The primary objectives of this webinar are to:
- Provide an overview of the features and functionality of the Dashboard
- Introduce new Dashboard features related to participant entry and exit survey data
- Provide a live demonstration of how to access and use the Dashboard
- Introduce grantees to available resources for using the Dashboard
- Answer grantees’ initial questions on Dashboard access and use
Webinar Materials
This webinar is for all SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, evaluation staff who will be responsible for collecting and submitting performance measures data, and ACF staff.
The primary objectives of this webinar are to:
- Provide an overview of the features and functionality of the Dashboard
- Provide a live demonstration of how to access and use the Dashboard
- Introduce grantees to available resources for using the Dashboard
- Answer grantees’ questions about these topics
Webinar Materials
This webinar is for all SRAE grantees, subrecipient program providers, and evaluation staff who are interested in the performance measures data.
The primary objectives of this webinar are to:
- Provide a live demonstration of how to access and use the Dashboard, including an overview of key features and functionality
- Introduce available resources for using the Dashboard
- Answer users’ questions about these topics