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Brief: Domestic violence services

Prepared from Grant Precedent, 2026-10-23; data as of precedent 2026-10-21, measures 2026-10-22.

Measures funders require

Family and Youth Services Bureau (HHS Administration for Children and Families), Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) formula grants

I know more about community resources

  • Code: Code G (Resource Outcome)
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Because of the services I received, I feel: I know more about community resources (yes or no). For each service, count the number of surveys completed and the number of yes responses to each question. It is expected that the number of surveys completed would be the same for each, but there may be instances when it differs, e.g., a client doesn’t answer one of the questions.
  • Instrument: FVPSA Performance Progress Report (PPR), Section G Service Outcome Data
  • Reporting frequency: annual
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: HHS ACF performance measures, DOCX Section G - Service Outcome Data, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=164871202

I know more ways to plan for my safety

  • Code: Code G (Safety Outcome)
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Because of the services I received, I feel: I know more ways to plan for my safety (yes or no). For each service, count the number of surveys completed and the number of yes responses to each question. It is expected that the number of surveys completed would be the same for each, but there may be instances when it differs, e.g., a client doesn’t answer one of the questions.
  • Instrument: FVPSA Performance Progress Report (PPR), Section G Service Outcome Data
  • Reporting frequency: annual
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: HHS ACF performance measures, DOCX Section G - Service Outcome Data, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=164871202

What you can collect, and how

Tier 1 is collected today from your own records. Tier 2 needs one free instrument. Tier 3 needs a partner under a data agreement. A measure that matches no rule has no tier.

Tier not determined

I know more about community resources

I know more ways to plan for my safety

What grantees achieved

1 grantee of Domestic Violence and Peacemakers reported 4 results against targets over 1 period; the median result was 101% of target (middle half 100% to 105%), and 100% met or exceeded the target. Source: Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, program monitoring reports, https://www.jwbpinellas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/VII-C-Program-and-Financial-Monitoring-Information.pdf.

1 grantee of Domestic Violence reported 3 results against targets over 2 periods; the median result was 115% of target (middle half 109% to 124%), and 100% met or exceeded the target. Source: Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, program monitoring reports, https://www.jwbpinellas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/VII-C-Program-and-Financial-Monitoring-Information.pdf.

Program-level figures, not individual grantees: Violence Against Women Programs reported 11 results against targets over 2 periods; the median result was 109% of target (middle half 100% to 134%), and 91% met or exceeded the target. Source: OMB PART assessments (ExpectMore.gov archive), https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/omb/expectmore/detail/10002335.2004.html.

Program-level figures, not individual grantees: Family Violence Prevention and Services Program reported 7 results against targets over 7 periods; the median result was 117% of target (middle half 114% to 126%), and 100% met or exceeded the target. Source: OMB PART assessments (ExpectMore.gov archive), https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/omb/expectmore/detail/10002335.2004.html.

Target-setting language with precedent

Each item comes from one funder, one program or one department; none is a government-wide rule.

Showing clauses from HHS.

What reviewers penalize

These ten weaknesses recur in 17 published reviewer critiques, mostly U.S. Department of Education and NIH. The count is the number of critiques that name it, not a rate, and a reviewer comment is a judgment.

Protocol skeleton

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Measures: I know more about community resources; I know more ways to plan for my safety. Baseline: ____ months from award, using FVPSA Performance Progress Report (PPR), Section G Service Outcome Data. Targets: set from the observed baseline at month ____, or committed now as a change of ____ percentage points from baseline.

Missing-data plan (how dropout and missing observations will be handled): ____

Comparison group or baseline (what you compare against and how the groups started): ____

Fallback if recruitment, data access or the first analysis falls short: ____

Fidelity threshold (what counts as full implementation, and how it is measured): ____

Instrument named, with its validity evidence and its rights (license) status: ____

Numeric target for each measure (a number, not a direction): ____

Analysis for each outcome (method, comparison, adjustment): ____

Data protection and data management (who holds identifiable data, where, for how long): ____

Feedback schedule (who reviews the data, how often, and what changes as a result): ____

Evaluator role and independence (who evaluates and how they are separate from delivery): ____

The text is copied or summarized from public documents. It is not legal advice.