Evaluation Instruments

Adolescent Family Life (AFL)
Care and Prevention Core Evaluation Instruments

The Adolescent Family Life (AFL) care and prevention core evaluation instruments were developed for use by AFL demonstration projects funded under Title XX of the Public Health Service Act and administered by the Office of Population Affairs (OPA). These instruments were designed to reflect Title XX legislative requirements and, in the case of the prevention core instrument, the A-H definition of abstinence education contained in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Most questions have been drawn from large surveys, giving evaluators the ability to compare their data to national data-a useful option in the absence of a viable comparison strategy in the evaluation design. The instruments are intended to be only core; grantees are encouraged to use additional instruments, in their evaluation designs, to measure any unique aspects of their demonstration projects that are not covered by the core instruments. User Guides, for both care and prevention, are provided to offer useful guidance in the administration of the instruments.

AFL Care Programs
Core Evaluation Instrument User Guide [pdf] [link]
Core Baseline Questionnaire For Parenting Clients [pdf] [link]
Core Baseline Questionnaire for Pregnant Clients [pdf] [link]
Core Follow-up Questionnaire for All Clients [pdf] [link]

AFL Prevention Programs
Core Evaluation Instrument User Guide [pdf] [link]
Core Baseline Questionnaire [pdf] [link]
Core Follow-up Questionnaire [pdf] [link]

*DISCLAIMER: These core evaluation instruments have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use in Title XX Adolescent Family Life (AFL) demonstration project evaluations. AFL demonstration projects funded in Fiscal Year 2005 and after are required to incorporate these evaluation instruments, in the format approved by OMB, into their independent evaluations. Information collections approved by OMB may not be substantially or materially modified without OMB review and approval of the modifications. Substantive or material modifications include: adding or deleting questions; changing the population subject to inquiry; reinterpreting compliance directives or other policy guidance; or meaningfully altering any aspect of the collection of information from that previously approved by OMB.

Entities other than AFL demonstration projects are welcome to use these core evaluation instruments. However, in this case, the population subject to inquiry (i.e., AFL demonstration project clients) would be changed, which would constitute a substantive or material modification of the OMB-approved instruments. Thus, OMB approval of the evaluation instruments would no longer apply and the face page, which indicates that the instruments have been approved by OMB, must be removed.

Entities that are AFL demonstration projects, but which are not required to use the core evaluation instruments because they were funded in Fiscal Year 2004 or before, are also welcome to use these instruments. In this case, the population subject to inquiry would not be changed and, thus, these projects could use the instruments in the OMB-approved form. However, if any other substantive or material modifications are made to the instruments, OMB approval would no longer apply and the face page must be removed.