We used a Theory of Change model to understand what the TANF program is ultimately trying to achieve and how the program activities should lead to that impact. Within these activities, we can see who contributes to and who relies on TANF data reporting.
We may adjust the Theory of Change as we understand dependencies more.
We strive to build a secure, accessible, and usable web platform for efficient data reporting and analytics that will ultimately help improve the lives of low-income families.
The vision about what we're trying to achieve within the scope of this specific project. It answers: What’s the problem? Who’s affected? How are we helping? What’s the outcome? This is our vision:
OFA will build a new, secure, web-based data reporting system to improve the federal reporting experience for TANF grantees and federal staff. The new system will allow grantees to easily submit accurate data and be confident that they have fulfilled their reporting requirements. This will reduce the burden on all users, improve data quality, inform better policy and programs, and ultimately help low-income families.
We've developed a stakeholder map to outline the different groups that are affected by this project. Some groups directly interact with TDRS, while others contribute or are influenced by TANF data indirectly.
We've included more detail about TDRS audiences in on our user types page.