Release Date: December 6, 2018 CSBG Annual Report Instruction Manual: Module 4- Version 2 4
Each module has an accompanying instruction manual released by the National Association for State
Community Services Programs (NASCSP) that serves as guidance to the federal report. The manual for
Module 4 provides instructions and definitions for the data points of the new CSBG Annual Report.
NASCSP will post recorded webinars to guide users through the manual, and to collect feedback via
this
form. For additional definition of terms, the network should refer to the CSBG Annual Report Lexicon.
NASCSP will also post additional tools and resources as they become available to assist states and local
entities in implementing this report.
Together, Modules 2–4 of the CSBG Annual Report are the vehicles that actualize accountability for CSBG
Eligible Entities in the new Performance Management Framework. CSBG Eligible Entities and states will
report using Modules 2-4 beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. Forms used for reporting in FY 2018 can be
accessed on the NASCSP website
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History
The first comprehensive survey of state uses of federal CSBG funds was conducted in 1983, by a
cooperative venture between NASCSP and the National Governors’ Association with outside assistance
from the Center for Community Futures. This led to the development of the National Voluntary Reporting
System, or NVRS. The Center for Community Futures, guided by the Data Collection Committee of NASCSP,
conducted surveys of FY 1984, 1985, and 1986 activity. NASCSP began conducting these surveys in FY
1987.
In FY 2001, it became a federal requirement for states to use the Information System Survey (CSBG IS) for
reporting. These surveys and the reports they generated were periodically amended to focus on
information
of special interest to state and federal policymakers, such as the relationship of CSBG to other
funding sources and the development of innovative programs. Each fiscal year’s survey incorporated
lessons learned from earlier data collection practices and the analysis of this information. The Information
System Task Force (ISTF), which included participants from across the CSBG Network, as well as other
stakeholders and partners, discussed and agreed upon changes.
In 2012, the OCS awarded a cooperative agreement to NASCSP to assist the OCS in developing the new
CSBG Annual Report. Through frequent and multiple communications with the CSBG Network, including
listening sessions, presentations and webinars, the Network informed the development of the CSBG
Annual Report.
In 2016, the OCS, in partnership with NASCSP, invited the CSBG Network to provide feedback on content
for the CSBG Annual Report forms through a formal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance
process. In response, over half of the CSBG Network provided thoughtful comments and letters. OCS and
NASCSP analyzed all the responses and used the feedback to prepare the forms that were then submitted
for the first Federal Register 60-Day Notice review in June 2016.
In response to the 60-day notice, the OCS considered comments from organizations across the CSBG
Network, including national organizations, State CSBG Lead Agencies, State Community Action
Associations, and local CSBG Eligible Entities, and further revised the CSBG Annual Report based on this
input. The OCS released the report to the Network as an official Federal Register Notice for a final 30-day