This tip sheet on user accounts describes the three account types a user can have in nFORM.
This page includes information and tools to support HMRF grant recipients in using nFORM and conducting continuous quality improvement (CQI). If you have any questions after reviewing these resources, you may request technical assistance by emailing nFORMCQITA@mathematica-mpr.com.
Please contact your grant organization's nFORM site administrator(s) for help with log in issues including resetting passwords and reactivating accounts. Site administrators should leave a voicemail for Mathematica at 844-619-6841 if they are also unable to log into nFORM.
Additional resources will be added on a regular basis. Check back for updates!
Quick Links
Detailed Instructions and Tools
- This template helps grant teams plan the steps, timing and staff involved in each step of data collection and CQI. Data Capacity and CQI Plan Template.
- This manual provides step-by-step instructions for using nFORM (coming soon).
- This tool provides considerations for planning each step in the CQI cycle (coming soon).
- This is a PDF of privacy information to provide to clients (coming soon).
Data Dictionary (coming soon)
- This document provides the record layout for the data fields that are included in the data export from nFORM.
Training Videos
- This introductory video provides an overview of nFORM, CQI, and activities that will take place prior to the launch of data collection. Introduction to nFORM and CQI.
- This training video describes best practices to follow to keep data secure. Keeping Data Secure.
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- Mar 2026
This tip sheet provides information on ACF-approved methods for administering surveys to clients remotely.
Mar 2026Tip sheet includes considerations for developing learning questions to frame a road test and how to use them to reflect on results after the road test.
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Mar 2026Tip sheet covers considerations for scaling and/or sustaining an improvement strategy after a CQI cycle concludes. It includes recommendations for reflecting on the key aspects of the strategy; formalizing the strategy to share with others; and creating a plan for scaling and sustainability.
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Mar 2026Tip sheet provides an overview of the Bright Spots approach, a tool that can be used to support strategy development. The tip sheet also includes a matrix that presents advantages and disadvantages of methods for identifying bright spots, a collaborative activity to identify success factors with staff, and an interview template to learn more about practices used by bright spots.
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Mar 2026Tip sheet covers questions and distinct paths to help your team make decisions about next steps at two critical decision points in the CQI cycle – after the road test and at the end of a CQI cycle.
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Mar 2026Tip sheet provides information on three key steps to take when developing improvement strategies. It also includes six one-page tip sheets on different methods for learning about challenges and developing and prioritizing strategies.
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Mar 2026This matrix tip sheet highlights ways CQI teams can synthesize findings across data sources in a road test.
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Mar 2026Tip sheet provides information about developing and measuring progress towards SMART goals for CQI.
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Mar 2026Tip sheet covers the COM-B framework for understanding human behavior and discusses how COM-B can be a useful tool in CQI teams' efforts to design and implement improvement strategies.
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Mar 2026