Indicator C4: Family Outcomes

Additional resources are available in the General SPP/APR Resources section of this collection.

TA Resources

• Family Outcomes Response Rate and Representativeness Calculator – This calculator computes response rates for states’ C4: Family Outcomes survey data and determines if the surveys received are representative of the target population.
• Family Outcomes Survey Considerations – This resource addresses survey construction for C4: Family Outcomes, as well as mode of delivery, method of analyses, use of incentives, adding reminders, etc.
• SPP/APR Submission Guidance: Checklist and Tips – Indicator C4: Family Outcomes – This resource helps ensure states have included all required data and narrative in Indicator C4: Family Outcomes including:
  • Accuracy of historical data
  • Current FFY data, including description of slippage, if applicable
  • Sampling
  • Tool
  • Representativeness and Survey Response Rates

  It also reminds states to review and address any required actions within “OSEP Response” and “Required Actions” as outlined in the prior year’s SPP/APR.

• SPP/APR Submission Guidance Data Calculations – Indicator C4: Family Outcomes – This resource provides detailed information about the data needed for the family outcomes calculation based on the federal measurement table and related documentation. Specifically, it provides information about general considerations (e.g., states will need to define which questions or items in their surveys apply to each of the three outcomes and summarize the data accordingly), the data needed for the numerator and denominator, data points for the calculation, data sources, and an example calculation.
• SPP/APR Submission Guidance: Sampling for Indicators C3: Early Childhood Outcomes, B7: Preschool Outcomes, and C4: Family Outcomes – This resource provides guidance for sampling from the FFY Part C and Part B SPP/APR Package General Instructions

Published September 2026.