NonSub Change - Gender EO Updates 2025

To: Kelsi Feltz

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

From: Sanzanna Dean

Director, Division of Runaway and Homeless Youth

Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Date: August 6, 2025

Subject: NonSubstantive Change Request – Administration for Children and Families Information Collection Updates in Response to recent Presidential Actions

This memo requests approval of nonsubstantive changes to an Administration for Children and Families (ACF) information collection in response to the Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government Executive Order (Defending Women EO). This request is specific to the National Communication System for Runaway and Homeless Youth, currently operated by the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) Data Collection (0970-0610).

Background

On January 2025, the current Administration released multiple EOs and memoranda requiring updates to information collections related to gender and/or gender identity to only request “Sex” with the options Male/Female. To be responsive to the new requirements, ACF is submitting a change request for this information collection.

Overview of Requested Changes

ACF has implemented changes to update gender collected data to denote sex as a biological variable in current approved information collection requests to comply with the directives. This request is specific to only these updates.

Time Sensitivities

In an effort to be responsive to the new administration’s requests, ACF has implemented these changes for respondents. To ensure ACF comes into compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act as soon as possible, ACF requests immediate approval.