External Environment Data Collection Plan Worksheet

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1. Purpose:
   1. To plan the collection of environmental data about the HS Agency's external entities and their interfaces, responsibilities, and dependencies.
2. A sample of external entities and interfaces that must be examined include:
   1. Day Care Centers
   2. Educational Institutions, such as community colleges
   3. State Employment Offices
   4. Employment and Training Organizations
   5. Employers
   6. Judicial System, such as state and county courts
   7. New Hire Registry
   8. State Child Support Enforcement Agency
   9. State Medicaid Agency
   10. Other States
   11. Department of Agriculture
   12. Employment Security System
   13. JOBS Automated system
   14. PARIS
3. Instructions:
   1. Column 1 lists the external entities.
   2. Column 2 lists the individual that is responsible for the collection of the entity information.
   3. Column 3 lists the individual(s) that will support the collection of the data.
   4. Column 4 lists sources of data (e.g., documents and points of contact).
   5. Column 5 provides schedule information, such as when the information is expected to be collected
   6. Column 6 gives the current status.
4. All of the external stakeholder entities must be listed in the table.
5. Example (TANF):
   

External Environment Data Collection Plan Worksheet