This data collection will be conducted annually to obtain program and performance information from grantees funded under the Assistive Technology Act, Title III, Alternative Financing Mechanism Program. The AT Act requires that not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary submit a report to the Congress describing the progress of each alternative financing program funded under Title III toward achieving the objectives of this title. The information collected will assist NIDRR to comply with a statutory requirement and to respond to the GPRA require- ment to provide outcomes data. Data will primarily be...........
First, title III AFPs will switch from reporting data on each individual loan application to reporting aggregate, year-end data. A title III grantee will no longer report an initial applicant survey for each loan applicant. The burden estimate of the expiring instrument included 0.50 hours to complete each initial applicant survey. This revised instrument does not include this survey. Instead, grantees will only enter the information in aggregate at the conclusion of the reporting cycle, and most of this information applies only to those who receive loans as opposed to all who apply for loans. As a result, less information is required about fewer individuals.
Second, the revised data collection instrument no longer requires follow-up surveys. AFPs will no longer submit either a follow-up approval survey or a follow-up denial survey for each loan applicant. The current instrument estimates 0.50 hours to complete each survey for approved applicants and 0.33 hours to complete each survey for denied applicants. Instead, AFPs will have the opportunity to submit an anecdote of an individual obtaining a loan to purchase needed AT for use at home, in the community, or at the workplace.
Another significant reduction in reporting burden is the elimination of an additional annual survey that AFP grantees submit to the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA), the entity responsible for the currently approved AFP data collection instrument. Previously, AFP grantees were required to submit a separate data collection survey on top of the 4 surveys entered into the web-based data collection system housed at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) under a subcontract with RESNA. Grantees will no longer be required to submit a survey directly to RESNA as well as all 4 surveys into the UIC web-based system. Grantees also will update program changes directly into the revised data collection instrument in the MIS housed at RSA rather than submitting them to RESNA as was past practice.
$72,900
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Robert Groenendaal 2022457393
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Annual Performance Report for the Title III Alternative Financing Program
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Data Collection Instrument for the Assistive Technology Act Title III Alternative Financing Mechanism Program (SC)