Centers for Independent Living (CIL) Program Performance Report (PPR)

In compliance with 44 U.S.C. § 3507, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) has submitted the following proposed non-substantive collection of information to OMB for review and approval to collect data under the approved Center for Independent Living (CIL) Program Performance Report. The Office of Independent Living Programs (OILP) must update the currently approved Centers for Independent Living (CIL) Program Performance Report (PPR) 0985-0061 to highlight any CARES Act reporting requirements. The Rehabilitation Act Title VII, Subchapter C of 1973 (The Act) requires three Independent Living program reports: (1) State Plan for Independent Living, (2) Independent Living Services (ILS) Program Performance Report (PPR), and (3) Centers for Independent Living (CILs) PPR. This request is for the CIL PPR submitted annually by every CIL that receives funding. The CIL PPR serves as the main way for CILs to fulfill the requirement to “[submit] an approvable annual performance report demonstrating that the Center meets the indicators of minimum compliance.” 29 U.S.C. § 725(c)(8) (2015); 45 CFR § 1329.21(a)(2). The CARES Act requires ACL to report monthly to “the Office of Management and Budget, the Bureau of Fiscal Service in the Department of the Treasury, the [Pandemic Response Accountability Committee], and the appropriate congressional committees on any obligation or expenditure of large”—meaning more than $150,000—“covered funds, including . . . awards.” The CARES Act requires ACL grantees that receive CARES Act funding to report quarterly, to ACL and to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, “the total amount of large covered funds that the grantee received from ACL; the amount of large covered funds received that were expended or obligated for each project or activity; a detailed list of all projects or activities for which large covered funds were expended or obligated, including the name of the project or activity; a description . . .; and the estimated number of jobs created or retained by the project or activity, where applicable; and detailed information on any subcontracts or Subgrants. . .” Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136, H.R. 748 § 15011(a–b), 116th Cong. (2020). ACL must update the CIL to include guidance and an updated instrument, which highlights data elements required by different CIL grantees to report CARES Act related data. A non-substantive change to the CIL PPR will provide additional instructions and a form for CILs to enter data specific to the CARES Act funded services with an emphasis on COVID-19 related services defined in the CARES Act. Funded data requires CILs that receive funds to report activities that assist individuals with disabilities with needs resulting from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest form for Centers for Independent Living (CIL) Program Performance Report (PPR) expires 2022-01-31 and can be found here.