| CFDA Number: | 84.224 - Assistive Technology |
| Program Goal: To increase availability of, funding for, access to, and provision of assistive technology devices and assistive technology services. |
| Objective 8.1 of 2: Through systemic activity, improve access to an availability of assistive technology (AT) for individuals with disabilities who require assistive technology |
| Indicator 8.1.1 of 1: Barrier reduction: Annually, grantees activities will result in legislative and policy changes that reduce barriers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Progress: The percentage of grantees whose activities resulted in legislative and/or policy changes which are deemed to have increased the availability or provision of assistive technology devices and/or services remained the same in FY03, 63% in comparison to FY02, 63%. The performance target of 95% was not met in FY03. Explanation: NIDRR is working with a technical assistance grantee to revise the data collection tool. During this process, NIDRR plans to reassess the current indicator and determine whether to continue using this indicator and target or establish a different indicator and/or target. |
Additional Source Information: Annual web-based reporting system. Frequency: Annually. Collection Period: 2003 - 2004 Data Available: October 2005 Validated By: No Formal Verification. Improvements: In June 2004, NIDRR and a technical assistance grantee began to develop data cleaning procedures to improve the overall quality of the data collected in the annual performance reports and minimize the number of errors included in the reports. NIDRR plans to implement these procedures for the FY2004 data. |
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| Objective 8.2 of 2: Through protection and advocacy, increase access to and funding of assistive technology devices and services for persons with disabilities. |
| Indicator 8.2.1 of 1: Outcome-oriented measure of loans: The number of loans to individuals with disabilities per $1 million in Federal investment and state matching funds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Progress: Under Title III of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, the Alternative Financing Program was funded to increase access to assistive technology for individuals with disabilities. In FY2002, 840 loans were made to individuals with disabilities to purchase assistive technology and the total amount loaned was 9.16 million dollars. However, for FY2002, there is no actual performance for indicator 8.2.1 of 1, the number of loans to individuals with disabilities per $1 million Federal investment and State matching funds, because there were no new awards in FY2002. In other words, there was no Federal investment or State matching funds for FY2002 which is needed in order to calculate the actual performance for the indicator. Explanation: Since there was no Federal investment for the Alternative Financing Program for FY2002, there is no actual performance data for indicator 8.2.1 of 1 and therefore, there is no performance data to compare with FY2000 and FY2001. |
Additional Source Information: Annual web-based reporting system. Frequency: Annually. Collection Period: 2002 - 2003 Data Available: December 2004 Limitations: There are two reporting systems for the AFP. At the end of the AFP grant year, grantees submit loan program data into a Web-based program data collection system using the Annual Loan Program Data Form. Grantees also submit loan program data on a regular basis in a Web-based applicant data collection system that includes the initial applicant survey, the follow-up survey for an approved loan and the follow-up survey for a denied loan. For FY2002, all grantees submitted data for the program data collection system but all grantees did not submit data for the applicant data collection system. Improvements: NIDRR is working with the technical assistance grantee for the AFP to improve the quality of the data used to measure the performance of the AFP by (1) evaluating the two data collection systems, and (2) modifying the data collection system to address the problems that were identified. In addition, NIDRR plans to submit the data collection tool(s) for OMB clearance in December 2004. Consequently, upon OMB approval, the data collection tool(s) will become mandatory, requiring all grantees to submit all requested data. |
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