This page contains the following sections

• Annual Performance Report - RSA-704

• Monitoring

• State Plan for Independent Living

• FY 2005 Annual Program Performance Report

Grantees for this program are required to fill out Part I of the RSA-704 report.

• RSA-704 Part I instructions
  MS Word (263K)

• RSA-704 Part I instrument
  MS Word (310K)

• RSA-704 Part II instructions
  MS Word (245K)

• RSA-704 Part II instrument
  MS Word (254K)

• RSA-704 Frequently Asked Questions

For information on FY 2007 deadlines, see the Dear Colleague Letter from Thomas Kelley dated Oct. 26, 2007.


Monitoring

Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Act), requires the commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews and periodic on-site monitoring of programs authorized under Title I of the Act to determine whether a state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency is complying substantially with the provisions of its state plan under Section 101 of the Act and with the Evaluation Standards and Performance Indicators established under Section 106.

Title VII, chapter 1 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (the Act), establishes the State Independent Living Services (SILS) program and the Centers for Independent Living (CIL) program. The purpose of these programs is to:

• promote the independent living philosophy, based on consumer control, peer support, self-help, self-determination, equal access and individual and systems advocacy;

• maximize the leadership, empowerment, independence and productivity of individuals with significant disabilities; and

• promote the integration and full inclusion of individuals with significant disabilities into the mainstream of American society.

To receive federal funding for the SILS and CIL programs, section 704 of the Act requires states to submit a State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) and obtain RSA approval of a SPIL every three years. The SPIL encompasses the activities planned by the state to achieve its specified independent living objectives and reflects the state's commitment to comply with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. In states with a separate agency or unit that administers the SILS program for individuals who are blind, the director of that agency/unit, along with the director of the DSU are required to jointly develop and sign the SPIL and cooperate in its implementation.

• SPIL Instrument -  MS Word (275K) | PDF (113K)

• SPIL Instructions -  MS Word (86K) | PDF (217K)

SPILs were due to RSA by July 1, 2007.

FY 2005 Annual Program Performance Report