Submission Due Date: August 15, 2008

New Information

• The HRSA WRS Technical Support email address is now wrssupport@hrsa.gov. Please update your address book. The old WRS support email address, support@hrsawrs.org, will no longer be available
• The Division of Health Careers Diversity and Development has a new name and a new room number.  Its new name is the Division of Student Loans and Scholarships, and its address with the new room number is:
  5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9-105
  Rockville, MD  20857

• When filling out the Borrowers Accounts Worksheet (page 6), it is now important to make sure that amounts inputted into columns 2 and 10 must equal the sum of amounts in columns 3 to 9.  This rule now stands for each row, as well as the total row.

General

• Due to increased security regulations, users must read and adhere to security rules of behavior. Please see page on Rules of Behavior
• The HRSA Web Reporting System home page was redesigned
• Users are now given personalized user id and password which should NOT be shared with other individuals. Users are responsible for their account and anything that happens while their account is logged in
• Users are given the option to update their password. To increase security, passwords must be at least 8 characters long
• Individuals with multiple reports from different institutions can now access all their reports with a single login. The need for multiple user id and passwords is no longer needed

Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students Performance Report (SDSPR)

• The electronic "Financial Status Report" (FSR) previously utilized by the SDS program has been renamed the "Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Performance Report" (SDSPR)
• The Office of Management and Budget has required that the race and ethnicity categories in the SDSPR conform to new standards. Consequently, the SDSPR disaggregates race from ethnicity (Hispanic/Latino and Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino) in the sections requesting input for the "Number of Students Receiving Awards" and the "Number of SDS Recipients that Graduated." Furthermore, a new category titled "More than one race" has been added as an option

Financial Status Report (FSR) Submissions

• Institutions receiving Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students Program funds are now required to submit a paper copy of the Office of Management and Budget's "Financial Status Report (FSR)" (SF-269A), to HRSA'S Office of Federal Assistance Management, Division of Grants Management Operations. This report can be downloaded from the Office of Management and Budget's web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants_forms.html
• Address for mailing the Financial Status Report (FSR) 269a:
  HRSA
  Division of Grants Management Operations
  5600 Fishers Lane
  Room 11A-16
  Rockville, MD 20857-0001
• Questions regarding the FSR should be directed to the Grants Management Specialist noted on your Notice of Grant Award.

Authorizing Official (AO)

• The Authorizing Official for each program must approve of the report(s) and certify for it to be considered complete and submitted
• Failure of the Authorizing Official to certify may jeopardize the potential for future awards

Contact Person Updates

• Users are asked to update their institution's contact list upon first login. This will help maintain an accurate contact list for the purpose of sending out important information regarding the AOR/SDSPR report in a timely manner
• Users can now add and delete contacts from the main menu of the WRS
• Users can update their own contact information from the main menu of the WRS

REMINDER

• Reports cannot be reopened after Nov. 1st without HRSA's approval. See "contact us" page for contact information
• HRSA WRS Technical Support telephone number has changed. The new number is (240) 223-3066
• Search capabilities have been added to the online user guide and help system
• Data submitted on your AOR and SDSPR determines future funding for your school. Please make sure it is complete and accurate