The Vocational Rehabilitation
Financial Report (RSA-17) collects data on the State Vocational
Rehabilitation Services (VR) program activities for agencies funded
under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation
Act). The RSA-2 captures the Federal and non-Federal administrative
expenditures for the VR program; Services to Groups Federal and
non-Federal expenditures; American Job Center Infrastructure
Federal and non-Federal expenditures; receipt, use and/or transfer
of VR program income; financial data necessary to ensure Federal
award requirements are met (e.g., match, maintenance of effort, and
pre-employment transition services reservation of funds); and
obligations and disbursements that occurred during the period of
the award. The basic data comprising the RSA-17 are mandated by the
Rehabilitation Act as specified in Section 101(a)(10)(D). Section
13 of the Rehabilitation Act requires the Commissioner of RSA to
collect and report information to the Congress and the President
through an Annual Report. The substantive revisions to the form
were necessary to: add data elements in order to implement
amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act)
made by title IV of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(WIOA) (e.g., those related to services to groups and
pre-employment transition services); add data elements necessitated
by the VR program’s role as a core program in the one stop service
delivery system and the jointly administered requirements of title
I of WIOA (e.g., those related to one-stop center infrastructure
costs and reporting periods); incorporate VR program-specific
financial data elements, previously reported on the SF-425,
necessary to ensure VR agencies comply with program requirements
(e.g., match and maintenance of effort); and remove RSA-2 data
elements that duplicated data collected in the RSA-911 Case Service
Report. As a result of the revisions to this form, VR agencies will
no longer be required to submit SF-425 reports for the VR program
beginning with the FFY 2021 grant awards. Difference noted above
does not include the reduced burden resulting from VR agencies no
longer having to submit these forms. RSA changed the numbering of
the form to the RSA-17. This will assist VR agencies in making a
clear distinction between the previous RSA-2 form submitted
annually and the RSA-17 form that is submitted quarterly.
Additionally, this will make the numbering of the form consistent
with RSA’s numbering of other forms using the last digits of the
Office of Management and Budget’s Control Number, which is
17.
This is program change with
increase of 9,873 burden hours based on the revised form that it
will be submitted quarterly, instead of annually, and the
instructions contain substantive changes: remove reporting for data
elements that are no longer required due to the implementation of
the revised RSA-911 Case Service Report (OMB Control Number
1820-0508); remove RSA-2 data elements that are redundant;
consolidate financial reporting data elements for the VR program;
and add data elements in response to changes made to the
Rehabilitation Act by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
as implemented at 34 CFR 361 and 363. As a result of the revisions
to this form, VR agencies will no longer be required to submit
SF-425 reports for the VR program beginning with the FFY 2021 grant
awards. Difference noted above does not include the reduced burden
resulting from VR agencies no longer having to submit these
forms.
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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.
Form RSA-17 Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17)
1820-0017 Response to Public Comments 05-20-20 FINAL.docx
Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17)