ADA Impact Measurement System

Meeting the Challenge, Inc. was awarded a supplemental grant to develop and maintain the ADA Impact Measurement System (AIMS). AIMS supports the Disability & Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) in evaluating the impact of their services on the successful implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

AIMS includes custom survey instruments based on performance indicators for the ADA Technical Assistance program and a central website to support the operation of the process. The AIMS website is a password protected website that each DBTAC can access to set up their evaluation, complete on-line telephone surveys, and generate reports on the results of their evaluation. The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) can also access the website to view individual DBTAC results as well as aggregate results for the entire country.

The DBTACs use AIMS to generate results that are useful for NIDRR in assessing the overall effectiveness of the DBTAC program on ADA awareness, understanding and implementation. In addition, AIMS can be used by each individual DBTAC to evaluate the impact of their services within their own region of the country. This information can be invaluable in helping to plan the types of services that need to be provided in the future, as well as the groups to target to help increase ADA implementation efforts.

For more information on the ADA Impact Measurement System read our AIMS Project Summary.