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In performing the responsibilities of the unit, staff members:
- develop and maintain a program performance profile on each state's independent living (IL) grantees that includes an organizational description of how each agency operates;
- develop and implement systems for the review of IL state plan submissions and Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind program applications for coordinating with other offices as necessary;
- improve and maintain the IL grant monitoring process used by state teams to identify strategies that IL state grantees can use in order to enhance their performance and meet their program obligations;
- manage the discretionary award process for the Centers for Independent Living (CIL) program, including development of priorities, review, evaluation and documentation of all applications for funding;
- coordinate with the department in implementation of the department's integrated monitoring activities;
- participate in the development and dissemination of policy guidance, regulations, and program guidance in all areas of responsibility;
- support the state teams in their IL state plan approval, monitoring processes and program improvement efforts;
- develop program performance measures which are used to evaluate and monitor grantees; and
- administer the Independent Living State Grants Program, the Independent Living Discretionary Program and the Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind Program.
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