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This wiki page provides the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, FORHP, grantees an overview of how to access and navigate through the Performance Improvement and Measurement System, PIMS. And specifically walks through the steps for Community-Based Division, CBD, grantees. The wiki pages includes how to navigate through the performance report, the steps to validate and submit a report, and how to complete a change request from a Project Officer.

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Accessing PIMS

From the EHBs login page, click the Login button.



Screenshot of the EHBs login page

Enter your Login.gov email and password and click Sign In. Then follow the prompts to complete two-factor authentication. 

For information about logging into the EHBs and Login.gov, refer to the EHBs Login Process help pages. 


After completing two-factor authentication you will land on the EHBs Home page.

Screenshot of the Login.gov login page

Locate the Grants Tab on the top navigation bar.

Hover over the Grants Tab and click on Work on Performance Report.

Screenshot of Grants tab on top navigation bar.

You will land on the Submissions-All page.

Scroll down to the report list, find your report, and in the Options column click on the Start or Edit button.

Screenshot of Submissions All page highlighting Start and Edit

This brings you to the Welcome to the Performance Improvement and Measurement (PIMS) pop-up page.

Click on the Continue button to access your PIMS performance report.

Screenshot of PIMS welcome page with Continue button highlighted.

Form Navigation

You will land on the Demographics form, as indicated on the left Navigation bar.

A) Use the left Navigation bar to select each form to work on, view reports, validate and submit the report, and view PDFs.

B) The center of the page you can view your grant information and status of the report.

Helpful Tip! The Review Status in the grant section shows the status of the report as a whole, not the individual forms. 

C) The remainder of the page contains the form information for you to complete. 

Screenshot of Demographics form highlighting Left Navigation Bar, and grant information.

NOTE: The number of forms on the report will vary based on the grant program. 

Screenshot of Left Navigation bar highlighting forms section

When completing the forms, check the box next to the fields that apply to your organization and enter a number in the box to the right. 

Note: Once a field is selected the box will turn white and be editable. Grayed out boxes do not need to be filled out.



Screenshot of form example with check boxes

At the bottom of each form, make sure to view and complete the following: 

A) Enter any Comments for the reviewer.

B) In the 'Is this Form Complete?' section, select Yes or No to indicate if you have completed the form before saving. Select No if you want to make additional edits to the form. 

C) Select Choose File in the 'File Attachments' to add relevant documents for the form. 

D) Select the Save button to save changes to the form. 



Screenshot of form completion page highlighting a comments section, checkbox for complete, file upload and save button.

After clicking Save, if there is any missing required information, you will see a Validation Error Message explaining what is missing.

Click on the message to go directly to the field that needs attention, or look for the indicator arrow next to the field. 




Screen shot of Validation error message

After correcting any validation errors, indicate if the form is complete (Yes) or in progress (No) by selecting the appropriate button.

Then click the Save button to save your changes. 




Screenshot of form is complete page highlighting what needs to be filled out.



You can view the status for each form from the left navigation bar:

A) A green check mark indicates the form is completed. If you selected Yes in the 'Is this Form Complete? section you will see the completed status.

B) A pencil indicates the form has been saved but not completed. If you selected No in the 'Is this Form Complete? section you will see the edit status. 

C) A red star indicates the form is required and has not been started yet. 


Screenshot of left navigation bar showing forms in different stages.

You must complete all forms and see green check marks to submit the report.


Reminder: The number of forms will vary based on the grant program. 

Screenshot of left navigation bar show all forms as completed.

Click Validate/Submit Report in the Workflow section to submit your report.





After clicking Validate/Submit Report you will see the following:

A) A Submission Validation confirmation message notifying you that the report has been validated and all required fields are complete

B) A Message box which you can use to leave a note for the Project Officer that reviews the report

C) Be sure to check the box in the Certification section

D) Then click the Submit button to submit your report for review


Screenshot of Validation Report highlighting validation, certification, and submit button

After clicking Submit you will see:

A) Review Status as Submitted

B)  Report Submitted Successfully message

C) Confirmation number verifying that your report has successfully been submitted.

D) View Report button which allows you to view a read only version of your report

Screenshot of Report Submitted Successfully page highlighting Confirmation number and View Report button.

If you click on the View Report button you will land on the Read Only version of the report directly after submission.



Screenshot of Read only version of report

Reports

In the Reports section, click on Grantee Raw Data Report.

Screenshot of Left Navigation bar highlighting the Grantee Raw Data Report.

You will land on the Grantee Raw Data Report.

Click on the Export button to view the export options menu.


Screenshot of Grantee Raw Data Report with Export button highlighted.

Select an export option to export your data.

Screenshot of Export Options of Raw Data Report.

Accessing PDFs

To access previous reports, select the PDF related to the time period it was submitted.

This is a read only version of what was submitted.

The PDF can be saved and/or printed after opening.



Screenshot PDF link

Grantee Info

In the Grantee Info section click on Grantee Information to view details about the grant and grantee contacts. 



Screenshot of Left Navigation bar with Grantee Information highlighted.

You will land on the Grantee Information page where you can see a read-only view of the program details. 

Screen shot of Read only Grantee Information page.

Change Requests

When a Project Officer reviews the performance report they can return the report and request changes.

On the Submissions-All page find your Grant and in the Status column you will see Change Requested.   

Screenshot of Submissions All page highlighting  Change Reqested.

In the Options Column click Edit. This will navigate you the Welcome page where you will click Continue.



Screenshot of Submissions All page highlighting the Edit link.

This is the PIMS (Performance Improvement and Measurement System) Welcome page. Click the Continue button which will navigate you to the forms section of your report.




Screenshot of Welcome page highlighting Change Requested.

You will land in the Grantee Data Entry section of the report on one of the forms pages.

A) There will be a Warning Message telling you that the report was returned because there are some issues and what the issues are.

Change Requested will show in the following places:

B) The Left Navigation Bar will no longer have a green check next to the form that needs to be corrected. It will now have a green arrow pointing to the left.

C) The Review Status shows  Change Requested indicating there are some items that need to be changed within your form.



Screenshot of Grantee Data Entry form highlighting a warning message, review status and left navigation bar where it shows a change request has been made.

After completing requested changes, indicate if the form is complete (Yes) or in progress (No) by selecting the appropriate button. Then click the Save button to save your changes.

   


 

Screenshot of Form Complete selection and Save button.

In the left Navigation bar:

A) The form will now have a green check next to it showing it has been completed.

B) Click Validate/Submit Report in the Workflow section to submit your updated report. 





After clicking Validate/Submit Report you will see the following:

A) A Submission Validation confirmation message notifying you that the report has been validated and all required fields are complete

B) A Message box which you can use to leave a note for the Project Officer that reviews the report

C) Be sure to check the box in the Certification section

D) Then click the Submit button to submit your report for review

Screenshot of Submission Validation and Certification page highlighting Report Submitted Successfully and Confirmation number, a certification checkbox and the submit button..

After clicking Submit you will see:

A) Review Status as Submitted

B)  Report Submitted Successfully message

C)  Confirmation number verifying that your report has successfully been submitted

D)  View Report button which allows you to view a read only version of your report

Your report will then be submitted back to the Project Officer for review. 

Screenshot of Report Submitted Successfully status highlighted along with the confirmation number and View Report button.