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This wiki pages provide 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 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program, RCORP, grantees. The wiki page 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 Login.



Screenshot of the EHBs login page

Enter your Login.gov Email and Password, then click Sign In. Follow the prompts to complete two-factor authentication, and you will land on the EHBs Home page.

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

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.

Screen shot of the Grants tab menu highlighting the Work on Performance Report selelction.

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 the Submissions All page highlighting the Edit button.

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 the PIMS Welcome page highlighting the Continue Button.

Form Navigation

You will land on the Service Area and Consortium 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) From 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. 


Screen shot showing a form page highlighting parts of a form and Left Navigation bar.

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.




Screen shot of a form highlighting checkboxes and fields that the grantee will need to fill out.

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 highlighting comment section, complete checkbox, choose file and Save buttons,

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. 


Note: For every box you check you must fill in a number.  If not, you will have a Validation Error message.


Screenshot of a Validation Error Message highlighted.

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 highlighting Form Complete and Save buttons

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 highlighting different statuses.

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




Screenshot of Left Navigation bar showing all forms compete

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





Screenshot of Validate and Submit Report link highlighted in the Left Navigation bar.

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 highlighted Submission Validation confirmation message and Certification and Submit buttons.

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 highlighting Submitted Status, success message, 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 Report highlighting the read only message.

Requesting an Extension

To request an extension on the report submission due date, email your PO to extend the deadline.

Reports

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

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

You will land on the Grantee Raw Data Report.

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


Screenshot highlighting the Grantee Raw Data page and export button

Select an export option to export your data.

Screenshot of the Grantee Raw Data Report highlighting the  Export options.

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 highlighting PDF on the Left Navigation Bar.

Grantee Info

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



Screenshot highlighting Grantee Information link the Left Navigation Bar.

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

Screenshot of the Grantee read only 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 Requested.

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



Screenshot of the 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 PIMS Welcome page highlighting the Continue button.

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 items that need to be changed within your form.



Screenshot of Grantee Data Entry Section highlighting Return Request Warning Message, Review Status, and Left Navigation bar.

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 Completing the Form section highlighting the Form Complete 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 highlighting Submission Validation message, Certification checkbox, 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

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

Screenshot highlighting Report Submitted Successfully message, Confirmation number, and View Report button.