Federal Site Visit Team Reviews DATI

On August 31, the DATI will have completed its funding cycle under the Tech Act Development Grant program. Application for an Extension Grant was made in March, and as a part of evaluating our proposal, a site visit team was sent to review our activities, progress, and plans for the future. The team, comprised of staff members of three other state projects and a federal project officer, visited Delaware on June 29 and 30. The team visited the Central Site in Wilmington and all three Assistive Technology Resource Centers throughout the state. They spent most of their short stay interviewing staff, reviewing materials and publications, monitoring accessibility for all disabilities, and looking at the administrative set-up of the statewide DATI system.

In a follow-up letter from Washington, the project officer noted that we "are doing a very good job" with the project and that we "should be proud of it." Several of the site visit team members indicated that they learned several things during their visit to Delaware that they will take back to their own projects. We now await the official site visit report and word about our Extension Grant application. By the time this issue of the AT Messenger reaches you, the negotiations of our new award should be history, and we should be headlong into our fourth year of operation. More details in the next issue...