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RSA-227 for FY-2025: Submission #43

American Samoa
09/30/2025
General Information
Designated Agency Identification
Office of Protection & Advocacy For the Disabled
Po Box 3937 American Samoa
Pago Pago
American Samoa
96799
1-684-699-2441
Operating Agency (if different from Designated Agency)
Additional Information
Raymond L. Noa
Raymond L. Noa
1-684-699-2441
raymond.noa@opad.as.gov
Part I. Non-case Services
A. Information and Referral Services (I&R)
20
5
0
12
1
5
43
B. Training Activities
3
125
Opad and VR have partnered to host activities for Disabilities Awareness Month. We have invited participants from the public and private sectors, as well as other agencies, to join us in this event and gain a better understanding of the available programs. Over 100+ participants have registered for our outreach and training sessions held islandwide.
C. Agency Outreach
Opad have work together with DOH, LBJ, VR, and other agencies to public events, like festive gatherings at school games, parks, and small public events held at stadiums and VA offices.
D. Information Disseminated To The Public By Your Agency
0
0
0
250
0
0
N/A
E. Information Disseminated About Your Agency By External Media Coverage
N/A
Part II. Individual Case Services
A. Individuals served
0
42
42
3
0
B. Problem areas
16
1
0
5
0
3
2
0
0
9
C. Intervention Strategies for closed cases
31
13
1
0
0
0
0
45
D. Reasons for closing individuals' case files
21
10
8
0
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
N/A
E. Results achieved for individuals
0
35
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
N/A
Part III. Program Data
A. Age
0
5
8
8
21
42
B. Gender
15
27
0
0
42
C. Race/ethnicity of Individuals Served
0
0
0
0
54
0
0
0
D. Primary disabling condition of individuals served
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
4
0
19
0
0
2
1
4
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
42
E. Types of Individuals Served
45
5
0
7
1
0
Part IV. Systemic Activities and Litigation
A. Non-Litigation Systemic Activities
0
N/A
B. Litigation
0
0
0
N/A
Part V. Agency Information
A. Designated Agency
External-Protection and Advocacy agency
Office Samoa Protection and Advocacy
No
B. Staff Employed
Opad utilized 4 advocates and support staff from other programs to complete our CAP advocacy in FY 2024.
Part VI. Case Examples
Case Examples
A social worker from the hospital contacted Opad for assistance regarding a 71-year-old man who had been left behind in the medical ward by his children, but they never came back for him. The elderly man expressed a desire to leave the island and move to Apia to live with his sister. We reached out to his sister, who came to pick him up. She coordinated with the hospital doctors and the airlines to arrange for his transportation back to Apia.
Certification
Reports are to be submitted to RSA within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this report. Please be reminded that you can enter data directly into the RSA website via the internet. Information on transmittal of the form is found on pages 19 and 20 of the reporting instructions.
Name and Title of Authorized Certifying Official
I agree to submit this form by electronic means. By signing this form electronically, I certify under penalty of perjury that my answers are correct and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that an electronic signature has the same legal meaning and can be enforced in the same way as a written signature.
Dora Ah sue
Director
Yes
2026-01-07
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