Meet Your Risk Management Review Deadlines to Earn Agency Incentives

Are you SMART enough to snag an extra $500?

The introduction of the Risk Management Review (RMR) in 2021 marked a more comprehensive, tailored approach to loss control for PDRMA members. And it includes a series of $500 agency cash incentives as well.

Be SMART — and on Time

“It all starts with developing a strategic improvement plan using SMART Goals, working with your PDRMA Risk Management Consultant and following and completing the Action Steps on your Kick off and target forms,” says Tim Lenac, PDRMA Risk Management Services Supervisor. “Once you complete a SMART Goal, it’s time to create another, and the deadlines are approaching, if your agency wants to qualify for the next $500 incentive.”

Members that completed their 2023 SMART Goal in 2023, or by April 1, 2024, have until July 1 to create a new SMART Goal and qualify for the next $500 incentive payment at the end of July.

Members with goal due dates after April 1 of this year must meet their Action Steps deadlines and create their next SMART Goal within 90 days of that deadline to qualify for the incentive payment of $500 at the end of 2024.

If your agency’s due date is in 2025, you must complete all 2024 Action Steps by the agreed-upon deadlines to receive your second $500 incentive, payable in December 2024.

Target Forms and Deadlines

There are also specific deadlines for completing assigned self-assessment forms, notes Lenac. “Our Special Recreation Associations must complete the Fleet Form self-assessment by Dec. 1, 2024, while park districts, forest preserve districts and conservation districts have the same deadline for completing the Injury Prevention Form self-assessment, which focuses on parks/operations departments.”

To be eligible for the third financial incentive, agencies must complete their target form and all other agreed-upon activities (OSHA program audits, consultant/vendor onsite visits, consultant/vendor trainings [private or regionals], etc.) by Dec. 1, 2024. PDRMA will mail the final incentive checks to members no later than Dec. 31, 2024.