ADA Title II · Section 504 · Section 508

Defensible accessibility compliance for the public sector.

Government entities, HHS-funded organizations, and federal contractors face overlapping accessibility obligations with real enforcement behind them. ADA Access for All delivers both the technical audit and the regulatory documentation your obligations require — tested by hand, to the federal standard.

ADA Title II — DOJ

April 26, 2027 for entities serving 50,000+ · April 26, 2028 for smaller entities and special districts.

Section 504 — HHS

May 11, 2027 for recipients with 15+ employees · May 10, 2028 for those with fewer.

The underlying obligation

These are compliance dates for a fixed standard — not the start of the duty. Section 504's obligation has been in force since July 2024, and OCR investigates complaints now.

Who this is for

State and local government entities of every size; HHS-funded organizations — hospitals and health systems, federally qualified health centers, schools of medicine and nursing, public health departments, behavioral health providers, and Medicare and Medicaid participating providers operating digital services; universities and public institutions; and federal prime contractors carrying Section 508 obligations into their supply chain.

Core engagements

Productized, fixed-scope engagements with defined deliverables. Pricing is provided after a short scoping call.

ADA Title II

Self-Evaluation & Transition Plan

The regulatory artifacts state and local government entities are required to develop and maintain under Title II — produced to withstand DOJ and private-litigation scrutiny.

  • Written Self-Evaluation of web and mobile services
  • Transition Plan with prioritized, dated remediation
  • Grievance procedure language
  • ADA Coordinator program structure

For: state & local government, public universities

Section 504

Rapid Compliance Assessment

A focused, fixed-fee engagement producing the artifacts an HHS-funded organization needs in front of the Office for Civil Rights — delivered in weeks, not quarters.

  • WCAG 2.1 AA audit via DHS Trusted Tester methodology
  • Gap analysis against 45 CFR Part 84
  • Written Section 504 Compliance Plan for OCR response
  • Credentialed methodology attestation letter

For: HHS grantees, health systems, FQHCs

Section 508

Audits & VPAT / ACR Production

Section 508-format conformance testing and Accessibility Conformance Reports for software vendors and contractors selling into the federal government and its primes.

  • 508 conformance audit to the federal standard
  • VPAT 2.5 / ACR production per product
  • Procurement and solicitation language review
  • Subcontract conformance support for primes

For: federal primes, ICT vendors, contractors

Inside the Section 504 engagement

The most time-sensitive public-sector engagement produces four artifacts within four calendar weeks of contract execution. The attestation is the artifact most directly useful in OCR response and litigation defense.

Technical conformance audit

WCAG 2.1 Level AA audit using DHS Trusted Tester for Web methodology — the federal Section 508 testing standard. Findings categorized by success criterion, severity, user impact, and remediation complexity.

Section 504 gap analysis

Technical findings mapped against 45 CFR Part 84 — treatment of conforming alternate versions, third-party content, exception scope, and undue-burden documentation.

Written Compliance Plan

Suitable for submission in response to an OCR inquiry: current posture, identified gaps, prioritized remediation timeline with accountable parties, and procurement-language commitments for new systems.

Methodology attestation

A signed letter attesting to the methodology used, the scope assessed, the findings produced, and the federal credentials behind the work.

Methodology

Manual testing performed using the DHS Trusted Tester for Web v5 protocol against WCAG 2.1 Level AA success criteria. Automated testing performed using Deque axe DevTools, ANDI, and Color Contrast Analyser as supplementary tools. Mobile applications tested on iOS using VoiceOver and Android using TalkBack. All findings are independently reviewed before delivery. Engagements are scoped so the deliverable is the assessment, gap analysis, plan, and attestation; remediation is performed by the organization or its development vendor, and a separate remediation-oversight engagement can be scoped on request.

Start with a short call

A 30-minute call clarifies which obligation applies, what a defensible posture looks like for your entity, and how an engagement would scope and price to your environment.

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