Report 2009-119.2 Recommendation 5 Responses

Report 2009-119.2: Department of Community Services and Development: Delays by Federal and State Agencies Have Stalled the Weatherization Program and Improvements Are Needed to Properly Administer Recovery Act Funds (Release Date: February 2010)

Recommendation #5 To: Community Services and Development, Department of

To strengthen its ability to monitor Recovery Act Block Grant subrecipients, Community Services should create a timeline and develop a risk-based monitoring plan to ensure that subrecipients of block grant funds authorized by the Recovery Act are monitored in time to allow subrecipients to correct any findings and implement recommendations prior to the September 30, 2010, deadline for providing block grant services.

1-Year Agency Response

As recommended by the Bureau of State Audits, Community Services’ field staff used the new Recovery Act Block Grant Monitoring tool for all onsite monitoring visits. As of December 15, 2010, field staff completed all 43 scheduled onsite reviews. The Recovery Act Block Grant program ended September 30, 2010, with the final close-out completed on December 29, 2010. (2011-406, p.203)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2009-119.2

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.