Report 2017-112 Recommendation 8 Responses

Report 2017-112: Homelessness in California: State Government and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Need to Strengthen Their Efforts to Address Homelessness (Release Date: April 2018)

Recommendation #8 To: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

To ensure that its funding recommendations are effective, consistent, and transparent, the Authority should develop and implement a process by July 2018 to ensure that staff complete evaluation tools as intended.

6-Month Agency Response

As stated in our previous response, LAHSA has developed and implemented a process to ensure evaluation tools are completed. The pending item that remained outstanding was the RFSQ desk guide, which has now been completed. M&C began using the RFSQ Desk Guide as part of the October 2018 RFSQ applications.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

60-Day Agency Response

LAHSA has incorporated clear and detailed instructions for completion of its RFSQ and RFP review processes within the review tools provided to both staff and external reviewers. In addition, LAHSA is drafting a desk guide for the RFSQ process, this desk guide is currently in draft form and is expected to be fully implemented by July 30, 2018.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2017-112

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.