Report 2017-112 Recommendation 10 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 #10 To: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

To ensure that its funding recommendations are effective, consistent, and transparent, the Authority should include the previously mentioned changes to its processes in its updated written policies and procedures by July 2018.

1-Year Agency Response

LAHSA has fully implemented Recommendation 10. LAHSA has updated the RFSQ, RFP and RFI procedures to include documentation of supervisory review and approval of internal application evaluations. As referenced in Recommendation 6, LAHSA now interprets the intention of this recommendation to update policies and procedures that impact making subawards. By removing the agency-wide procurement policy as one of the documents needing to be updated, LAHSA has completed this task.

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

6-Month Agency Response

LAHSA has updated our RFSQ, RFP and RFI policies and procedures to reflect our current process and is working to incorporate changes regarding documentation of supervisory review and approval of internal application evaluations. Additionally, LAHSA is in the process of updating its agency wide procurement policy. Please see project plans and timeline for the final approval and implementation of these updated policies and procedures.

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

60-Day Agency Response

As of July 2018, LAHSA has revised and adopted the following policies: Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Information (RFI), and Request for Funding Statement of Qualifications (RFSQ). These policies reflect the previously mentioned changes. Additional policies changes are in process regarding supervisory documentation for the Request for Proposals Quality Review process. We anticipating completing these changes by the end of this year.

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

All Recommendations in 2017-112

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.