Report 2017-112 Recommendation 12 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 #12 To: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

To expand the number of service providers through targeted technical assistance, the Authority should evaluate the effectiveness of the selected system within 12 months after implementation.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2020

LAHSA completed the design and implementation of enhancements for our Request for Statement of Qualifications (RFSQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP) process in the MyOrg System in September 2019. Throughout the past year, these enhancements have proven effective in providing a simpler and streamlined process by which new agencies can apply and be evaluated for certification as a qualified bidder for funding opportunities . Additionally, the enhancements have proven effective in tracking applications received in response to our RFPs by region across the Continuum of Care (CoC) and the reasons for applications failing to achieve a fundable score. Based in part upon the analysis of this data, LAHSA is currently undergoing a Contracting & Procurement Modernization Project (CPMP). The goals of the CPMP are to greatly reduce the time needed to accomplish procurement and contracting, encourage and support the expansion of new providers participating in the system thus creating stability and predictability of funding throughout the homeless services system in the Los Angeles CoC.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented


Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2019

LAHSA has partially implemented recommendation 12. LAHSA has completed the myOrg enhancements for the RFP and RFSQ processes. The roll-out date was September 2019. LAHSA will evaluate the effectiveness on an ongoing basis and will report out in 12-months.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Partially Implemented


1-Year Agency Response

LAHSA will begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the systems in October 2019 and will have the evaluation complete by 12/31/2019.

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


6-Month Agency Response

Twelve months after the implementation of Recommendation 11, LAHSA will evaluate the systems mentioned in Recommendation 11.

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


60-Day Agency Response

12 months after implementation of Recommendation 11, LAHSA will evaluate the systems mentioned in Recommendation 11.

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


All Recommendations in 2017-112

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.