Report 2017-129 Recommendation 1 Responses

Report 2017-129: Department of Rehabilitation: Its Inadequate Guidance and Oversight of the Grant Process Led to Inconsistencies and Perceived Bias in Its Evaluations and Awards of Some Grants (Release Date: July 2018)

Recommendation #1 To: Rehabilitation, Department of

To comply with federal and state requirements, and to ensure consistency and fairness in its grant process, Rehabilitation should issue regulations describing its grant process from RFA development through appeals. It should submit its proposed regulations to the Office of Administrative Law no later than December 2018.

6-Month Agency Response

The Department submitted its proposed regulations to the Office of Administrative Law on December 17, 2018.

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


60-Day Agency Response

The Department is in the process of drafting regulations describing its grant solicitation process from RFA development through appeals. The proposed regulations will be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law by December 2018.

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


All Recommendations in 2017-129

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.