Report 2020-112 Recommendation 28 Responses

Report 2020-112: Homelessness in California: The State's Uncoordinated Approach to Addressing Homelessness Has Hampered the Effectiveness of Its Efforts (Release Date: February 2021)

Recommendation #28 To: Riverside County Department of Housing, Homelessness Prevention, and Workforce Solutions

To ensure that it identifies the projects that offer the greatest possible benefits when ranking applications for CoC Program funds, the County of Riverside should, by August 2021, coordinate with its CoC to update the CoC's scoring tools and review-and-rank policies and procedures to give new and renewal projects an equal opportunity to receive federal funding.

6-Month Agency Response

During it's March 24th, 2021 meeting, the Riverside County Continuum of Care (CoC) approved the creation of an Ad hoc workgroup to review it's CoC's Monitoring Tool and review-and-rank process. The workgroup met and developed new scoring tools and a review-and-rank policy which ensures both new and renewal projects have an equal opportunity to receive federal funding. This new project evaluation and ranking process will be fully utilized during the 2021 HUD CoC Program Competition.

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

60-Day Agency Response

During it's March 24th, 201 meeting, the Riverside County Continuum of Care (CoC) approved the creation of an Ad hoc workgroup to review it's CoC's Monitoring Tool and review-and-rank process. The workgroup will be meeting in the next couple of weeks to review and make recommendations regarding the current scoring/monitoring tool as well as the review-and-rank process. These recommendations will be presented to the Continuum of Care and it's governing body, the Board of Governance for final review and approval before implementation.

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

All Recommendations in 2020-112

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.