Report 2020-612 Recommendation 4 Responses

Report 2020-612: California Department of Public Health: It Could Do More to Ensure Federal Funds for Expanding the State's COVID‑19 Testing and Contact Tracing Programs Are Used Effectively (Release Date: April 2021)

Recommendation #4 To: Public Health, Department of

To ensure that it has all the necessary planning information in place related to the allocations it has made to the local health jurisdictions, Public Health should, by April 15, 2021, review and approve all initial work plans that it has received.

There were 58 workplans submitted to Public Health for the ELC Enhancing Detection application. As of March 23, 2021, Public Health has approved all 58 workplans.

Most recently, Public Health released the ELC Enhancing Detection Expansion grant and has a team in place to collect and review those application documents. Already, Public Health has seen a huge improvement in the review process and timeline. Public Health has developed a strict timeline to follow for its internal review process ensuring timely approval of applications in an effort to maximize the local health jurisdictions planned activities.

Public Health has included the workplan tracking tool for Enhancing Detection to support the completion of this recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Fully Implemented

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Agency responses received are posted verbatim.