Report 2009-101 Recommendation 7 Responses
Report 2009-101: Department of Social Services: For the CalWORKs and Food Stamp Programs, It Lacks Assessments of Cost-Effectiveness and Misses Opportunities to Improve Counties' Antifraud Efforts (Release Date: November 2009)
Recommendation #7 To: Social Services, Department of
This recommendation has been superseded by a recommendation from a subsequent report. See 2015-503 #16.
To ensure the accuracy and consistency of the information on welfare fraud activities that counties report and that Social Services subsequently reports to the federal government, the Legislature, and internal users, Social Services should continue with regular meetings of its workgroup to further its efforts to clarify its instructions for completing the counties' investigation activity reports.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From August 2015
CDSS is beginning to identify common errors and will disseminate, via county notification, instruction on how to prevent and correct those errors.
- Estimated Completion Date: December 31, 2015
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: See 2015-503 #16 for the most current assessment
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2014
The revisions to the Department of Public Assistance (DPA) 266 report and instructions have been delayed due to other program priorities and proposed federal reporting changes that will affect the DPA 266. CDSS does not have a specific date when the federal changes will take effect. Currently there is no need for regular workgroup meetings. Once the DPA 266 is ready for review, CDSS will consult with all appropriate program integrity stakeholders.
- Estimated Completion Date: July 2015
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Not Fully Implemented
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2013
Fully Implemented/Date Implemented: September 2013. The workgroup created to revise the counties' investigation activity reports has provided their final review and comments to the revised DPA 66. No further meetings are necessary.
- Completion Date: September 2013
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Not Fully Implemented
Despite our requests, Social Services did not provide any documentation to substantiate its claim of full implementation.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2012
A workgroup comprised of county Special Investigative Units (SIUs) and CDSS staff worked to clarify the instructions for the revised Department of Public Assistance (DPA) 266 report. The final draft version of the report is currently under review by counties. Please refer to the updated response for Recommendation No. 5.
- Estimated Completion Date: July 2013
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Not Fully Implemented
All Recommendations in 2009-101
Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.