Report 2019-116 Recommendation 21 Responses
Report 2019-116: Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Weak Oversight Has Hindered Its Meaningful Implementation (Release Date: May 2020)
Recommendation #21 To: State and Community Corrections, Board of
To better promote effective local efforts related to the JJCPA, Community Corrections should include on its website the capability for stakeholders, counties, and other interested parties to review and easily compare the JJCPA information of multiple counties. Specifically, its website should allow users to be able to select a specific type of JJCPA-funded program and easily review information the counties submitted for all programs associated with that program type. Community Corrections should determine the cost of providing this additional service and, if necessary, request additional resources.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From September 2023
The BSCC has provided ongoing technical assistance to counties. Within existing resources, the BSCC will continue to conduct an analysis of the annual plans and expenditure reports.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Will Not Implement
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2022
The BSCC has provided ongoing technical assistance to counties. With existing resources, the BSCC will continue to conduct an analysis of the annual plans and expenditure reports.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Will Not Implement
Community Corrections did not provide its rationale for why it will not implement our recommendation. Despite Community Corrections indicating in its response to our audit that it lacked the resources necessary to implement our recommendation, we noted in our report starting on page 36 that Community Corrections had not calculated the cost of improving its website and therefore had not determined whether it would need additional resources to do so. We also stated on page 37 of our report that Community Corrections had the capability to develop a more robust presentation of JJCPA information because it presents (and continues to present) on its website other statewide information using the same software that we used to create our interactive graphics, which allow users to compare counties' programs. Because some counties we visited expressed that it would be helpful if Community Corrections improved the information it displays about the programs that other counties are funding with their JJCPA allocations, we stand by our recommendation that Community Corrections improve its website.
1-Year Agency Response
The BSCC is currently reviewing all county 2021-2022 annual plans and will review expenditures in October 2021. The annual plans will be posted on the BSCC's website after staff review. The BSCC has developed an online submission dashboard for counties to report their plans. The BSCC has provided technical assistance to counties. With existing resources, the BSCC will continue to conduct an analysis of the annual plans and expenditure reports. The BSCC is currently evaluating what additional information to include as part of the summary information on the BSCC's website.
- Estimated Completion Date: May 2022
- Response Date: May 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending
6-Month Agency Response
Within existing resources, the BSCC will conduct additional analysis as part of the next report to the Legislature (due March 2021) on what counties report about the programs they fund with YOBG-JJCPA funds.
- Estimated Completion Date: March 2021
- Response Date: November 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
As an initial improvement, the BSCC has updated the website to provide easier access to JJCPA plans in a consolidated location. At this time, we are still in the process of determining the cost of this additional work on an ongoing basis.
- Completion Date: June 2020
- Response Date: June 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken
Although Community Corrections indicates that it updated its website to provide easier access to consolidated plans, we found it provides information about JJCPA on its website in the same manner as it did during our audit. Specifically, we found Community Corrections continues to post on its website the individual reports that counties submit, but does not synthesize the information in those reports in a manner that is helpful to users. Thus, we determined that Community Corrections has not taken action to implement our recommendation.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
- Auditee did not address all aspects of the recommendation
All Recommendations in 2019-116
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.