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Assistance Listing Number: 93.558
Assistance Listing Program Title: 477 Cluster: Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF)
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Labor
Passed Through Entity: City of Los Angeles Community Development Department
Federal Award Number: 141290-1
144413-0
Federal Award Year: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
Compliance Requirement: Eligibility
Criteria
Per the City of Los Angeles contract, program eligibility requirements are as follows:
A City resident; and
A citizen of the United States or an eligible non-citizen as determined by right-to-work
requirements including the completion of the current United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) Form I-9 (http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf); and
A resident of an area served by the Los Angeles County Local Workforce Development Area
(LWDA); and
Between the ages of 14-18 if enrolled under CalWORKs; or
Any youth 19 years old must be in the CalLearn program if enrolled under CalWORKs funding
source.
Between the ages of 14 and 24 if enrolled under “Other Underserved Youth (OUY) formerly
Net County Cost (NCC)” funding source.
Between the ages of 14-24 if enrolled under “Department of Public Social Services (DPSS)
Foster” funding source; or
Between the ages of 14-24 if enrolled under “System Involved Youth” (SIY) funding source.
Directly and/or indirectly involved in public systems including, but not limited to: the justice
system (juvenile and adult), the child welfare system, public housing, and immigration. Foster,
CalWORKS, OUY or probation funds shall be expended before utilizing SIY funds when
possible.
Condition
In performing eligibility testwork, we noted 2 out of 25 participants had incorrect birth dates in their
CalJOBS profile.
After these issues were identified by the auditors and raised to management, El Proyecto corrected
the respective CalJOBS profiles to reflect the correct birth dates.
Note that the above errors did not impact the participants’ eligibility.
Cause
Participants’ birth dates must be manually entered into the CalJOBS website portal. There is currently
no formal review process in place to ensure that participant details entered into the CalJOBS website
portal are accurate and complete.
Effect
Lack of proper supporting documentation used to determine participant eligibility and lack of formal
review of participant data maintained in the CalJOBS system may result in inaccurate participant
eligibility determination.
Recommendation
We recommend that El Proyecto develop an adequate process and control to ensure that encoded
details to CalJOBS are accurate. We also recommend that El Proyecto verify the information from the
application form to the proof of birth date (i.e. birth certificate or California I.D.).
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions
El Proyecto will implement monitoring measures by grant supervising staff to ensure that typos entered
into any system are reviewed before final submission.
Person Responsible: Haimanot Fekadu
Position of Responsible Party: Youth Source Center Sun Valley
Completion Date: September 30, 2024