ARP Tracking and Reporting System

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

When LA County received $1.9 billion from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) the CEO’s Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI) unit was tasked with tracking 125 projects across 30+ departments reaching millions of residents all while ensuring equitable distribution to underserved communities, residents, and businesses in need of economic recovery from the devastating effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ARDI engaged the Internal Services Department (ISD) and together they developed a one-of-a-kind, customized solution that provides County Departments with a streamlined platform for project design entry and tracking; delivers efficient CEO and County Counsel approval workflows; supports compliance reporting to the Board of Supervisors and the Federal government; and increases public transparency with an online public portal that displays expenditures by project, geographical location, target populations (homelessness, substance abuse disorders, mental health disorders, systems involved/impacted, disabilities and small business), and by negative economic (Internet access, Educational Disparities, Affordable Housing, etc.) or public health (Mental Health, Community Violence, etc.) impacts. The ARP Tracking and Reporting System is a flexible and scalable platform to allow for the inclusion of future data sources and ever changing County and Federal priorities and regulations.