Individualized Assessment and Fair Chance Tracking System (IAFCTS)

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2022

The Department of Human Resources (DHR) of the Los Angeles County (County) is a centralized department that delivers human resource services to 35 County departments. One of DHR’s strategic goals is to amplify HR excellence and continuous improvements through innovation, automation, and digitization. Compliance with the Fair Chance Act (Assembly Bill 1008) and providing meaningful employment opportunities for justice-involved individuals is a core HR business function that spans across multiple County departments. IAFCTS is the first online central system that provides numerous benefits and efficiencies to all non-exempt Fair Chance County departments. IAFCTS assists departments in managing the individualized conviction history and job nexus evaluations for justice-involved applicants. Furthermore, it assists in reducing barriers to employment by collecting and analyzing live scan and assessment metrics, which is readily available to executives to ensure assessments are conducted according to County standards and guidelines. The system has enforced uniform standards for all assessments and has established an auditable method for collecting, storing, and managing confidential assessments in a centralized and secure platform. As a Fair Chance (FC) employer, this system has made the County compliant with all ten best practices in Fair Chance as outlined by the National Employment Law Project (NELP).