County Supervisors OK audit of firm hired to help flood victims NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 4-0 in favor of auditing a firm hired to manage a temporary lodging program for those displaced by the catastrophic floods in late January.

In a board letter, Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe requested an audit of Arbor E&T, doing business as Equus Workforce Solutions. The audit, which will be presented to the board within 120 days, would cover:

• a detailed analysis of Equus’ actual expenditures versus contracted amounts
• the number of households provided with temporary lodging, including how long they stayed
• an explanation of where each resident went after temporary lodging ended, or why they had to leave
• the types of case management services and how many households received them
• a detailed analysis of Equus’ data security regarding residents’ personal information
• the number and types of complaints made by the households how Equus addressed and tried to resolve complaints

In a statement released …