TABLE OF CONTENTS - Department of Public Social Services

Los Angeles COUNTY
Department of Public Social Services
LEADER Replacement System (LRS)
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public assistance programs. The application evaluation process shall perform
financial and non-financial eligibility determinations based on basic information
about the individual(s) or group(s) of individuals applying for assistance and shall
determine preliminary eligibility status and benefit amounts. Eligibility rules,
including the inclusion and/or exclusion rules for income and resources when
determining eligibility, are program-specific. Changes to eligibility rules based
upon federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, guidelines,
directives, policies, and procedures, are frequent and similarly program-specific.
2.4.1 General Application Requirements.
1. The LRS shall allow COUNTY-specified Users to indicate the
program(s) for which the applicant/participant is applying.
2. The LRS shall allow COUNTY-specified Users to record and track the
applicant’s/participant’s actual needs, including immediate needs,
emergency needs, and crisis intervention needs separately.
3. The LRS shall allow COUNTY-specified Users to add new
applicant/participant characteristics and identifiers.
4. The LRS shall allow COUNTY-specified Users to add special services
and emergency requests at any time during the application process.
5. The LRS shall allow COUNTY-specified Users to add a program of
assistance, special service, or emergency request to an active
participant, as specified by COUNTY. If the additional request
requires new information from the individual, as required for the
program, the LRS shall prompt the User to enter in the required
information, and then shall re-process the application and determine
eligibility.
6. The LRS shall track applications taken at locations other than a Local
Office Site.
7. The LRS shall include special security measures when processing
sensitive applications, including those for Minor Consent, Employee
Recipient, human trafficking and Domestic Violence Services.
2.4.2 Registering an Application.
1. The LRS shall maintain the source of the application, the type of
assistance requested, the date the application was received, and the
date the application was entered in the LRS.
LRS RFP - Attachment B (SOR) Page 24 November 30, 2007