For the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) front-end risk assessment (FERA) for the new Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing program (HPRP), we wanted to determine whether the FERA complied with the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act); the Recovery Act’s streamlined FERA process; and HUD Handbook 1840.1, REV-3, Departmental Management Control Program.

Our review of the final FERA for HPRP disclosed that for each factor the risk was identified, planned action needed, and mitigation techniques use to base its risk rating. Our review also has determined that the factors of: general control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information/communication, and monitoring have been adequately addressed and the major program objectives of timeliness, clear and measurable objectives, transparency, monitoring, and reporting were adequately emphasized.

Based on the results of this audit, this memorandum report contains no recommendations.