Performance Special Audits

2025
Report #	Audit
25-109	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Investigations of Noncriminal Child Abuse and Neglect Reports ()
25-105	Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry—Annual Compliance Review of Specific Statutory and Policy Requirements ()

2024
Report #	Audit
24-115	Arizona State Board of Chiropractic Examiners ()
24-106	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Young Adult Program ()
24-105	Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry—Annual Compliance Review of Specific Statutory and Policy Requirements ()

2023
Report #	Audit
23-114	Examining the Delivery of Services to Vulnerable Adults in the Arizona Adult Protective Services System ()
23-103	Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry—Annual Compliance Review of Specific Statutory and Policy Requirements ()

2021
Report #	Audit
21-113	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Comparing Department Practices for Classifying and Locating Children Missing from Care to Best Practices ()

2020
Report #	Audit
20-113	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Caseworker Caseload Reporting ()
20-105	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Caseworker Caseload Standards ()
20-103	Arizona Department of Education—Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program ()

2019
Report #	Audit
19-113	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Foster Home Recruitment, Licensure, Use, and Retention—Department engages in recommended recruitment practices but foster parent feedback indicates a need for improved customer service and more information about children ()
19-105	Arizona School Facilities Board—Building Renewal Grant Fund—Board can better ensure timely project completion and payments to districts, Board member compliance with conflict-of-interest laws, and district compliance with State procurement requirements ()

2018
Report #	Audit
18-103	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T.—Department’s contracted substance abuse program incorporates best practices in its design, and Department has implemented controls to oversee contractors’ compliance with program requirements ()

2017
Report #	Audit
17-112	Central Arizona Water Conservation District—District collects and spends revenues in accordance with legal requirements and/or policies, has established various financial reserves, and operates the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District ()
17-111	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Staff Retention, Recruitment, and Training—Department should continue its efforts to improve staff retention, recruit and hire best fit job applicants, and strengthen staff training ()
17-102	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Administrative Staffing Level—Department’s administrative staffing level appears reasonable compared to other agencies reviewed, and it has implemented a reasonable process for estimating administrative staffing needs ()

2016
Report #	Audit
16-110	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Permanency Practices—Department should improve its provision of information to the juvenile courts and Foster Care Review Board and implement its plans to further improve other permanency practices and outcomes ()
16-108	Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Board (First Things First) ()
16-102	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Department Should Adopt Common Implementation Practices from Other Jurisdictions As It Moves Forward with Implementing a New Differential Response System ()

2015
Report #	Audit
15-118	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Department Assesses Child Safety and Risk Using Common Factors or Accepted Approaches, but Needs to Improve Critical Aspects of Its Child Safety and Risk Assessment Process ()
15-101	Arizona Department of Child Safety—Compared to National Averages, Arizona’s Number of Child Abuse or Neglect Reports Has Been Similar or Higher and Its Substantiation Rate Lower, and the Office of Child Welfare Investigations Is Unique Among States ()

2014
Report #	Audit
14-107	Arizona Department of Child Safety - Children Support Services - Emergency and Residential Placements ()
14-101	Arizona Department of Economic Security - Children Support Services - Transportation Services ()

2013
Report #	Audit
13-14	Review of Selected State Practices for Information Technology Procurement ()
CPS-1301	Arizona Department of Economic Security - Children Support Services - Foster Home Recruitment-Related Services Contracts ()

2002
Report #	Audit
02-01	Arizona Works Pilot Program - Special Audit ()