Making the Grade

Human Resources Administration,

September 1, 2016

M/WBE Letter Grade

Letter Grade Overview

HRA increased spending with Asian American-owned firms and exceeded LL 1 goals for Asian American and Hispanic American-owned firms in goods procurement. However, the agency failed to meet goals for professional services and standard services in any M/WBE category. As a result, HRA earned a D grade for a third year in a row.

About HRA

The Human Resources Administration (HRA) is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. HRA helps over three million New Yorkers through the administration of more than 12 major public assistance programs.

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Agency Fiscal Year 2016 Spending within Local Law 174*

  African American Asian American Hispanic American Women Non M/WBE
  $ % $ % $ % $ % $
Construction $0 0.00% $0 0.00% $76,801 219.24% $0 0.00% $798,971
Professional Services $1,146,979 16.83% $8,000,309 No Goal $92,454 2.04% $7,704,587 79.82% $39,836,249
Standard Services $374,729 5.31% $619,472 35.11% $40,957 1.16% $999,692 17.00% $56,781,739
Goods < $100K $77,751 27.06% $394,928 120.27% $232,034 113.06% $757,488 73.82% $2,642,564
Total LL174 Spending $1,599,459 $9,014,709 $442,245 $9,461,766 $100,059,523
Weighted Grade F C F C N/A

$ = the dollar amount spent in the Local Law 174 eligible category. % = the percentage of the Local Law 174 target that was achieved.

* Letter grades are calculated using a weighted average of agency spending across population groups and sectors. All dollars and percents are based on Local Law 174 and exclude categories described in Appendix D: Methodology. For a complete worksheet detailing how this agency grade was calculated, see Appendix B: Worksheets.

M/WBE Letter Grade Worksheet

Reference: Local Law 174 Target Spending Percent

Category C PS SS G
African American (AFA) 8% 12% 12% 7%
Asian American (AA) 8% No Goal 3% 8%
Hispanic American (HA) 4% 8% 6% 5%
Women (W) 18% 17% 10% 25%
C: Construction  PS: Professional Services. SS: Standard Services G: Goods

Reference: Grade Scale

Weighted % Score Avg. Score Grade
> 80 5 > 4.25 A
> 60 4 > 3.25 B
> 40 3 > 2.25 C
> 20 2 > 1.25 D
< 20 1 < 1.25 F

Step 1: Total Eligible Spending Per Industry

Total Eligible Spending C PS SS G
$120,577,703 $875,772 $56,780,578 $58,816,589 $4,104,765

Step 2: Weighted Matrix (Industry Spending/Total Eligible Spending)

Category C PS SS G
AFA, HA, W 0.73% 47.09% 48.78% 3.40%
AA No Goal

Step 3: Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending

Category C PS SS G
African American $0 $1,146,979 $374,729 $77,751
Asian American $0 $8,000,309 $619,472 $394,928
Hispanic American $76,801 $92,454 $40,957 $232,034
Women $0 $7,704,587 $999,692 $757,488

Step 4: Actual Spending Percentage (Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending/Industry Spending)

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.00% 2.02% 0.64% 1.89%
Asian American 0.00% 14.09% 1.05% 9.62%
Hispanic American 8.77% 0.16% 0.07% 5.65%
Women 0.00% 13.57% 1.70% 18.45%

Step 5: LL174 M/WBE Spending as Percentage of Target Achieved (Actual Spending Percentage/LL174 Target)

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.00% 16.83% 5.31% 27.06%
Asian American 0.00% No Goal 35.11% 120.27%
Hispanic American 219.24% 2.04% 1.16% 113.06%
Women 0.00% 79.82% 17.00% 73.82%

Step 6: Final Score

Category C PS SS G
African American 11.44% F 1 2
Asian American 40.10% C 3
Hispanic American 6.97% F 1
Women 48.39% C 3

Subcontract Data

Human Resources Administration, FY 2016

Total Reported Spending LL174 Eligible Spending Non Eligible Spending
$0 $0 $0
LL174 Sub Spending Construction Goods Professional Services Standard Services M/WBE Total
African American $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Asian American $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Hispanic American $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Women $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Industry Total $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
$242 billion
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