Item 31 - Contract to Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC for American Rescue Plan Act

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Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC City of Santa Ana | RFQ 21- 093 Revised Proposal Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal or quotation. 26 analytics team has web development skills with a deep understanding of web user experience and data integration. After our analytics team develops the various reports and dashboards, we can provide technical assistance with the aesthetics, user experience, functionality, and embedding of reports and dashboards into the City’s website. In the event the City were to implement a comprehensive website with applicable communication strategy, Grant Thornton leverages Esri’s Hub site which is a platform that allows for low code/no code web development. Esri Hub sites are particularly useful for internal and external communication and engagement with stakeholders. Our approach to building comprehensive websites focuses on displaying the central theme (e.g., Grants Management) on the home page. We have experience building sub-pages that correspond to the City’s strategies or initiatives (e.g., Broadband, Sustainability, Economic Development) and embed dynamic, interactive, and engaging content such as dashboards as well as links to videos for educational webinars. As a recipient of a payment from the SLFRF with a population exceeding 250,000 residents, the City is required to comply with the SLFRF’s most frequent and detailed reporting requirements. The City is required to submit quarterly Project and Expenditure Reports and an annual Recovery Plan and Performance Report. Grant Thornton has the expertise and tools to assist the City in maintaining compliance with the SLFRF’s reporting requirements and elevate the quality of these reports to help the City use the reports to progress its communications goals. For example, we have assisted clients throughout the country complete and submit required reports to many federal funding agencies, including the completion of over 200 quarterly reports on behalf of the subrecipients of the state of Florida’s administration of over $200 million of federal pass-through grants from FEMA’s Public Assistance Program. Our team will optimize the City’s efforts to develop and communicate its progress toward its recovery goals by infusing our tools and methods to assist in critical areas for information gathering and synthesis, including community engagement, data analysis, and performance measurement. Community Engagement. One way of promoting transparency is through community engagement. The flow of information must be a two-way street. We can develop Esri Hub pages that allow public facing information via interactive dashboards that can provide user specific (e.g., demographic, geographic, socioeconomic) data to various initiatives such as Emergency Rental Assistance, Economic Development, Health and Safety, and Sustainability. Data Analysis. Grant Thornton can provide the City with expertise on how to effectively analyze and convey a story from an equity perspective with data. Our team of highly trained analysts not only have the technical skills for analysis (e.g., ETL, Business Intelligence, and Data Visualization), we also have the skills to translate technical terms into relatable messages that foster comprehension. Develop Insights. Additionally, our team of data scientists can take the analysis to the next level to develop insights from predictive and prescriptive models and algorithms to support data-driven decision making. An applicable use case can be applied to housing assistance by leveraging demographic, socio- economic, and geographic data and applying algorithms to determine who best would benefit from receiving funds, based on data and statistics. Performance Management. The key to success is monitoring progress. Grant Thornton has helped numerous State and Local agencies develop benchmarks and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) regarding their Performance Management initiatives. Performance Management is especially crucial with Equity. A main component regarding Equity and Performance Management consists of a composite equity index score derived from