South Central Los Angeles Regional Center
Vendor Audits & Reviews

The South Central Los Angeles Regional Center (SCLARC) serves South Central and Southwest Los Angeles County, coordinating services for one of the most historically underserved consumer populations in the state. Vendors receiving $500,000 or more in SCLARC funding across the State fiscal year must obtain an independent CPA review or audit under WIC §4652.5 — and as SCLARC's provider base grows, more vendors are meeting that threshold for the first time.

Do you need a review or an audit?

It depends on how much South Central Los Angeles Regional Center funding you receive — not your total revenue from all sources — measured across the State fiscal year (July 1 – June 30):

If you are vendored with more than one regional center, your funding is aggregated across all of them to determine your level. See the full review-vs-audit comparison for what each engagement involves.

Vendors we work with in Los Angeles and beyond

SCLARC's vendor community is heavily mission-driven: community-based nonprofits running day programs, residential providers, independent living and employment services, and newer agencies that have grown quickly as the center has worked to expand service access in its catchment. That growth pattern shapes the §4652.5 work. Vendors who scaled fast often have funding from multiple public sources — regional center contracts alongside government grants — and the first task is separating those streams, because only regional center funding counts toward the review and audit thresholds. The second is documentation: organizations that grew from small community roots often need their cost-allocation and payroll records tightened up before the 85/15 program-spending result can be presented cleanly.

Your deadline

Your independent report is due within nine months of your fiscal year-end, and the report plus any management letter must reach South Central Los Angeles Regional Center within 30 days of when your CPA issues it. There are no extensions under the statute. Calendar-year vendors (fiscal year-end December 31) have a September 30 deadline the following year — use our deadline calculator to map yours.

Where you submit: South Central Los Angeles Regional Center

Frequently asked questions

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This page is general information about California Regional Center vendor audit requirements and is not legal or accounting advice for your specific situation. Contact center details are provided for vendor convenience and are subject to change; verify directly with the center.