OLA Performance Audit — DHS Licensing Division: Support to Counties (2024)

Source: Office of the Legislative Auditor, Minnesota · Document date: 2024-12-01 · Type: Audit Report

OLA Program Evaluation Division audit of the DHS Licensing Division's relationship with county licensing partners. Identifies a 1,000:1 provider-to-licensor ratio (21 staff for 21,000+ providers) and documents structural backlogs in licensing investigations.

Significance: Source of the 1,000:1 ratio statistic cited across the licensing-barriers, audit-coverage-gap, mco-data-gap-termination, and licensing-reform-policy investigations. Establishes the workforce-capacity baseline against which expansion-vs-oversight failures are measured.

Tags: OLA, audit, DHS licensing, 1000:1 ratio, counties, staffing