Research Requests for the Department’s Participation

If you are from another County department, consulting firm, university or research organization requesting for DPSS to participate in a research project, please submit your requests with the following elements:

Cover letter:

• Identification of the principal research investigator;
• Institutional affiliation;
• Brief summary of project; and
• Explanation how DPSS will benefit from participating.

Proposal document needs to include the following:

• Objective of the research project;
• Funding source(s);
• Method (subject, study design procedures, and measures);
• Applied for Institutional Review Board Approval? (yes/no);
• Received Institutional Review Board Approval? (yes/no);
• Estimated demand on staff time and resources; and
• Expected project time line from start to finish, including milestones.

If you are a student, these are the limitations of your requests:

• You will not be given DPSS administrative data other than what is already available in published reports;
  
• You will not have access to our department’s customers;
  
• You will not be given access to personal identifiers for DPSS employees; and
• You may be given access to employees to participate in anonymous survey or interview.

Requests for Research

Submit your research requests by emailing your proposal to: ResearchInquiry@DPSS.lacounty.gov or in writing to: 

Division Chief
Research, Evaluation and Quality Assurance Division
Administrative Headquarters
12860 Crossroads Parkway South
City of Industry, CA 91746.