CWS-CARES Implementation Portal

Registration is required to access most implementation files. You may register at the CWDS website using your County or State work email address. If you have trouble with the registration, please email cwdsimplementation@otsi.ca.gov.

The CWS-CARES Implementation Team focuses on the interrelationships of people, processes, and technology in delivering system implementation services. Our Implementation approach is focused on providing *129 Organizations with a well-planned and attainable transition to CWS-CARES by designing and managing the right implementation approach for all system users. The approach considers the complex ecosystem of stakeholders and their differing needs, including different types of organizations and variations in user types within each organization. The Implementation Team accounts for this complexity with careful planning, coordination and collaboration in three key areas: Implementation Readiness, Organizational Change Management (OCM), and Training.

*The 129 Organizations includes:

• 58 Child Welfare Counties
• 58 Juvenile Probation Departments
• 2 Tribes with California Title-IV-E Agreements:
  • Karuk
  • Yurok
• CDSS:
  • Community Care Licensing Division
  • Research, Automation, Data Division
  • Office of Equity
  • Finance & Accounting Division
  • 6 branches within the Children & Family Services Divsion:
    • Safety, Prevention and Early Intervention Branch
    • Adoption Services Branch
    • Children's Services Quality Management Branch
    • System of Care Branch
    • Family Permanency & Support Services Branch
    • Child Welfare System Branch
• External Stakeholders (including Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Providers and Resource Family stakeholders)

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