Q: What forms can the two systems CalSAWS and CWS-CARES share?
A: CalSAWS and CWS-CARES can share documents. From CWS-CARES, an Eligibility Resource can upload any document to the Eligibility Record, so long as they're following county business practices, and it will be shared with CalSAWS. Forms that can be shared between CalSAWS and CWS-CARES includes all the regular forms related to Foster Care, ARC, Kin-GAP, AAP and foster care-related Medi-Cal. It also includes forms like birth certificates, affidavits, etc, as well as county forms.
Additionally, there are documents from CWS-CARES and the Focus Child's person record that are automatically pulled from the Eligibility Record such as birth certificates, court orders, regional center rate letters, placement agreements, etc. From CalSAWS, case-level documents are shared to CWS-CARES. If documents such as these mentioned are uploaded to the Eligibility Record in CWS-CARES or to the Case in CalSAWS, they will be shared in that way with the other system.
Additionally, there are documents from CWS-CARES and the Focus Child's person record that are automatically pulled from the Eligibility Record such as birth certificates, court orders, regional center rate letters, placement agreements, etc. From CalSAWS, case-level documents are shared to CWS-CARES. If documents such as these mentioned are uploaded to the Eligibility Record in CWS-CARES or to the Case in CalSAWS, they will be shared in that way with the other system.