CWDS Glossary
The CWDS Glossary includes a List of Acronyms and defined terms captured from various models, reports, and other artifacts pertaining to the Child Welfare System – California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES) Project. The Glossary standardizes terms used across the various project disciplines; each term is defined with its meaning specific to the project domain.
The State may update the CWDS Glossary at any time. Any questions please contact CWDS Communications.
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Extensible Markup Language (XML)
A flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data on the web.
External Systems
A software Application or data repository that is utilized by the counties or State* to provide functionality not available in Legacy Systems to support child welfare and licensing business practices. Can be a public or private system not necessarily owned by a county or the State*.
Facility
Any community care facility operating under a valid, unexpired license.
Facility Management System (FMS)
The Facility Management System (FMS) is intended to be the case management system for all of Community Care Licensing and replace the current LIS and FAS systems.
Facility Search (FS)
Search Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS), Licensing Information System (LIS) and Field Automation System (FAS) data for Facilities, Children associated to facilities and Facility Complaint History.
Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)
Signed into law as part of Public Law (P.L.) 115–123 and has several provisions to enhance support services for families to help children remain at home, reduce the unnecessary use of congregate care, and build the capacity of communities to support children and families. The law enables states and territories to use funds for prevention services, such as:
Evidence-based mental health programs
Substance abuse prevention and treatment
In-home parent skill-based programs
Kinship navigator programs
Evidence-based mental health programs
Substance abuse prevention and treatment
In-home parent skill-based programs
Kinship navigator programs
Family Maintenance
A service component of the CWS Program. Family maintenance services are activities designed to provide in- home protective services to prevent or remedy neglect, abuse, or exploitation, for the purposes of preventing separation of children from their families (Welfare and Institutions Code Section 16501(g)).
Family of Origin
A group of people related by blood or marriage or a strong common bond. This includes a blended family unit composed of a married couple and their offspring including some from previous marriages.
Family Reunification
A Service component of the CWS Program. Family reunification services are activities designed to provide time-limited foster care services to address community risk factors and/or prevent or remedy neglect, abuse, or exploitation, when the child cannot safely remain at home, and needs temporary foster care, while services are provided to reunite the family (Welfare and Institutions Code Section 16501(i)).
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
A standard describing data formats and elements and an application programming interface for exchanging electronic health records.
Built from a set of modular components called "Resources". These resources can easily be assembled into working systems that solve real world clinical and administrative problems at a fraction of the price of existing alternatives.
Healthcare records are increasingly becoming digitized. As patients move around the healthcare ecosystem, their electronic health records must be available, discoverable, and understandable. Further, to support automated clinical decision support and other machine-based processing, the data must also be structured and standardized.
Built from a set of modular components called "Resources". These resources can easily be assembled into working systems that solve real world clinical and administrative problems at a fraction of the price of existing alternatives.
Healthcare records are increasingly becoming digitized. As patients move around the healthcare ecosystem, their electronic health records must be available, discoverable, and understandable. Further, to support automated clinical decision support and other machine-based processing, the data must also be structured and standardized.