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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Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a client-centered counseling approach designed to help individuals resolve ambivalence and find the motivation to change their behavior. It is a collaborative and goal-oriented communication style that emphasizes empathy, active listening, and guiding individuals towards their own reasons for change. MI is particularly useful when individuals are experiencing mixed feelings or resistance towards change.

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Encompassing two-factor authentication, or 2FA, along with similar terms, is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence (or factors)

Multitenant

​In the context of software, a software architecture in which a single instance of software runs on a server and serves multiple tenants (i.e., a group of users who share a common access with specific privileges to a software instance).
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