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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Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC)
A licensed foster care facility or certified home of a foster family agency that is licensed to provide Residential Behavioral Management services. TFCs serve children and youths who have special psychological, social, behavioral, and emotional needs which require more intensive or therapeutic services than are found in traditional foster care.
Timebox
In time-box concept, the time is fixed and non-negotiable; but scope can be negotiated.
Title IV-A (IV-A)
Title IV Part A of the Social Security Act (Aid to Families with Dependent Children).
Title IV-D (IV-D)
Title IV Part D of the Social Security Act (Child Support Enforcement).
Title IV-E (IV-E)
Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Program.
Title IV-E Audits (IV-E)
Each Title IV-E agency must submit yearly estimates of program expenditures as well as quarterly reports of estimated and actual program costs in support of the funds awarded by the federal government. The IV-E audit ensures that federal funds received by the Title IV-E agency are used for allowable purposes. The federal government recovers funds that were spent improperly.
Title XIX
Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Grants for States for Medical Assistance). Also known as Medicaid.
To-Be
The future state of a business process in an organization. Typically the analysis goal in putting together the future state process is to clarify how the business process will work, at some point in the future, once changes are made. Changes could be technology changes or business process changes. Compared to the As-Is state to conduct gap analysis.
Tradeoff Point
A property that affects more than one Attribute and is a sensitivity point for more than one Attribute (part of Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method used in Architecture evaluation).
Train-the-Trainer (TTT)
A learning technique that teaches students of a specific subject to become teachers themselves.