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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No Longer Interested (NLI)
A notice that discontinues CDSS’ notification from DOJ of any individual’s subsequent arrests or convictions.
Non-Minor Dependent (NMD)
Foster youth that remain in foster care beyond the age of 18.
Non-Minor Dependents (NMD)
Youth who decide to remain in foster care after their 18th birthday, or who have signed a SOC 163 Voluntarily Re-Entry Agreement up to age 21 are referred to as Non-Minor Dependents (NMDs). Pursuant to the Welfare and Institutions Code (W&IC) a NMD is defined as a youth that meets the following criteria:
- Has reached 18 years of age while under an order of foster care placement by the juvenile court.
- Is in foster care under the placement and care responsibility of child welfare, probation, an Indian tribe, consortium of Indian tribes, or tribal organization.
- Has a Transitional Independent Case Plan (TILCP)
Non-persistent
A message that, if not saved to a Persistent store, is not available for transaction recovery in the event of a transaction failure (e.g., web transaction).
Non-Relative Extended Family Member (NREFM)
A “relative” is an individual related to a child by blood, marriage, or affinity. A “non-relative extended family member” (NREFM) is any adult caregiver that has an established familial relationship with a relative of a child or familial mentoring relationship with the child.
Notifications
A notification provided to all parties to the court action (e.g., clients, attorneys, and others entitled to receive notice). The notice must, at the minimum, advise the party of the hearing date, time, and location.
N-tiered
In software engineering, multi-tier architecture (often referred to as n-tier architecture) is a client–server architecture in which presentation, application processing, and data management functions are physically separated.
OASIS (OASIS)
A reference model for service-oriented architecture produced by OASIS, an IT industry standards body.
Object ID
An Object ID is a unique identifier assigned to a user, group, application, or other object within an identity directory (such as Azure Active Directory). It is used by systems to reliably reference and manage that specific object.
Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH)
The OAH conducts administrative hearings representing the department of CCL to determine where discipline of licensees regulated by the department is warranted.