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All SPOCs and Technical Contacts: May 20, 2026 UPDATE: IBM has developed and successfully tested a fix to resolve the issue introduced with Release R9.6.1. IBM will implement CWS/CMS R9.6.2 on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 6:00 PM. There is no outage associated with this release. IBM expects the R9.6.2 MSI file to be available in the afternoon o...

CARES SPOCs, Implementation Coordinators, OCM Coordinators, County Leadership, and State Leadership: We recognize that forms development has been a significant concern for counties, so we are excited to share a major update that will drastically reduce county time building forms and ease the pressure on county teams.   The CWS-CARES projec...

All Pilot County RFA Implementation Coordinators and SPOCs: The CWS-CARES team has scheduled maintenance activity for the CWS-CARES production environment for Tuesday, May 26, 2026, beginning at 5:00 PM and concluding at 8:00 PM. During the maintenance window, the CWS-CARES Resource Family Approval (RFA) Application Submission, Review, and Ap...

All SPOCs, Technical Contacts, and SBC Administrators: The California Department of Technology (CDT) has scheduled maintenance on Saturday, May 30, 2026, beginning at 6:00 AM and concluding at 10:00 AM. During the maintenance window, CDT will apply Standard Monthly OS Security Patches to SBCS Infrastructure Servers. There is no anticipated ou...

CARES SPOCs, Implementation Coordinators, OCM Coordinators, County Leadership, Tribe Leadership, Probation Leadership, and State Leadership: In this Weekly Digest: CWS-CARES and Data Exchange Fact Sheet is Now Available Update: CWS-CARES Implementation Timeline Final Reminder: Nine (9) Days Left to Register for CWS-CARES Stakeholder...

ALL SPOCs and TRAINING CONTACTS: May 15, 2026 update: This is a reminder that the deadline to register for the R9.8 County Test Workshop (CTW) is May 19, 2026. Additionally, we want to ensure all potential testers are aware of the database cutoff date in advance. The last day to enter data into CWS/CMS and have it included in CTW is May 12...

ALL SPOCs, Technical Contacts and CAD Contacts: The California Department of Technology (CDT) has scheduled maintenance of the SAFE Cloud service. The maintenance begins on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at 8:00 PM and concludes on Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 2:00 AM. The activity will cause interruptions in the SAFE Cloud service. Some Business Object...

CARES SPOCs, Implementation Coordinators, OCM Coordinators, County Leadership, Tribe Leadership, Probation Leadership, and State Leadership: We are sharing a high-level CWS-CARES Implementation Timeline from May 2026 to January 2027. This timeline includes the key activities for Implementation, Training, and Organizational Change Management (...

All SPOCs, Technical Contacts and CAD Contacts: The California Department of Technology (CDT) has scheduled monthly Microsoft security patching. The patching begins on Friday, June 12, 2026, at 6:00 PM and concludes on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at 1:00 AM. The activity may cause interruptions to the Business Objects (BO) servers within the pat...

CARES SPOCs, Implementation Coordinators, OCM Coordinators, County Leadership, Tribe Leadership, Probation Leadership, and State Leadership:   CWS-CARES Production Simulation Opens to First Group of Users  CalSAWS and CWS-CARES Staff to Collaborate in Production Simulation Updated Recommendation for Forms in CWS-CARES  Reminder: Reg...