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CWS/CMS in Read-Only during Daylight Savings Time Change
All CWS and Probation SPOCs and Technical Contacts:
The CWS/CMS application will be in read-only mode for one hour during the time change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time on Sunday, November 2, 2025. To prevent duplicate time stamps, users will not be able to write to the database starting at 1:00 AM, after the clocks have been mov...
CWS-CARES Scheduled Maintenance - Oct 30, 2025 | 5PM - 8PM
All Pilot County RFA Implementation Coordinators and SPOCs:
The CWS-CARES team has scheduled maintenance activity for the CWS-CARES production environment for Thursday, October 30, 2025, 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, a...
CWS-CARES Weekly Digest - October 27, 2025
CARES SPOCs, Implementation Coordinators, OCM Coordinators, County Leadership, Tribe Leadership, Probation Leadership, and State Leadership:
Data Dictionary V0.06 – Now Available
CWS-CARES Data Dictionary V0.06 is now available on the Microsoft Teams Channel: CARES Data Dictionary under Files.
The Intro tab of the CWS-CARES Data Dic...
CWS-CARES Scheduled Maintenance - October 31, 2025 | 6AM - 8AM
All Pilot County RFA Implementation Coordinators and SPOCs:
The CWS-CARES team has scheduled maintenance activity for the CWS-CARES production environment for Friday, October 31, 2025, beginning at 6:00 AM and concluding at 8:00 AM. During the maintenance window, the CWS-CARES Resource Family Approval (RFA) Application Submission, Review, and...
CARES-Live Scheduled Maintenance - October 23, 2025 | 6PM - 8PM
All SPOCs and Technical Contacts:
The CARES-Live team has scheduled maintenance for the CARES-Live application. The maintenance is scheduled for Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. During this scheduled maintenance the CARES-Live team will focus on application maintenance changes that are not visible to CARES-Live users.
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CWS/CMS: CDT Service Desk Bulletin – Standard Monthly OS Security Patches to SBCS Infrastructure Servers - Oct. 25, 2025 | 6AM - 10AM
All SPOCs, Technical Contacts, and SBC Administrators:
The California Department of Technology (CDT) has scheduled maintenance on Saturday, October 25, 2025, 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 anticipate...
CWS-CARES Scheduled Maintenance - Oct 24, 2025 | 6AM - 8AM
All Pilot County RFA Implementation Coordinators and SPOCs:
The CWS-CARES team has scheduled maintenance activity for the CWS-CARES production environment for Friday, October 24, 2025, beginning at 6:00 AM and concluding at 8:00 AM. During the maintenance window, the CWS-CARES Resource Family Approval (RFA) Application Submission, Review, and...
CWS-CARES Weekly Digest - October 20, 2025
CARES SPOCs, Implementation Coordinators, OCM Coordinators, County Leadership, Tribe Leadership, Probation Leadership, and State Leadership:
The October Stakeholder Briefing is on Wednesday, October 22, 2025
We are excited to host the CWS-CARES Stakeholder Briefing #4 this week, on October 22, 2025, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon! This live ...
CWS-CARES APDU Update and Pause on Specific Implementation Activities: Decisions and Next Steps
Child Welfare Leadership, CWS-CARES Points of Contact: SPOCs, Implementation Coordinators, OCM Coordinators, Probation Points of Contact, Tribe Points of Contact:
This communication is a critical update on the status of the CWS-CARES Project’s Advance Planning Document Update (APDU), specific implementation activities, and the impact of the r...
CWS/CMS: CDT Service Desk Bulletin - SAFE Cloud Service Scheduled Maintenance | Oct. 25, 8PM - Oct.26, 2AM
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, October 25, 2025, at 8:00 PM and concludes on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 2:00 AM. The activity will cause interruptions in the SAFE Cloud service. Some Busines...