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All Pilot County RFA Implementation Coordinators and SPOCs: The CWS-CARES team has scheduled maintenance activity for the CWS-CARES production environment for Saturday, January 25, 2025, beginning at 9:00 PM and concluding on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM. During the maintenance window, the CWS-CARES Resource Family Approval (RFA) Applica...

All SPOCs and Training Contacts: The Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS) Office is requesting county staff to participate in the Release 9.6 County Test Workshop (CTW). Registered testers will participate in the testing of Release 9.6 Data Quality SCRs, which is scheduled for delivery to the Counties on May 17, 2025. The CTW for Release 9....

Batch Merge and Data Cleanses are scheduled on a Weekly, Bi-Monthly, Semi-Annual, and Manually Directed basis. For information regarding the Batch Merge & Data Cleanse Schedule, Cleansing Instructions, Issues List, FAQs, and other information, please visit the https://cwds.ca.gov/DQP For additional information regarding the Batch Merge...

December 2024 Workstation Patches All Co-Existent County SPOCs and Technical Contacts: As requested, here is the list of patches that IBM tested and applied to the Dedicated County Workstations for November 2024: MS Windows 10 22H2 Patches MS24-DEC: Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 - Windows 10 Version 22H2 - KB5048652 (x64) C...

All SPOCs and Technical Contacts: December 24, 2024 UPDATE:  The issue with the IBM Help Desk Phone System is still being investigated, and it is expected to take a few days to resolve. As a temporary solution, please use the alternate phone number provided below to reach the IBM Help Desk. Alternate Phone Number:  1-855-479-3365   Pleas...

The role of the CWS-CARES Implementation Coordinator (IC) is very important to the successful implementation of CWS-CARES. An IC serves as the primary point of contact between their county, tribe, or organization and the project Implementation Team. The IC works closely with a designated CWS-CARES Implementation Lead (IL) to conduct, manage, ...

The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is a federal law enacted in 1978 to protect the best interests of Native American children and promote the stability and security of Native American tribes and families. The ICWA establishes minimum Federal standards for the removal of Indian children, delineates the roles of State and Tribal governments in ch...

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is the project sponsor and participates in various areas of the CARES project.  Subject matter experts from Accounting, Fiscal, Legal and Program provide input and policy guidance on development activities.  ​ ​The Child Welfare System Branch (CWSB) is responsible for representing the CDSS a...

Current State - Context In the current CWS/CMS system, addresses are not validated when they are entered. This can cause problems if there are errors, or if the address does not exist.  New CWS-CARES Feature  ​In CARES V1, users will enter the address, search, and then select the correct one from a validated list. The goal of validating...

Data conversion is the technical process of moving data from one format to another so that it becomes compatible with CARES V1. This ensures that historical data from legacy systems, including CWS/CMS, CARES-Live, which includes CANS data, and other selected systems will be available to use in CARES V1. Data conversion follows an incremental dev...