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All SPOCs and Technical Contacts: EFFECTIVE March 19, 2025, CWS-CARES RELEASE 0.16 PRODUCTION RELEASE IS PLANNED TO MOVE INTO PRODUCTION The CWS-CARES team has scheduled release activity that will interrupt connectivity to the CWS-CARES Resource Family Approval (RFA) Application Submission, Review, and Approval Process for pilot counties F...

External Systems Points of Contact, CARES SPOCs, County Leadership, CARES Implementation Coordinators, and OCM Coordinators: This email provides an update on the CWS-CARES Data Dictionary information previously communicated to External Systems Points of Contact and CARES SPOCs on February 11, 2025.  We are excited to share that the initial...

To: Core Constituent Points of Contact The feedback you have provided in our quarterly Core Constituent Surveys is driving meaningful improvement in how we communicate, collaborate, and enhance the CWS-CARES experience. We are sharing a summary of the completed and in progress actions we have taken from your feedback.     Changes Made Based o...

All Pilot County RFA Implementation Coordinators and SPOCs: The CWS-CARES team has scheduled maintenance activity for the CWS-CARES production environment for Monday, March 3, 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 Appr...

All Pilot County RFA Implementation Coordinators and SPOCs: The CWS-CARES team has scheduled maintenance activity for the CWS-CARES production environment for Thursday, February 27, 2025, beginning at 5:00 PM and concluding at 6:00 PM. During the maintenance window, the CWS-CARES Resource Family Approval (RFA) Application Submission, Review, an...

All CWS-CARES SPOCs and Technical Contacts: As we continue to prepare for CWS-CARES v1, the CWDS project would like to remind and encourage you to fill in any missing fields on the County Contact Page of the Child Welfare Digital Services website. This includes making sure to complete the Information Security Officer, Privacy Officer, Probation...

All SPOCs and Technical Contacts: February 24, 2025 UPDATE: Due to a schedule conflict with another maintenance window, this CARES-Live maintenance has been rescheduled to Thursday, February 27, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Users will still not be able to access the CARES-Live application during the re-scheduled outage. __________________...

Registered EUST 2 Participants: Thank you for your participation in the recently distributed Brief Survey for EUST 2 Planning. As we continue to prepare for the upcoming EUST 2 period, CWDS Project Leadership wishes to ensure that all testers have the best possible experience while participating in EUST 2. Part of ensuring a successful testing ...

All SPOCs: We are pleased to announce a new resource available on the CWDS public website called the CWS-CARES Public Library. This new resource is designed to provide you with quick and easy access to articles about CWS‑CARES Product Features, Service Areas, Milestones, Teams & Roles, Data & Interfaces, and other important topics.  ...

All SPOCs and Technical Contacts: The CARES-Live team has scheduled maintenance for the CARES-Live application. The maintenance is scheduled for Thursday, February 27, 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. NO...