CWDS Glossary

Governmental or private organizations that render services including benefits and facilities such as education, food subsidies, health care, job training and subsidized housing, adoption, community management, policy research, and lobbying.

A service wrap is a set of non-core services which are bundled with a core service to form a complete package of services that are sold. For example, if the service sold is an IT service (such as a cloud computing service), the service wrap included the governance of that service, such as service monitoring tools. (Non-Core Services are the activities that make the business run, even though they are not directly related to producing the service or product. Some examples of non-core items are human resources, data processing, supply-chain management, and logistics. In terms of IT, Service Now is an example that has a technology layer that directly benefits the organization, and the company also provides support or consultant services for the technology layer, as a Service Wrapped offering.)

In rare cases, a Superior Court will “set aside” (reverse) an adoption that has already been finalized. This will “reactivate” the original birth certificate, which was previously sealed and replaced as a result of the adoption.

​A person's emotional, romantic and sexual attraction to other people.

Status of any person that discloses their sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression during the screening process or while a child welfare investigation or case is open. SOGIE data collected includes sex at birth, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

The Shared Responsibility Plan helps develop the parent- child bond, assists the teen parent in her/his transition to independence, and creates a successful, supportive and nurturing placement for both the teen and the child. The infant supplement payment in a Whole Family Foster Home where the caregiver and the minor dependent parent have developed a Shared Responsibility Plan (SRP) in cooperation with the county social worker.

1. A dedicated unit (including people, processes and technologies) that is structured as a centralized point of service and is focused on defined business functions. These functions are supported by IT and IT services for multiple business units within the enterprise. 2. Domain concepts, interaction patterns or application services that intersect with one or more process areas.

The claim process system that allows California’s County Mental Health Plans (MHPs) to obtain reimbursement of funds for medically necessary specialty mental health services provided to Medi-Cal-eligible beneficiaries and also to Healthy Families subscribers diagnosed as Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED).

A residential facility operated by a public agency or private organization and licensed by the department pursuant to Section 1562.01 of the health and safety code that provides an integrated program of specialized and intensive care and supervision, services and supports, treatment, and short-term 24-hour care and supervision to children. The care and supervision provided by a short-term residential therapeutic program shall be nonmedical, except as otherwise permitted by law. Private short-term residential therapeutic programs shall be organized and operated on a nonprofit basis. 

A short-term placement for a child who cannot safely remain in the home of their parent or guardian. Such placements should be short-term in nature and have the goal of returning the child or youth to a home-based family care setting or other permanency option as quickly and safely as possible. NOTE: This term is no longer applicable. It is covered in the term “Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP).”