CWDS Glossary

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 NOTE: This term is no longer applicable.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).”

A messaging protocol that allows programs that run on disparate operating systems (such as Windows and Linux) to communicate using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and its Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Is designated by the county as the principal point of contact for the CWDS office to communicate with the county/probation directly. This staff person will be included in the majority, if not all, of the communications that are sent by the CWDS office for informational purposes. The SPOC is responsible for redistributing communications or sharing information with the appropriate individuals within the county that need to be aware of the information shared by the CWDS office. The SPOC also assists the CWDS office in facilitating surveys or inquiry responses that are sent by the CWDS office. Additionally, it is preferred that any inquiry by the county to the CWDS office should be initiated by, or include the SPOC.

Each Site will conduct many Site Readiness tasks and activities in preparation for Go-Live and will undergo several checkpoints along the way to assess Site Readiness progress. The Site will be the final arbitrator of determining Site Readiness.

The location(s) for the State* and Contractor* Equipment* and Software*, as agreed to by State*.

Cloud-based collaboration software that enables users to create public or private channels to direct message, chat and post documents both in group forums and one-on-one communications. Supports integration with development tools and transparency to team efforts (e.g., support requests, code check-ins, and error logs) as well as supporting search across all channels in one central archive.