CWDS Glossary
The CWDS Glossary includes a List of Acronyms and defined terms captured from various models, reports, and other artifacts pertaining to the Child Welfare System – California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES) Project. The Glossary standardizes terms used across the various project disciplines; each term is defined with its meaning specific to the project domain.
The State may update the CWDS Glossary at any time. Any questions please contact CWDS Communications.
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Special Care Increment
A system that allows a county to pay a higher than basic foster care rate for children that require additional care because of special needs, such as health and/or behavior problems.
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
A child welfare service to help foreign children who have been abused, abandoned, or neglected to establish legal residency status to live and work in the United States.
Special Project Report (SPR)
The SPR provides a basis for understanding and agreement among project management, program management, and executive management, as well as state-level control agencies. The SPR provides a summary of the results of the original feasibility study, and the justification for any changes.
Sprint
A regular, repeatable time-boxed work cycle during which work is completed and made ready for review.
Sprint Zero Artifacts
The documents that will be delivered by a Sprint team during the Sprint Zero Phase.
Sprint Zero Phase
The period of time prior to a Sprint team commencing delivery Sprints (e.g., Discovery).
SSANAME3
A software development kit (SDK) developed by Identity Systems that enables organizations to build business application programs to search, match, rank, and analyze records about people, companies, products, addresses and various other identity data. It can be executed on most any platform and operates on data stored in any database. It supports the CWS/CMS search functionality (e.g., phonetic search).
State Administrative Manual (SAM)
A reference resource for statewide policies, procedures, requirements, and information developed and issued by authoring agencies which include the Governor's Office, Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Human Resources (CalHR), Department of General Services (DGS), and the California Department of Technology (CDT).
State Approved Downtime
The amount of downtime approved by the State*.
State Business Day(s)
All weekdays on which the State is open to the public to conduct business.