CWDS Glossary

An individual who was born female but whose gender identity is male.

A provider, certified by their applicable county, who provides transitional housing services to eligible former foster youth over 18 years of age who have exited from the foster care system on or after their 18th birthday.

A program that provides care and supervision for children and non-minor dependents at least 16 years of age participating in an independent living arrangement.

A permanency plan specifically for a child client 15 ½ years of age and older.

The successor of the now-deprecated Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide communications security over a computer network

Refers to both Tribal governmental agencies as well as various social service provider agencies working with Indians. Indian Tribes are quasi-sovereign nations operating a broad spectrum of governmental programs, with tribal operations often organized into programmatic areas designated as agencies, similar to state governments. Tribal Agencies for IV-E purposes are agencies operated by a federally recognized tribe or consortiums of federally recognized tribes. Tribes in California enjoy an opportunity to pursue a direct federal allocation or to contract with the state to operate tribal IV-E agencies to fund tribal court placements. Two such agreements are in place and others are in negotiations. In the social service context, Tribal Agencies include programs operated by a federally recognized tribe, a consortium (group) of recognized tribes, or other provider organizations providing social services to American Indian/Alaska Native communities.

A permanency option for Indian children who are dependents of the California State Court. As described in Welfare and Institutions Code 366.24, Tribal Customary Adoption allows an Indian child who is a dependent of the California State Court to be adopted through the customs, laws and traditions of the child’s tribe without the termination of the parental rights of the child’s parents.

Placements for Indian children approved by a federally recognized tribe in compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and applicable federal and state regulations.

Recognized - any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians recognized as eligible for the services provided to Indians by the Secretary of the Interior because of their status as Indians, including any Alaska Native village as defined in section 1602(c) of Title 43. The Secretary of Interior regularly publishes in the Federal Register a list of recognized tribes that are acknowledged to have the immunities and privileges available to federally recognized Indian tribes by virtue of their government-to-government relationship with the United States as well as the responsibilities, powers, limitations and obligations of such tribes. (25 Code of Federal Regulation, 83.5). References to tribal agencies, tribal services, and tribal programs refer to those operated by or upon designation of federally recognized tribes. Unrecognized - any Indian or Alaska Native group or aggregation indigenous to the continental United States that the Secretary of the Interior does not acknowledge to be an Indian tribe possessing a government-to-government relationship with the United States. The Secretary of the Interior provides a process for such groups to petition for recognition. (25 Code of Federal Regulations PART 83). Historic – Those people whose pre-Columbian ancestors were indigenous to the lands within the United States. These peoples were composed of numerous distinct tribes, bands, and ethnic groups, commonly referred to as historic or aboriginal tribes. Federally recognized tribes represent historic tribes, or groups traceable to such tribes, which survive intact today as sovereign nations.

A general-purpose modeling language in the field of software engineering, which is designed to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system.