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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Katie A.
Provision to improve mental health and supportive services for children and youth in, or at imminent risk of placement in, foster care in California as a result of a class action suit on July 18, 2002, on violations of federal Medicaid laws, the American with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and California Government Code Section 11135.
The Katie A. subclass is defined as children meeting criteria including:
1. Be under age 21 and have “full-scope” Medi-Cal eligibility; and
2. Meet medical necessity criteria (as specified in California Code of Regulations Title 9, Section 1830.205 or Section 1830.210).
Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program (Kin-GAP)
The Kin-GAP Program, established by Senate Bill 1901 (Chapter 1055, Statutes of 1998), offers a subsidy to children who leave the juvenile court dependency system to live with a relative legal guardian. The subsidy is 100% of the basic foster care rate, based upon age, with no specialized care increment or clothing allowance.
Knowledge Management
The process of capturing current perspectives, ideas, experiences, and information to ensure that they are available when needed in the future to enable informed decisions and improve efficiency by reducing the need to rediscover knowledge.
Knowledge Transfer
A collaborative process of transferring information and experience from one individual to another by means of mentoring, training, documentation, and other collaboration. During the life of the project, knowledge transfer assists an organization to capture, retrieve, share, and utilize its collective knowledge through problem solving, dynamic learning, strategic planning, and decision making.