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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Rap Back
The Next Generation Identification (NGI) Rap Back Service was developed in response to a need for notification of criminal activity that occurs after the initial fingerprint background check on persons in positions of trust.
Readiness Environment
An environment where specific Org implementation contacts can interact with CWS-CARES functionality to validate new business processes and readiness for the CWS-CARES release.
Ready to View (RtV) Date (RtV Date)
The date the development team has completed the development and testing of functionality and it has been deployed to the Sandbox.
Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
The maximum tolerable period in which data might be lost from an IT service due to a major incident
Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
The targeted duration of time and a service level within which a business process must be restored after a disaster to avoid unacceptable consequences associated with a break in business continuity
Referential Integrity
The relational database feature of utilizing valid values and relationships between tables to prevent users or applications from entering inconsistent data.
Referral to community agency
When the determination that a child abuse investigation is not warranted but other needs are identified, the referral may be sent to a community agency for follow-up.
Regional Office (RO)
CDSS offices located throughout the state that also have supervision over local offices and county jurisdictions assigned to their area. These offices regulates community care facilities within their region.
Regional Training Academies (RTA)
Provide training for the current CWS/CMS application as well as core social work practice for the county users. Each RTA covers a geographical area within California, and serve many counties. Each RTA has at least one trainer that provides training either onsite at the county or at the RTA training facility.
Registered Sex Offender
A person, male or female, who has been convicted of a crime involving a sexual act where the federal, state or local laws require them to be placed on the Sexual Offender Registry after they have served their criminal sentences or when they have been released on parole.