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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 060-2024, authorizing the addition of a 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent Senior Information Technology Department Coordinator Personnel Allocation in HHSA, Child Welfare Services.
FUNDING: 100% State General Fund expected to continue through new software system implementation level; after implementation is complete, funding is allocated to children's programs funded with State General Fund, Federal Title IV-E, Title XIX, 2011 Realignment and 1991 Realignment.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Under the California Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) and the Child Welfare Services Manual of Policies and Procedures, there are regulations that require entry of child welfare related data into a statewide case management system. In 1989, Senate Bill 370 (Chapter 1294, Statutes of 1989) authorized the development and implementation of a statewide computer system to automate the case management, services planning, and information gathering functions of child welfare services, called the CWS/Case Management System (CWS/CMS). HHSA CWS has since utilized this CWS/CMS system, which is a personal computer (PC) based Windows application that links all 58 counties and the State to a common database.
During recent years, the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) began developing an upgraded system, designed to replace the Legacy CWS/CMS, called the California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES). The new CWS-CARES system is an automated, online client management database that tracks each child welfare case from initial contact through termination of services. CWS-CARES will enable social workers to record client information, delivered services, and client placement information. The CWS-CARES project aims to enhance the capacity of child welfare workers in safeguarding the safety, welfare, and long-term stability of children vulnerable to abuse...
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