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Approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Automated Consortia Eligibility System (CalACES) in conjunction with the Welfare Client Data System (WCDS) consortia of counties for the procurement, implementation, maintenance, and operations surrounding development of the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Automated Consortia Eligibility System (CalACES) in conjunction with the Welfare Client Data System (WCDS) consortia of counties for the procurement, implementation, maintenance, and operations surrounding development of the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Food and Nutrition Services agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture directed the State of California to migrate to a single Statewide Automated Welfare System commonly referred to as SAWS or CalSAWS, by 2023. SAWS is the case management system for county eligibility staff providing CalWORKs, Welfare to Work, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, Foster Care, Refugee Assistance, County Medical Services Program, and General Assistance/General Relief. SAWS is made up of multiple systems which support eligibility determination, benefit calculation, benefit issuance, case management, and reporting.
In the early 1990s, several unsuccessful attempts were made to build a single system and instead, a strategy was developed whereby a limited number of systems, called consortia, would make up SAWS.
The three social services computer systems used by the 58 California counties are:
* LEADER (Los Angeles Eligibility, Automated Determination, Evaluation and Reporting), governed by Los Angeles - used by ...
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