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General Information
Application Name Alabama Child Welfare Information System 
Application Acronym ACWIS 
State ALABAMA 
ACF Region Region IV 
Federal Program Child Welfare Program 
Profile Last Updated 8/3/2004 15:21:42 

State Information
Administration State Supervised, County Administered 
Additional State Programs   
Responsible Program Agency Family Services Partnership: AL. Dept. Of Human Resources 
Responsible System Agency Center for Information Services: AL. Dept. Of Human Resources 
Other Contributing Agencies   

Application Information
Maintained By State Maintained 
Development Source Custom 
If Transfered, from which State   
Application Status Operational 
Planned/Actual Date Fully Operational   
Functional Description The Child Welfare program emphasizes basic measures to ensure life/safety of children, payments to foster parents, adoptive parents, day care providers, and other service providers. Intake and eligibility determinations are performed manually. There are applications and licensing functions for group and family homes, day care facilities, and for foster and adoptive families. 
Interfaces External Interfaces DOJ (Probation, Family, Juvenile) Medicaid SSA Local Benefits Issuance Dept. of Corrections Law Enforcement Financial Institutions Vendor systems (process, coll/disb front-end systems, finger imaging) Purchasing State Treasury 
No. of System Users   
No. of Clients Served   
Certifications/Assessments   
Application Future Plans   
Other Relevant Information   

Contractor Usage
Planning   
Implementation   
Operations   
Monitoring   
Other   

Hardware and Software Environment
Type of Application Single Database 
Type of Platform   
Hardware Platform   
Operating System   
Languages Cobol; Easytrieve, DB2 
DBMS   

Programs and Services Information
Other Programs and Services Supported (Note: Check boxes below are images that are for information purposes and not real controls)
checked boxAdoption unchecked boxAdult Protective Services unchecked boxChild Care
unchecked boxChild Care Licensing checked boxChild Care Resource Referral unchecked boxChild Care Subsidy
unchecked boxChild Family Services unchecked boxChild Protective Services unchecked boxChild Support Enforcement
unchecked boxChild Welfare unchecked boxEmployment Services checked boxFamily Preservation Support
unchecked boxFood Stamp checked boxFoster Care checked boxIndependent Living
checked boxInterstate Compact unchecked boxJuvenile Justice unchecked boxLIHEAP
unchecked boxMedicaid checked boxProvider Services unchecked boxTANF
Additional Program or Services Information    

Contact Information
IT Contact
Name Cheryl Martin 
Address Folsom Administration Building
64 North Union St.
Montgomery    AL    36130-4000 
Telephone 334.353.1282  
Fax   
Email cmartin@dhr.state.al.us
Website   
Program Contact
Name Deborah Langham 
Address Gordon Persons Bldg.
50 Ripley St.
Montgomery    AL    36130-4000 
Telephone 334.242.9517  
Fax 334.353.1177  
Email dlangham@dhr.state.al.us
Website   

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