California has four different computer eligibility systems and each one works differently enough to impact the application process and to affect how Counties and their partners can work together. Descriptions of the different computer systems in California follow:

I. Interim Statewide Automated Welfare System (ISAWS) http://www.acf.hhs.gov/nhsitrcapps/main_lvl5.jsp?pageID=showprofile&App=2717
ISAWS is currently in 35 (mostly rural) counties but to be phased out by C-IV. Built by the consulting firm Deloitte, the system is operated by Health and Human Services Agency Data Center.

II. Consortium IV (C-IV) http://www.acf.hhs.gov/nhsitrcapps/main_lvl5.jsp?pageID=showprofile&App=1527
C-4 is only in four counties currently but it will be integrated with ISAWS Counties (for a total of 39) by 2010. Built by and operated by the consulting firm Accenture.

III. Los Angeles Eligibility, Automated Determination, Evaluation, and Reporting (LEADER) system http://www.acf.hhs.gov/nhsitrcapps/main_lvl5.jsp?pageID=showprofile&App=709
Although this is only in LA County, it is the largest eligibility system in the country. It was developed by Unisys Corporation, a subcontractor of Deloitte.

IV. CalWORKS Information Network (CalWIN) http://www.acf.hhs.gov/nhsitrcapps/main_lvl5.jsp?pageID=showprofile&App=1528
Now fully deployed in 19 of the larger counties in the state, CalWIN was built and is now operated by EDS (company built by Ross Perot).

About Online Applications: Both San Francisco County and the C-IV Consortium are working on an online application. Their projects have been funded by the USDA and they will begin testing the new online tools in October of 2006. For more information about these projects, go to the USDA, FNS website at: http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/government/06-participation-grants.htm