Acronyms
Children and Youth:
AFCARS: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
AP: Alleged Perpetrator
APPLA: Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement
ASFA: Adoption Safe Families Act
CA/N: Child Abuse and Neglect
CANS: Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment
CART: County Abuse Response Team
CCR: Clinical Case Review
CPP: Child Permanency Plan
CPS: Child Protective Services
CPSL: Child Protective Services Law
CTW: Contrary to The Welfare
CWEL: Child Welfare Education Leadership
CYS: Children and Youth Services
FGDM: Family Group Decision Making
FMLA: Family Medical Leave Act
FPLS: Federal Parent Locator Service
FSP: Family Service Plan
GPS: General Protective Services
I&R: Information and Referral
IC: Identified Child
ICAMS: Integrated Case and Accounting Management System
ICPC: Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
IVTPR: Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights
MDT: Multi Disciplinary Team
MEPA: Multi Ethnic Placement Act
OCYF: Office of Children, Youth and Families
PACES: Pennsylvania Automated Child Enforcement System
PAE: Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange
PCYA: Pennsylvania Children and Youth Association
PSSU: Pennsylvania Social Services Union
RS: Report Source
SACWIS: Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System
SPLC: Subsidized Permanent Legal Custody
SWAN: State Wide Adoption Network
TPR: Termination of Parental Rights
Verbal: Verbal Court Order
Voluntary: Voluntary Placement Agreement
Service Providers:
ACCG: Associates in Counseling and Child Guidance
AFDC: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
CAO: County Assistance Office
CART: Community Abuse Response Team
CBH: Children's Behavioral Health (used to be FCCS)
CCFS: Comprehensive Children and Family Services
CFC or CTFC Child to Family Connections
CFS: Center for Family Services
CCIS: Child Care Information Services
CIS: Central Index System
D&A: Drug and Alcohol Program
DFS: Diversified Family Services
Dom. Rel.: Domestic Relations
DPW: Department of Public Welfare
EPSDT: Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment
FBMH: Family Based Mental Health
HHYS: Hermitage House Youth Shelter
IL: Independent Living
ISP: Individualized Service Plan
ITNA: Individual Training Needs Assessment
MA: Medical Assistance
NWTC: North Western Training Center
OEO: Office of Equal Opportunity
OTRM: Orientation, Training and Resource Manual
PA: Public Assistance
RACSP: Reunification and Community Supports Program
TANF: Temporary Aid for Needy Families
TRAC: Three Rivers Adoption Center
WIC: Women, Infants, Children
YAP: Youth Advocacy Program
Education:
BSE: Bureau of Special Education
CER: Continuing Education Record
ECLC: Early Childhood Learning Center
EI: Early Intervention Program
ES: Emotional Support
GED: Graduate Equivalency Diploma
IEP: Individualized Education Plan
IST: Instructional Support Teacher
IU: Intermediate Unit
LS: Learning Support
SAP: Student Assistance Program
Mental Health/Intellectual Disabilities:
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADOS: Adolescent Diagnostic Observation Scale
ADS: Adult Day Services
AE: Administrative Entity
ARC: Association for Retarded Citizens
AS: Asperger's Syndrome
ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder
AT: Assistive Technology
ATF: Adult Training Facility
AWC FMS: Agency with Choice Financial Management Service
BAS: Bureau of Autism Services
BCM: Blended Case Manager
BHA: Bureau of Hearings and Appeals
BIP: Behavior Intervention Plan
BSC: Behavior Specialist Consultant
BSU: Base Service Unit
CAO: County Assistance Office
CASSP: Child and Adolescent Service System Program
CHAPS: Crawford county mental Health Awareness Programs
CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CW: Consolidated Waiver
DCP: Direct Care Professional
DD: Developmental Disability or Dual Diagnosis
DPW: Department of Public Welfare
DSM IV: Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders
EDL: Everyday Lives
EI: Early Intervention
EPSDT: Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
FBA: Functional Behavioral Assessment
FBH: Family Behavioral Health
FBMH: Family Based Mental Health
FC: Facilitated Communication
FCM: Family Case Manager
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FLP: Family Living Provider
FSS: Family Support Services
HCBS: Home and Community Based Services
HCQU: Health Care Quality Unit
HCSIS: Home and Community Services Information System
HIPPA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
ICF: Intermediate Care Facility
ID Intellectual Disabilities
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP: Individual Education Plan
IFSP: Individualized Family Support Plan
IM4Q: Independent Monitoring for Quality
ISP: Individual Support Plan
ITU: Intensive Treatment Unit
JCAHO: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
LD: Learning Disabled
LICC: Local Interagency Coordinating Council
LOC: Level of Care
LRE: Least Restrictive Environment
LTCC: Local Transition Coordinating Council
MA: Medical Assistance
MAWD: Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities
MDT: Multidisciplinary Team Meeting
MH: Mental Health
MST: Multi-Systemic Therapy
MT: Mobile Therapist
NOS: Not Otherwise Specified
OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCDEL: Office of Child Development and Early Learning
ODD: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ODP: Office of Developmental Programs
OLTL: Office of Long Term Living
OMHSAS: Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
OPE: Outpatient Evaluation
OPT: Outpatient Therapy
OT: Occupational Therapy
OVR: Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
PCH: Personal Care Home
PCP: Primary Care Physician
PDD: Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDR: Physician's Desk Reference
PELICAN: Pa's Enterprise for Linking Infants and Children Across Networks
P/FDS: Person/Family Directed Support Waiver
PT: Physical Therapy
PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PUNS: Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services
R/O: Rule out
RTF: Residential Treatment Facility
SC: Supports Coordinator/Service Coordinator
SIS: Supports Intensity Scale
SSA: Social Security Administration
SSDI: Social Security Disability Income
SSI: Social Security Income
STAP: Summer Therapeutic Activities Program
TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury
TFC: Therapeutic Foster Care
TF-CBT: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
TSM: Targeted Service Management
TSS: Therapeutic Support Staff
UCIP: United Community Independence Programs
VBH: Value Behavioral Health
Criminal and Court Systems:
PSP: Pennsylvania State Police
PSPCR: Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Record
CHRI: Criminal History Record Information
JCJC: Juvenile Court Judges Commission
JPO: Juvenile Probation Officer
GAL: Guardian Ad Litem
CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocate
DA: District Attorney
ADA: Assistant District Attorney
PD: Public Defender
NCIC: National Crime Information Center
DJ: District Justice
CLEAN: Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network
SCI: State Correctional Institution
YDC: Youth Development Center
YFC: Youth Forestry Camp
JJS: Juvenile Justice System
EM or E/M: Electronic Monitoring
