| AAA | Area Agency on Aging |
| AAW | Adult Autism Waiver |
| ABA | Applied Behavioral Analysis |
| ABAS | Adaptive Behavior Assessment System |
| ABES | Adaptive Behavior Evaluation Scale |
| ACA | Affordable Care Act |
| ACAP | Adult Community Autism Program |
| ACO | Accountable Care Organization |
| ACOA | Adult Children of Alcoholics |
| ACT | Assertive Community Treatment |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADAMH | Alcohol Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration |
| ADAPT | Admission, Discharge, Assessment, Priority, Treatment |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADRC | Aging and Disability Resource Center |
| AE | Administrative Entity |
| ALO | Advanced Living Options |
| AOD | Alcohol and Other Drugs |
| APA | American Psychological Association |
| APA | American Psychiatric Association |
| APS | Adult Protective Services |
| ASAM | American Society of Addiction Medicine |
| ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| ASERT | Autism Services, Education, Resources and Training |
| ASM | Administrative Service Management |
| ASO | Administrative Services Organization |
| ATF | Adult Training Facility |
| AWC FMS | Agency with Choice Financial Management Service |
| BAS | Bureau of Autism Services |
| BB/BS | Big Brothers/Big Sisters |
| BCM | Blended Case Management |
| BFO | Bureau of Financial Operations |
| BHSI | Behavioral Health Services Iniatiative |
| BPAO | Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach |
| BPI | Bureau of Program Integrity |
| BS | Behavioral Support |
| BSC | Behavioral Services Coordinator |
| BSU | Base Service Unit |
| C & E | Consultation and Education |
| CAC | Certified Addictions Counselor |
| CAC | Child Advocacy Center |
| CAFP | Comprehensive Analysis of Functional Performance |
| CANS | Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths |
| CAO | County Assistance Office |
| CASSP | Child and Adolescent Service System Program |
| CCBHC | Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic |
| CCIS | Child Care Information Services |
| CCRI | Consolidated Community Report Initiative |
| CCRS | Consolidated Community Reporting System |
| CDC | Child Development Council |
| CDU | Child Development Unit |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| C/FST | Consumer/Family Satisfaction Team |
| CHADD | Children/Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder |
| CHC | Community HealthChoices |
| CHIP | Children’s Health Insurance Program |
| CHIP | Community Health Improvement Partnership |
| CHIPP | Community Hospital Integration Projects Plan |
| CI | Certified Investigator |
| CISC | Children in Substitute Care |
| CISM | Critical Incident Stress Management |
| CIT | Crisis Intervention Team |
| CJAB | Criminal Justice Advisory Board |
| CLA | Community Living Arrangement |
| CLT | County Leadership Team |
| CLW | Community Living Waiver |
| CMHC | Community Mental Health Center |
| CMHSBG | Community Mental Health Services Block Grant |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA) |
| CM-SS | Case Management-Self Sufficiency Program |
| COA | Children of Alcoholics |
| COMCARE | County Managed Care Resources |
| COMPASS | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Access to Social Services |
| COMPEER | Peer Support Program |
| COO | Chief Operating Officer |
| CPS | Certified Peer Specialist |
| CPS | Child Protective Services |
| CPS | Community Participation Supports |
| CRR | Community Residential Rehabilitation |
| CRRS | Community Residential Rehabilitation Services |
| CSAP | Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (Federal) |
| CSP | Community Support Program |
| CST | Consumer Satisfaction Team |
| CTI | Career and Technical Institute |
| CTM | County Transformation Manager |
| CTONI | Comprehensive Test of Non-Verbal Intelligence |
| CTT | Community Treatment Team |
| CVC | Crime Victims Center |
| CY | Calendar Year |
| CYS | Children and Youth Services |
| D & A | Drug and Alcohol |
| DAS | Diversion and Acute Stabilization |
| DCORT | Disaster-Crisis Outreach and Referral Team |
| DD | Developmental Disability or Dual Diagnosis |
| DDAP | Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| CLW | Community Living Waiver |
| CMHC | Community Mental Health Center |
| CMHSBG | Community Mental Health Services Block Grant |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA) |
| CM-SS | Case Management-Self Sufficiency Program |
| COA | Children of Alcoholics |
| COMCARE | County Managed Care Resources |
| COMPASS | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Access to Social Services |
| COMPEER | Peer Support Program |
| COO | Chief Operating Officer |
| CPC | Community Psychiatric Center |
| CPS | Certified Peer Specialist |
| CPS | Child Protective Services |
| CPS | Community Participation Supports |
| CRR | Community Residential Rehabilitation |
| CRRS | Community Residential Rehabilitation Services |
| CSAP | Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (Federal) |
| CSP | Community Support Program |
| CST | Consumer Satisfaction Team |
| CTC | Communities That Care |
| CTI | Career and Technical Institute |
| CTM | County Transformation Manager |
| CTONI | Comprehensive Test of Non-Verbal Intelligence |
| CTT | Community Treatment Team |
| CVC | Crime Victims Center |
| CY | Calendar Year |
| CYS | Children and Youth Services |
| D & A | Drug and Alcohol |
| DAS | Diversion and Acute Stabilization |
| DCORT | Disaster-Crisis Outreach and Referral Team |
| DD | Developmental Disability or Dual Diagnosis |
| DDAP | Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| D/HOH | Deaf/Hard of Hearing |
| DHS | Department of Human Services |
| DOH | Department of Health |
| Dom Care | Domiciliary Care |
| DRN | Disability Rights Network |
| DSM V | Diagnostic Statistical Manual Versions 5 |
| DUI | Driving Under the Influence of an Intoxicant |
| DWI | Driving While Intoxicated |
| EAC | Extended Acute Care |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Program |
| EHR | Electronic Health Record |
| EI | Early Intervention |
| EIM | Enterprise Incident Management |
| EITA | Early Intervention Technical Assistance |
| EMS | Emergency Medical Services |
| EPSDT | Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment |
| ES | Emotional Support |
| FAC | Family Advisory Council |
| FASD | Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder |
| FBMHS | Family Based Mental Health Services |
| FD | Family Driven |
| FDC | Family Development Credentialing |
| FDRP | Forensic Diversion & Re-Entry Program |
| FFEIS | Family Focused Early Intervention System |
| FFS | Fee for Service |
| FLP | Family Living Program (Lifesharing) |
| FPS | Family Preservation Services for Dependent Children |
| FQHC | Federally Qualified Health Center |
| FSP | Family Service Plan |
| FSS | Family Support Services |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GAO | General Accounting Office (Federal) |
| GPS | General Protective Services |
| GSA | Gay Straight Alliance |
| HAP | Housing Assistance Program |
| HB | Home-Based |
| HCBS | Home and Community Based Setting |
| HCQU | Health Care Quality Unit |
| HCSIS | Home and Community Services Information System |
| HFW | High Fidelity Wrap Around |
| HIFI | High Fidelity |
| HHS | Department of Health and Human Services (Federal) |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HPO | High Profile Occurrence |
| HSC | Human Service Council |
| HSDF | Human Service Development Fund |
| HS/EHS | Head Start/Early Head Start |
| HUD | Housing and Urban Development |
| I & E | Income and Expenditure |
| I & R | Information and Referral |
| IAT | Independent Assessment Team |
| IBHS | Intensive Behavioral Health Services |
| ICAN | Involved Consumer Action Network in Pennsylvania |
| ICF/ID | Intermediate Care Facility/Intellectual Disabilities |
| ICF/ORC | Intermediate Care Facility/Other Related Condition |
| ICM | Intensive Case Management |
| ICP | Integrated Care Plan |
| ICSI | Integrated Children’s Service Initiative |
| ICSP | Integrated Children’s Service Plan |
| ID | Intellectual Disabilities |
| IDD | Intellectual Developmental Disability |
| IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Public Law 94-142) |
| IEP | Individualized Educational Plan |
| IER | Individualized Estimated Resource |
| IFSP | Individualized Family Service Plan |
| IHCS | In Home and Community Support |
| IM | Incident Management |
| IM4Q | Independent Monitoring for Quality |
| IMD | Institutions of Mental Diseases |
| IMT | Independent Monitoring Team |
| IOP | Intensive Outpatient |
| IPP | Individual Program Plan |
| IPV | Intimate Partner Violence |
| IS | Information System |
| ISO | Intermediary Service Organization |
| ISP | Individual Support Plan |
| ISPT | Interagency Service Planning Team |
| IST | Instructional Support Team |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITF | Infant, Toddler and Family |
| ITQ | Invitation to Qualify |
| IU | Intermediate Unit |
| IVRP | Intensive Vocational Rehabilitation Program |
| IWPP | Individualized Work Program Plan |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals Organization |
| JCJC | Juvenile Court Judges Commission |
| JPO | Juvenile Probation Office |
| JTPA | Job Training Partnership Act |
| LCD | Level of Care Determination |
| LGBTQIA | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Allies/Asexual |
| LICC | Local Interagency Coordinating Council |
| LMS | Learning Management System |
| LOC | Level of Care |
| LOF | Level of Functioning |
| LOS | Letter of Support |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment |
| LTC | Long-Term Care |
| LTCC | Local Transition Coordinating Council |
| LTLTI | Long Term Living Training Institute |
| LTM | Lifetime Medical |
| LTSR | Long Term Structured Residence |
| LTSS | Long Term Support and Services |
| MA | Medical Assistance |
| MADD | Mothers Against Drunk Driving |
| MAT | Medication Assisted Treatment |
| MAWA | Mutually Agreed upon Written Agreement |
| MC | Managed Care |
| MCO | Managed Care Organization |
| MDE | Multiple Disciplinary Evaluation |
| MDJ | Magisterial District Judge |
| MDT | Multiple Disciplinary Team |
| MEB | Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral |
| MEDS | Medications |
| MH | Mental Health |
| MHA | Mental Health Association in Fayette |
| MH/ID | Mental Health/Intellectual Disabilities |
| MHPA | Mental Health Procedures Act (1976) |
| MHRO | Mental Health Review Officer |
| MIS | Management Information System |
| MISA | Mental Illness and Substance Abuse |
| MPP | Maximum Participation Project |
| MSR | Member Services Representative |
| MST | Multi-Systemic Therapy |
| MT | Mobile Therapy |
| MYP | Multi-Year Plan |
| NACBHDD | National Association of County BH and DD Directors |
| NAMI | National Alliance on Mental Illness |
| NAS | Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
| NASDDDS | National Association of State Directors of DD |
| NASW | National Association for Social Workers |
| NBG | Non-Block Grant |
| NCD | Neurocognitive Disorder |
| NFCE | Nursing Facility Clinically Eligible |
| NFP | Nurse Family Partnership |
| NG | Needs Group |
| NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health |
| NMHCA | National Mental Health Consumers’ Association |
| NPI | National Provider Identifier |
| OBRA | Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 |
| OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| OCDEL | Office of Child Development and Early Learning |
| OCYF | Office of Children, Youth and Families |
| ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| ODP | Office of Developmental Programs |
| OERP | Office of Education and Regional Programming |
| OJT | On-the-Job Training |
| OLTL | Office of Long Term Living |
| OMAP | Office of Medical Assistance Program |
| OMHSAS | Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services |
| OP | Outpatient |
| ORC | Other Related Conditions |
| ORF | Outpatient Registration Form |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OT | Occupational Therapy |
| OVR | Office of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| P4P | Pay for Performance |
| PAC | Planning Advisory Committee |
| PACA MH/DS | PA Assoc. of County Administrators of MH and Developmental Services |
| PAO | Provider Applicant Orientation |
| PAR | PA Assoc. of Resources for People w/Developmental Disabilities |
| PARF | PA Association of Rehabilitation Facilities |
| Partial | Partial Hospitalization |
| PASRR | PA Pre-Admission Screening Resident Review |
| PASS | Performance, Acuity, Staffing and Supports Inventory Scale |
| PATH | Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness |
| PaTTAN | Pennyslvania Training and Technical Assistance Network |
| PBC | Performance Based Contract |
| PCCD | Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency |
| PCH | Personal Care Home |
| PCIT | Parent Child Interaction Therapy |
| PDA | Pennsylvania Department of Aging |
| PDR | Physicians Desk Reference |
| PEPS | Program Evaluation Performance Summary |
| PELICAN | Pa’s Enterprise to Link Information for Children Across Networks |
| PFDSW | Person/Family Directed Support Waiver |
| PIN | Parents Involved Network |
| PLF | Private Licensed Facility (ID) |
| PMHCA | Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers’ Association |
| POC | Plan of Care |
| POMS | Performance Outcome Management System |
| POT | Program of Transmittal |
| PPS | Perspective Payment System |
| PQ | Provider Qualification |
| PROMISe | Provider Reimbursement & Operations Management System |
| PRS | Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services |
| PSA | Public Service Announcement |
| PSP | Pennsylvania State Police |
| PSR | Psychosocial Rehabilitation |
| PT | Physical Therapy |
| PTRC | Pharmacy and Therapeutic Review Committee |
| PUNS | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services for Person with ID |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QA & I | Quality Assessment and Improvement |
| QE | Quality Enhancement |
| QEP | Quality Enhancement Plan |
| QIDP | Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional |
| QM | Quality Management |
| R2E | Reserves to Encumbrances |
| RC | Resource Coordinator |
| RFI | Request for Information |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RFS | Request for Service |
| RHC | Rural Health Clinic |
| RIAS | Reynolds Intelligence Assessment Scale |
| RN | Registered Nurse |
| ROI | Release of Information |
| RTF | Residential Treatment Facility |
| SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SAP | Service Area Plan |
| SAP | Student Assistance Program |
| SC | Supports Coordinator or Service Coordinator |
| SCA | Single County Authority |
| SCE | Service Coordination Entity |
| SCO | Supports Coordination Organization |
| SCSC | State Civil Service Commission |
| SD | Self Determination |
| SE | Supported Employment |
| SEC | Supported Employment Council |
| SED | Serious Emotional Disturbance |
| SEEP | Social, Emotional, Environmental Plan |
| SEIU | Service Employees International Union |
| SGE | Small Group Employment |
| SH | Supplemental Habilitation |
| SH | Supported Housing |
| SI | Special Instruction/Instructor |
| SICC | State Interagency Coordinating Council |
| SIS | Supports Intensity Scale |
| SLUMS | St. Louis University Mental Status Examination |
| SOC | System of Care |
| SPMI | Serious and Persistent Mental Illness |
| SR | Social and Rehabilitation Services |
| SRO | Single Room Occupancy |
| SS | Specialized Services |
| SSA | Social Security Administration |
| SSBG | Social Service Block Grant |
| SSDI | Social Security Disability Insurance |
| SSI | Supplemental Security Income |
| ST | Speech Therapy |
| STAP | Summer Therapeutic Activities Program |
| SW | Social Work/Worker |
| TA | Technical Assistance |
| TAC | Therapeutic Activity Center |
| TANF | Temporary Assistance of Needy Families |
| TAY | Transition Aged Youth |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TE | Transitional Employment |
| TES | Therapeutic Emotional Support |
| TQM | Total Quality Management |
| TSS | Therapeutic Staff Support |
| Tx | Treatment |
| UI | Unusual Incident |
| UM | Utilization Management |
| UMR | Utilization Management Review |
| UR | Utilization Review |
| USPRA | United States Psychiatric Rehab. Association (formerly IASPRS) |
| VABS | Vineland Adaptive Behavioral Scale |
| VBP | Value Based Purchasing |
| VF | Vendor Fiscal |
| Voc Rehab | Vocational Rehabilitation |
| VRC | Vocational Rehabilitation Center |
| VT | Vision Therapy |
| WAC | Work Activity Center |
| WAIS | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
| Waiver | Medicaid Funding Stream |
| WIC | Women, Infants and Children Program |
| WIPA | Work Incentive Planning and Assistance |
| WISC | Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
| WPPSI | Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence |
| YAYA | Youth and Young Adult |
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