This list of acronyms was compiled from a variety of sources. An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from each of the first letters of a descriptive phrase or by combining the initial letters or parts of words from the phrase. Here are some examples of acronyms:
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| (A) |
Advocate |
| AA/NA |
Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous |
| AAA |
Area Agency on Aging |
| AAAs |
Affirmative Action Administrators |
| AACAP |
American Academy of Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry |
| AACP |
American Association of Community Psychiatrists |
| AAMR |
American Association on Mental Retardation |
| AAUAP |
American Association of University Affiliated Programs |
| ABSS |
Applied Behavioral Sciences Specialist |
| AC |
Augmentative Communication |
| ACD |
Alternate Care Determination or Agency for Child Development |
| ACDD |
Accreditation Council on Developmental Disabilities |
| ACF |
Adult Care Facility or Administration for Families and Children |
| ACLS |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
| ACS |
NYC Administration for Children's Services, formerly Children's Protective Services |
| ACSW |
Academy of Certified Social Workers |
| ACT |
Assertive Community Treatment |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADC |
Adult Day Care |
| ADD |
Administration on Developmental Disabilities |
| ADEA |
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1965 |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADL |
Activities of Daily Living (sometimes "ADL skills") |
| ADR |
Additional Documents Request |
| AES |
Adaptive Equipment Specialist |
| AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
| AHA |
American Heart Association |
| AHIP |
America's Health Insurance Plans |
| AHRC |
Association for the Help of Retarded Citizens or Children |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AILCNY |
Association of Independent Living Centers in New York Inc. |
| ALFS |
Aid to Localities Financial System |
| ALIA |
Alliance of Long Island Agencies, Inc. |
| ALOS |
Average Length of Stay |
| AMAP |
Approved Medication Administration Personnel |
| AMI |
Alliance on Mental Illness |
| AOC |
Administrator on Call |
| AOD |
Administrator on Duty |
| AOT |
Assisted Outpatient Treatment |
| APA |
American Psychiatric Association or
American Psychological Association |
| APC |
Ambulatory Payment Classification |
| APS |
adult protective services |
| ARC |
Association for Retarded Citizens (formerly "Children") |
| ARF |
Association of Rehabilitation Facilities |
| ARMS |
Alternative Rate Methodology |
| ARS |
Automated Rate Setting |
| ARTL |
Agency Reduction Transfer List |
| ASA/O |
Adolescent Sexual Abuser/Offender System |
| ASAP |
The Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State or
The American Society for Adolescent Psychology |
| ASFC |
Agency Sponsored Family Care |
| ASL |
American Sign Language |
| ASQ |
Ages and Stages Questionnaire |
| ASSG |
Administrative Support Services Group |
| ASSQ |
Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire |
| AT |
Assistive Technology |
| ATA |
Assistive Technology Act of 1998 |
| ATF |
Alcoholism Treatment Facility |
| ATM |
Automatic Teller Machines |
| AURORA |
Automated Userid Request & Online Resource Authorization |
| AWOL |
Absences Without Leave |
| C&F |
Children and Families |
| C&Y |
Children and Youth |
| CAB |
Consumer Advisory Board |
| CABI |
Center for Advance Brain Imaging |
| CAC |
Credentialed Alcoholism Counselor |
| CACMH |
Center for the Advancement of Childrens Mental Health |
| CADD |
Computer-Aided Design & Drafting |
| CAE |
Closely Allied Entity |
| CAFAS |
Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale |
| CAFR |
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |
| CAH |
Care At Home |
| CAIRS |
Child and Adult Integrated Reporting System |
| CAMS |
Capital Asset Management System |
| CANS |
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths |
| CANS-MH |
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths - Mental Health Instrument |
| CANY |
The Correctional Association of New York |
| CAP |
Client Assistance Program |
| CAPNET |
CAPital District NETwork (provides telephone service for state agencies in the capital district.) |
| CAPTA |
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act; formerly "CAPA" |
| CARE |
Consumer Advocate Review and Evaluation |
| CARF |
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities |
| CAS |
Central Accounting System |
| CASA |
Computer Application Sharing Agreement |
| CAT Scan |
Computerized Axial Tomography Scan |
| CBCL |
Child Behavior Checklist |
| CBFM |
Community Budget and Financial Management |
| CBO |
Consolidated Business Office or Community-Based Organization |
| CBR |
Consolidated Budget Report |
| CBT |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Competency Based Training |
| CBVH |
Commission for the Blind & Visually Handicapped |
| CCF |
Council on Children & Families |
| CCM |
Comprehensive Case Management |
| CCR |
Consolidated Claiming Report |
| CCRB |
Civilian Complaint Review Board |
| CCSI |
Coordinated Children's Services Initiative |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention or Child Development Center |
| CDCP |
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
| CDL |
Commercial Drivers License |
| CDPC |
Capital District Psychiatric Center |
| CDR |
Continuing Disability Reviews |
| CDT |
Continuing Day Treatment |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CESQG |
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator |
| CET |
Crisis Evaluation Team or Community Evaluation Team |
| CFA |
Comprehensive Functional Assessment |
| CFDA |
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
| CFF |
Consolidated Facilities File |
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
| CFR |
Consolidated Fiscal Report or Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFS |
NYS Children and Family Services |
| CGAS |
Children’s Global Assessment Scale |
| CHAS |
Comprehensive Housing Affordable Strategy |
| CHAT |
Childhood Autism Test or Checklist for Autism in Toddlers |
| CHCS |
Center for Health Care Strategies |
| CHHA |
Certified Home Health Agency |
| CHIP |
Children's Health Insurance Program |
| CHP |
Child Health Plus |
| CI |
Community Inclusion |
| CIFA |
NYS Center for Information Forensics and Assurance at the University at Albany |
| CIN |
Client Identification Number |
| CIO |
Office of the Chief Information Officer |
| CISM |
Center for Information Systems Management |
| CIT |
Center for Intensive Treatment |
| CITER |
Center for Information Technology and Evaluation Research (formerly CISM) |
| CITER-ER |
Center for Information Technology and Evaluation Research - Evaluation Research branch |
| CITER-IT |
Center for Information Technology and Evaluation Research - Information Technology branch |
| CLMHD |
NYS Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors |
| CM |
Case Management or Manager |
| CMAT |
Children's Mobile Assessment Team |
| CMCM |
Comprehensive Medicaid Case Management |
| CME |
Continuing Medical Education |
| CMHAN |
Children's Mental Health Action Network |
| CMHC |
Community Mental Health Center |
| CMHS |
Center for Mental Health Services or Federal Community Mental Health Services Block Grant or Community Mental Health Services |
| CMM |
Community Minor Maintenance |
| CMMS |
Computerized Maintenance Management System |
| CMO |
Career Mobility Office |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services |
| CNDA |
Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure Agreement |
| CNS-CREF |
The Center for Neuro Skills Clinical Research and Education Foundation |
| Coalition |
The Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, Inc. |
| COBRA |
Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act |
| COC |
NYS Commission of Correction |
| COD |
Co-occurring Disorders |
| COIL |
Coalition of Independent Living |
| COLA |
Cost of Living Adjustment |
| COMPASS |
Consumerism, Outcome, Management Plan, Agency Self-Survey |
| CON |
Certificate of Need |
| COP |
Conditions of Participation or Comprehensive Outpatient Providers |
| COPS |
Comprehensive Outpatient Program Services |
| COQ |
Consumer Opinion Questionnaire |
| COTA |
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant |
| COTS ERP |
Commercial Off-The-Shelf Enterprise Resource Planning Software |
| Covenant |
Covenant House of New York |
| CP |
Cerebral Palsy |
| CPA |
Child Protective Agency or Certified Public Accountant |
| CPEOM |
Center for Performance Evaluation and Outcomes Management |
| CPEP |
Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program |
| CPI |
consumer price index |
| CPL |
Criminal Procedure Law |
| CPOE |
Computerized Prescriber Order Entry |
| CPS |
Child Protective Services |
| CPSE |
Committee for Preschool Special Education |
| CQAIMH |
Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health |
| CQC |
NYS Commission on Quality of Care of the Mentally Disabled |
| CQCAPD |
NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities |
| CQI |
Continuous Quality Improvement |
| CQR |
Claiming Quarterly Report |
| CR |
Community Residence |
| CRBF |
Cost Report Base File |
| CR-File |
Copy of the XR file; [used to produce a cost report; where changes are made] |
| CRIPA |
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of 1980 |
| CRP |
Children's Residential Program |
| CRS |
Community Rehabilitation and Support |
| CR-SRO |
community residence care Single Room Occupancy |
| CSB |
Community Services Board |
| CSCIC |
NYS Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination |
| CSE |
Committee on Special Education |
| CSEA |
Civil Service Employees Association Union |
| CSEAP |
Clerical and Secretarial Employee Advancement Program |
| CSP |
Community Services Plan (formerly CSEP) or Community Support Program |
| CSS |
Community Support Services or System |
| CSW |
Certified Social Worker |
| D&TC |
Diagnostic & Treatment Center |
| DA |
Developmental Aide or Dormitory Authority |
| DAI |
Disability Advocates, Inc. |
| DAP |
Disability Advocacy Program |
| DARS |
Division of Administration & Revenue Support |
| DASNY |
Dormitory Authority of the State of New York |
| DBMS |
Database Management System |
| DC |
Developmental Center |
| DCAS |
Department of Citywide Administrative Services |
| DCC |
Day Care Center |
| DCJS |
NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services |
| DCN |
Document Control Number |
| DD |
Developmental Disabilities or Developmentally Disabled |
| DDC |
Department of Design & Construction |
| DDP |
Developmental Disabilities Profile |
| DDPC |
NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council |
| DDSO |
Developmental Disabilities Service Office |
| DEA |
Data Exchange Agreement or US Drug Enforcement Agency |
| DEP |
Department of Environmental Protection |
| DFA |
NYS Department of Family Assistance
(formerly Department of Social Services) |
| DFAS |
(Deputy) Director of Facility Administrative Services |
| DFTA |
NYC Department for the Aging |
| DHCR |
NYS Division of Housing & Community Renewal |
| DHHS |
Federal Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHMH |
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| DIG |
Data Infrastructure Grant |
| DIRT |
Data Integrity Review Team Visits |
| DLSW |
Direct Local Sheltered Workshop |
| DME |
Durable Medical Equipment |
| DMH |
New York State Department of Mental Hygiene |
| DMHA |
Division of Mental Health and Addiction |
| DMHIS |
Dept. Mental Hygiene Information System |
| DMHMR |
NYC Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Alcoholism Services |
| DMV |
NYS Department of Motor Vehicles |
| DNR |
Do Not Resuscitate |
| DNS |
Domain Name Service |
| DOB |
NYS Division of Budget |
| DOC |
Departmental Operations Center |
| DOH |
NYS Department of Health |
| DOJ |
US Department of Justice |
| DOL |
NYS Department of Labor |
| DOS |
Department of Sanitation |
| DOT |
NYS Department of Transportation |
| DPC |
Discharge Planning Committee |
| DPCA |
NYS Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives |
| DPR |
Department of Parks & Recreation |
| DPS |
Diagnostic Predictive Scales |
| DQA |
Director of Quality Assurance or Division of Quality Assurance |
| DRC |
Diagnostic and Research Clinic |
| DRG |
Diagnostic Related Group |
| DS |
District Superintendent |
| DSH |
Disproportionate Share |
| DSM-IV |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, (4th edition) |
| DSS |
Department of Social Services |
| DSW |
Direct Sheltered Workshop |
| DT |
Day Treatment |
| DVA |
Division of Veterans Affairs |
| DVE |
Diagnostic Vocational Evaluation |
| EAP |
Employee Assistance Program |
| EBPs |
Evidence Based Practices |
| EBT |
Electronic Benefit Transfer |
| EBTDC |
Evidenced-Based Treatment Dissemination Center |
| ECDC |
Early Childhood Direction Centers |
| ECEC |
Early Childhood Education Center |
| ECIA |
Education Consolidation Improvement Act |
| ECRG |
Emergency Communications Resource Guide |
| ECT |
Electroconvulsive Therapy |
| EDGAR |
Education Department General Administrative Regulations |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDP |
Emotionally Disturbed Person |
| EEOC |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| EI |
Excess Income or Early Intervention |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EISEP |
Expanded In-Home Services for Elderly Persons |
| EMOD |
Environmental Modification |
| Empathize |
Listen |
| EMS |
Emergency Medical Services |
| EMSS |
Emergency Medical Services System |
| EO |
Executive Order |
| EOC |
Emergency Operations Center |
| eProjects |
Project Management System |
| EPSDT |
Early Periodic Screening & Diagnostic Treatment Program |
| ERD |
Entity Relationship Diagram |
| ERGO |
Energy Reporting and Graphing Online |
| ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning Software |
| ESDC |
NYS Empire State Developmental Corporation |
| ETAC |
Enterprise Technical Architecture Committee |
| EW |
Extended Warranties |
| HASA |
HIV/AIDS Service Administration |
| HAVA |
Help America Vote Act |
| HAZMAT |
Hazardous Materials Communications Training |
| HBCI |
Home-Based Crisis Intervention |
| HCBS |
Home and Community-Based Services (sometimes "W", for -Waiver, is appended) |
| HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration |
| HCRA |
Health Care Reform Act |
| HCRA |
Health Care Reform Act |
| HFA |
New York State Housing Finance Agency |
| HFC |
Hospital Forensic Committee |
| HHC |
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation |
| HHS |
US Department of Health and Human Services |
| HHS IG |
HHS Inspector General |
| HIM |
Health Information Management |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
| HIT |
Health care information technology |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HMO |
Health Maintenance Organization |
| HR |
Human Resources |
| HRA |
NYC Human Resources Administration |
| HRISnet |
Human Resources Information System |
| HRSA |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
| HSA |
Health Systems Agency |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HUD |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development |
| HVAC |
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning |
| HW |
Hazardous Waste |
| I & R |
Interns & Residents |
| IAC |
Inter-Agency Council of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Agencies, Inc. |
| IAH |
Impacted Adult Homes |
| IBR |
Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities |
| IC |
Incident Commander |
| ICC |
Individualized Care Coordination |
| ICCD |
International Center for Clubhouse
Development |
| ICF |
Intermediate Care Facility |
| ICF/DD |
Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled |
| ICF/MR |
Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded |
| ICM |
Intensive Case Manager or Management |
| ICP |
Indirect Cost Proposal or Intermediate Care Program |
| ICR |
Individual Case Review |
| ICS |
Incident Command System |
| IDA |
Industrial Development Agency |
| IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IDEIA |
Individuals with Disabilities Educational Improvement
Act (formerly IDEA) |
| IEP |
Individualized Education Plan or Individualized Educational Program |
| IFSP |
Individualized Family Service Plan |
| ILC |
Independent Living Center |
| INT |
Intensive Supportive |
| IOC |
Inspection of Care; Involuntary Outpatient Commitment |
| IOCC |
Inter-Office Coordinating Council |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| IOT |
Involuntary Outpatient Treatment |
| IPOP |
Individualized Plan of Protective Oversight |
| IPP |
Individual Program Plan |
| IPR |
Independent Professional Review |
| IPRT |
Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment |
| IR |
Intensive Rehabilitation |
| IRA |
Individual Residential Alternative |
| IRF |
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility |
| IRWE |
Impairment-Related Work Expense |
| ISE |
Individualized Service Environment |
| ISER |
Information Security Event Response |
| ISL |
Information Security Liaison |
| ISO |
Information Services Office |
| ISP |
Individual Service Plan |
| ISPM |
Individual Services Planning Model |
| ISS |
Individual Support Services; also Information Support Services |
| IT |
Interdisciplinary Team or Information Technology |
| ITAC |
Information Technology Advisory Committee |
| ITT |
Interdisciplinary Treatment Team |
| ITU |
Intensive Treatment Unit |
| IUR |
Independent Utilization Review |
| IWRP |
Individual Written Rehabilitation Plan |
| M/C |
Management/Confidential |
| MA |
Medicaid or Master of Arts |
| MADI |
Mood & Anxiety Disorders Institute |
| MAR |
Medication Administration Record |
| MAYSI-2 |
Massachusetts Youth Screening
Instrument-Second Version |
| MCFFA |
NYS Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency |
| M-CHAT |
Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers |
| MCO |
Managed Care Organization |
| MCP |
Managed Care Provider |
| MCSE |
Microsoft Certified System Engineer |
| MD |
Medical Doctor |
| MDU |
Multiple Disability Unit |
| MedSAP |
Medication Self-Administration Program |
| MGP |
Medication Grant Program |
| MH |
Mental Health |
| MHA |
Mental Health Association |
| MHANYS |
Mental Health Association of New York State |
| MHARS |
Mental Health Automated Record System |
| MHL |
New York Mental Hygiene Law |
| MHLS |
Mental Hygiene Legal Service |
| MHPD |
Mental Health Provider Data Exchange |
| MHSC |
Mental Health Services Council |
| MHSIP |
Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program |
| MHTA |
Mental Health Therapy Aide |
| MI/MR |
Mental Illness/Mental Retardation |
| MICA |
Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser |
| Middle |
Elementary |
| MIS |
Management Information Systems |
| MISCC |
Most Integrated Setting Coordinating Council |
| MMIS |
Medicaid Management Information System |
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPH |
Master of Public Health |
| MRB |
Medical Review Board |
| MRDDAC |
Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council |
| MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MRN |
Minority Regional Network |
| MS |
Middle School |
| MSSW |
Master of Science in Social Work |
| MSW |
Master of Social Work |
| NAMI |
National Alliance on Mental Illness |
| NAPAS |
National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. |
| NARPA |
National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy |
| NASDDDS |
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services |
| NASMHPD |
National Association of State Mental Health Program
Directors |
| NCCBH |
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare |
| NCLB |
No Child Left Behind |
| NCP |
National Council on Disability |
| NDF |
Net Deficit Funding |
| NF |
Nursing Facility |
| NFP |
Not-for-Profit organization |
| NGC |
National Guideline Clearinghouse |
| NHIS |
National Health Interview Survey |
| NHSC |
National Health Service Corps |
| NIA |
National Institute on Aging |
| NICU |
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| NIDRR |
National Institute of Disability & Rehabilitation Research |
| NIE |
National Institute of Education |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NIIMS |
National Interagency Incident Management System |
| NIMBY |
not in my back yard |
| NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
| NIMRS |
New Incident Management Reporting System |
| NIQRS |
New Initiatives Quarterly Reporting System |
| NKI |
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research |
| NLM |
National Library of Medicine |
| NOD |
Notice of Determination or Notice of Discipline |
| NORC |
naturally occurring retirement communities |
| NOS |
Not Otherwise Specified |
| NOT |
Notice of Termination |
| NP |
Nurse Practitioner |
| NPC |
Neighborhood Preservation Corporation |
| NPI |
National Provider Identifier |
| NPP |
Notice of Privacy Practices |
| NPS |
Non-Personal Services |
| NRI |
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute, Inc. |
| NSSP |
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention |
| NYAPRS |
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services |
| NYCDH&MH |
New York City Dept of Health and
Mental Hygiene |
| NYCDMH |
New York City Dept. of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services |
| NYCDOH&MH |
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| NYCHHC |
NYC Health and Hospitals Corp. |
| NYCRO |
New York City Regional Office |
| NYCRR |
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations |
| NYFMS |
New York Financial Management System |
| NYISER |
New York Interagency Supported
Employment Report |
| NYLPI |
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. |
| NYPI |
NYS Psychiatric Institute |
| NYRSA |
New York State Rehabilitation
Association |
| NYS OHIP |
New York State Campaign for Mental Health Housing |
| NYSACRA |
NYS Association of Community and Residential Agencies |
| NYSARC |
Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. (formerly, NYS "A.R.C.") |
| NYS-CARES |
New York State – Creating
Alternatives in Residential Environments and Services |
| NYSCMHH |
New York State Campaign for Mental Health Housing |
| NYSCRR |
NYS Codes, Rules and Regulations |
| NYSNA |
NYS Nurses Association |
| NYSPA |
NYS Psychiatric Association |
| NYSRA |
NYS Rehabilitation Association |
| NYSSAC |
NYS Society for Autistic Citizens |
| NYSTEP |
NYS Electronic Personnel System |
| OAA |
Older Americans Act |
| OAPwD |
NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities |
| OAS |
Outside Agency Space Summary |
| OASAS |
NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services |
| OASH |
Office of Assistant Secretary of Health |
| OBRA |
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
| OCDMH |
Onondaga County Department of Mental Health |
| OCFS |
NYS Office of Children and Family Services |
| OCM |
Onondaga Case Management |
| OCR |
Office of Civil Rights |
| OEF |
Operation Enduring Freedom |
| OEOD |
Office of Equal Opportunity Development |
| OFA |
NYS Office for the Aging |
| OFT |
Governor's Office for Technology |
| OFY |
OMH Fiscal Year |
| OGS |
NYS Office of General Services |
| OHC |
Outside Hospital Care |
| OHCDS |
Organized Health Care Delivery System |
| OHEL |
OHEL Children's Home and Family Services |
| OHSM |
Office of Health Systems Management |
| OIF |
Operation Iraqi Freedom |
| OISE |
Ongoing Integrated Supported Employment |
| OLAP |
On Line Analytical Processing |
| OMCE |
Organization of Management Confidential Employees |
| OMH |
NYS Office of Mental Health |
| OMHFT |
OMH Financial Transaction |
| OMRDD |
NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities |
| OPM |
Office of Personnel Management |
| OPMC |
NYS Department of Health Office of Professional Medical Conduct |
| OPPS |
Out-Patient Prospective Payment System |
| OPTS |
Options for People Through Services |
| OQI |
Other Qualifying Instrument |
| ORS |
Ongoing Rehabilitation and Support |
| ORYX |
Not an acronym, but refers to the JCAHO required performance measurement system |
| OSC |
NYS Office of the State Comptroller |
| OSERS |
Office of Special Education & Rehabilitation Services |
| OSES |
NYS Office for Special Education Services |
| OSHA |
US Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
| OT |
Occupational Therapy |
| OTA |
NYS Office of Temporary Assistance |
| OTDA |
NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance |
| OTPS |
Other Than Personal Services |
| OTPT |
Out-Patient Unit |
| OTR |
Registered Occupational Therapist |
| OVR |
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| (P) |
Practitioner |
| P& A |
Protection and Advocacy system |
| P/PM |
Policy & Procedures Manual |
| PA |
Physician's Assistant; Provider Agreement; Public Assistance |
| PAAT |
Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology |
| PABSS |
Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security |
| PAC |
Products of Ambulatory Care; Political Action Committee |
| Padavan Law |
Law governing site selection of community residential facilities |
| PADD |
Protection and Advocacy for the Developmentally Disabled |
| PAI |
Patient Assessment Instrument |
| PAIMI |
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (formerly "PAMII") |
| PAIR |
Protection and Advocacy for the Individual Rights of persons with disabilities |
| PAR |
Prior Approval Review or Position Analysis Report |
| PAS |
Program Assignment Summary or Preliminary Allocation Summary |
| PASARR |
Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review |
| PASS |
Plan for Achieving Self Support |
| PAT |
Personal Adjustment Training |
| PATBI |
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury |
| PATH |
Projects for Assistance in Transition from
Homelessness |
| PAVA |
Protection and Advocacy for Voter Access |
| PaySR |
Payroll Replacement System |
| PC |
Patient Council or Psychiatric Center or Personal Computer |
| PCP |
Primary Care Physcian or Person-Centered Planning |
| PCR |
Payment-to-Cost Ratio |
| PCS |
Patient Characteristics Study |
| PDD |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
(sometimes with "NOS" - not otherwise specified - annexed) |
| PDDST |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder Screening Test |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDG |
Program Development Grants |
| PDP |
Prescription Drug Plan |
| PE |
Probably efficacious |
| PECS |
Picture Exchange Communication System |
| PEDS |
Parents' Evaluation of Evaluation Status |
| PEF |
Public Employees Federation union |
| PEM |
psycho-educational model |
| PFCRA |
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act |
| PHI |
Protected health information |
| PHP |
Permanent Housing Program |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| PHSP |
Prepaid Health Services Plan |
| PIA |
Patient Income Account or Personal Incidental Allowance |
| PID |
Project Information Data |
| PINS |
Person in Need of Supervision |
| PISP |
Preliminary Individualized Service Plan |
| PJF |
Project Justification Form |
| PMCS |
Preventing and Managing Crisis Situations |
| PMHP |
Prepaid Mental Health Plan |
| PMO |
Project Management Office |
| PNA |
Personal Needs Allowance |
| PNP |
Psychiatric Nurse Practioner |
| POCA |
Plan of Corrective Action |
| PONSI |
Program on Non-Collegiate Sponsored Instruction |
| POP |
Personal Outcomes Project |
| PORT |
Patient Outcomes Research Team |
| PPA |
Prior Property Approval |
| PPAC |
Preferred Physicians and Children |
| PPS |
Pupil Personnel Services |
| PRA |
Policy Research Associates, Inc. |
| PRI |
Patient Review Instrument |
| PRN |
When necessary, or as circumstances require; such as in the administration of medications. |
| PRO |
Patient Resource Office |
| PROS |
Personalized Recovery Oriented Services |
| PRU |
Program Reporting Unit |
| PRWORA |
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 |
| PS |
Public School |
| PS / PSC |
Personal Service / Personal Service Coordinator |
| PSA |
Protective Services for Adults (also "APS") |
| PSC |
Pediatric Symptom Checklist or Personal Service Coordinator |
| PSWP |
Public Service Workshop Programs |
| PSYCKES |
Psychiatric Services and Clinical Knowledge Enhancement System |
| PT |
Primary Therapist, or Physical Therapy or Therapist |
| PTA |
Parent-Teacher Association |
| PTB |
Promotion Test Battery |
| PTSD |
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder |
| PTSP |
Public Service Training Program |
| PWS |
Prader-Willi Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder affecting the hypothalamus |
| SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SAPA |
NYS Administrative Procedure Act |
| SARA |
NYS State Archives and Records Administration |
| SBIT |
School-Based Intervention Teams |
| SC |
Service Coordinator |
| SCA |
Standards Compliance Analyst |
| SCAA |
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy |
| SCIP |
Strategies for Crisis Intervention & Prevention |
| SCIP-R |
Strategies for Crisis Intervention & Prevention-Revised |
| SCM |
Supportive Case Manager or Management |
| SCOC |
NYS Commission of Correction |
| SCP |
Senior Companion Program |
| SCQ |
Social Communication Questionnaire, formerly the Autism Screener Questionnaire or ASQ |
| SCTA |
Secure Care Treatment Aide or NY Surrogate's Court Procedure Act |
| SD |
Self Determination |
| SDMC |
Surrogate Decision-Making Committee |
| SDQ |
Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire |
| SED |
NYS Education Deptment or Serious Emotional Disturbance or Seriously Emotionally Disturbed |
| SEFA |
State Employees Federated Appeal |
| SEIT |
Special Education Itinerant Teacher |
| SEMO |
State Emergency Management Office |
| SEQRA |
NYS Environmental Quality Review Act |
| SER |
Security Reporting |
| SES |
Socio-economic status |
| SETRC |
Special Education Training & Resource Center |
| SFL |
NYS Finance Law |
| SHNNY |
Supportive Housing Network of New York |
| SHSC |
NYS Health Services Corps. |
| SI |
Special Investigator or Investigation |
| SIB |
Self-Injurious Behavior |
| SILC |
Statewide Independent Living Council |
| Sit-Stat |
determination of the present status of the situation |
| SIV |
Self-Inflicted Violence |
| SLP |
Speech/Language Pathology |
| SMHP |
School Mental Health Project |
| SMI |
Serious Mental Illness |
| SMP |
Strategic Management Plan |
| SNA |
Safety Net Assistance |
| SNAP |
Services Now for Adult Patients Program |
| SNF |
Skilled Nursing Facility |
| SNP |
special needs plan |
| SNT |
Supplemental Needs Trust |
| SOCR |
State Operated Community Residence |
| SOD |
Statement of Deficiency |
| SODAS method |
S-Situation, O-Options, D-Disadvantages, A-Advantages, S-Solution |
| SODH |
State-Operated Day Habilitation |
| SOFA |
NYS Office for the Aging |
| SOICF |
State-Operated Intermediate Care Facility |
| SOIRA |
State-Operated Individual Residential Alternatives |
| SOLQ |
State On-Line Query Audit Process |
| SORA |
Sex Offender Registration Act |
| SORCCA |
State Operated Residential Care Center |
| SOTP |
Sex Offender Treatment Program |
| SP |
Speech Pathology |
| SPARCS |
DOH - Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System |
| SPEAK |
Suicide Prevention Education and Awareness Kits |
| SPMI |
Serious and Persistent Mental Illness |
| SPOA |
Single Point of Accountability |
| SPOE |
Single Point of Entry |
| SPT |
Supportive |
| SPV |
Supervised |
| SQG |
Small Quantity Generator |
| SRC |
State Rehabilitation Council |
| SRO |
Single Room Occupancy |
| SRU |
Small Residential Unit |
| SSA |
Social Security Administration |
| SSD |
Social Security Disability |
| SSDI |
Social Security Disability Insurance |
| SSHSP |
School Supportive Health Services Program |
| SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
| SSO |
Desktop Single Sign On |
| SSQ |
Support Services Summary |
| STAR |
Special Targeted, Abbreviated Review |
| STEPS |
Solutions to End Psychiatric Shortages |
