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COMMON ACRONYMS FOR CHILD WELFARE PROFESSIONALS


 

Absent Parent/ Alleged Perpetrator
AP
Abuse Report/Child Safety Assessment
CSA
Abuse Reporting Information Services
ARIS
Adjudication
ADJ
Administration for Children & Families
ACF
Adoption & Related Services
ARS
Adoption & Safe Families Act
ASFA
Adoption Exchange System
AES
Adult Protective Services
APS
Affidavit of Diligent Search
ADS
Agency for Health Care Administration
AHCA
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
APD
Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health
ADM
American Public Human Services Association
APHSA
Attention Deficit Disorder
ADD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADHD
Care Manager
CM
Case Plan
CP
Chief Information Officer
CIO
Child
CH
Child Abuse Hotline
Hotline
Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act
CAPTA
Child in Care
CIC
Child Justice Center
CJC
Child Protection Team
CPT
Child Safety Assessment
CSA
Child Support Enforcement
CSE
Child Welfare Legal Services
CWLS
Children Mental Health
CMH
Children's Legal Services

CLS

 

Children’s Medical Services
CMS
Children and Families Operating Procedures
CFOP, OP
Child Protection Investigator
CPI
Child Welfare Prepaid Mental Health Plan
CWPMHP
Chronological Notes
Chrono’s
Client Information System
CIS
Community Based Care
CBC
Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessment
CBHA
Courtesy Supervision
CS
Date of Birth
DOB
Department of Children & Families
DCF, The Department
Department of Juvenile Justice
DJJ
Developmental Services
DS
Dispositional hearing
Dispo
District Administrator
DA
District Program Manager
DPM
Domestic Violence
DV
Early Services Intervention
ESI
Economic Self-Sufficiency
ESS
Emergency Room
ER
Family Care Manager
FCM
Father
FX
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FAS
Florida Abuse Hotline Information System
FAHIS
Florida Administrative Code
FAC, Rule
Florida Child and Family Service Review
FL CFSR
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
FDLE
Florida Safe Families Network
FSFN
Florida Statutes
FS
Foster Care
FC
Foster Home
FH
Foster Parents
FP
Guardian Ad Litem
GAL
Home Study
HS
Home Visit
HV
Indian Child Welfare Act
ICWA
Initial Child Safety Assessment
ICSA
Initial Decision Summary
IDS
Interstate Compact Placement of Children
ICPC
Individual Education Program
IEP
Independent Living Placement
ILP
Independent Living Services
ILS
Judicial Review
JR
Judicial Review Social Study Report
JRSSR
Law Enforcement
LE
Maintenance Adoption Subsidy
MAS
Medical Examiner
ME
Medicaid
Title XIX, XIX
Misdemeanor
Misd
Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting
MAPP
Mother
Mx
Multidisciplinary Team
MDT
Multiethnic Placement Act
MEPA
National Crime Information Center
NCIC
Office of the Attorney General
OAG, AG
Operations Program Administrator
OPA
Out of Home Care
OHC
Out of Town Inquiry
OTI
Parent
Pa
Police Department
PD
Post-Placement Supervision
PPS
Pre-Dispositional Study/Report
PDS, PDR
Program Operations Administrator
POA
Protective Supervision
PS
Psychological Evaluation
Psych Eval
Public Law
PL
Quality Assurance
QA
Relative Caregiver Funds
RCF
Relative Caregiver Program
RCP
Request for Assistance
RFA
Residential Group Care
RGC
Residential Treatment Center
RTC
Rights & Responsibilities
R&R
Risk Assessment
RA
Road to Independence
RTI
Severely Emotionally Disturbed
SED
Shaken Baby Syndrome
SBS
Sheriffs Office
SO
Single Point of Access
SPOA
Social Security Administration
SSA
Social Security Number
SSN
Specialized Therapeutic Foster Care
STFC
State Attorney’s Office
SAO
Substance Abuse Mental Health
SAMH
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SIDS
Supplemental Security Income
SSI
Systems of Care
SOC
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families
TANF
Termination of Parental Rights
TPR
Therapeutic Foster Home
TFH
Treatment
Tx
Victim Child
VC
Voluntary Protective Services
VPS
Wraparound Process
WRAP

 

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