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 |