| AAMR |
American Association for Mental Retardation |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADS/ADT |
Adult Day Services/Adult Development Training |
| ARC |
Association for Retarded Citizens |
| ATF |
Adult Training Facility |
| BC |
Bucks County |
| BH-MCO |
Behavioral Health Managed Care Organizations |
| BOD |
Board of Directors |
| BSC |
Behavioral Specialist Consultant |
| BSU |
Base Service Unit |
| CASSP |
Child
and Adolescent Service System Program |
| CC |
Chester
County |
| CE |
Community
Employment |
| CLA |
Community
Living Arrangement |
| CMP |
Carbon-Monroe-Pike |
| CMS |
Center
for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| COBRA |
Consolidation
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 |
| CRF |
Community
Residential Facilities |
| CRR-GH |
Community
Residential Rehabilitation Group Home |
| CRR-HH |
Community
Residential Rehabilitation Host Home |
| CSL |
Community
Supported Living |
| CSP |
Community
Support Program |
| CYS |
Children
and Youth Services |
| DC |
Delaware
County |
| DD |
Developmental
Disabilities |
| DEV |
Development
Committee |
| DPW |
Department
of Public Welfare |
| EBHS |
Enhanced
Behavioral Health Services |
| EF |
Emergency
Fund Committee |
| EI |
Early
Intervention |
| ELP |
Essential
Lifestyle Planning |
| EPE |
Extended
Period of Eligibility |
| EPSDT |
Early
Periodic Screening and Diagnosis and Treatment |
| FBMHS |
Family-Based
Mental Health Services |
| FBR |
Federal
Benefit Rate |
| FD/FSS |
Family
Driven/Facility Support Services |
| FMLA |
Family
and Medical Leave Act |
| FRS |
Family
Resource Services Program |
| FSS |
Family
Support Services |
| HBW |
Home-Based
Waiver |
| HCSIS |
Home
and Community Services Information Systems |
| HCQU |
Health
Care Quality Unit |
| HIPAA |
Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HMO |
Health
Maintenance Organization |
| HR |
Human
Resources |
| HRP |
Health
Risk Profile |
| HS |
Human
Services |
| ICF/MR |
Intermediate
Care Facility for Persons with Mental Retardation |
| IFSP |
Individual
and Family Support Plan |
| IHS |
In-Home
Supports (HBW) |
| IMP |
Individualized
Habilitation Plan |
| IPP |
Individual
Program Plan |
| IRWC |
Impairment-Related
Work Expenses |
| ITQ |
Invitation
to Qualify (for Provider Agencies) |
| JD |
Job
description |
| JTPA |
Jobs
Training Partnership Act |
| LC |
Lehigh
County |
| LIFE |
Learning
in a Functional Environment |
| LP |
Life
Planning |
| LS |
Lifesharing |
| LTD |
Long
Term Disability |
| MA |
Medical
Assistance |
| MAX |
Montgomery
County Association for EXcellence in Service
|
| MC |
Montgomery
County |
| MCES |
Montgomery
County Emergency Services |
| MGT |
Management
Team |
| MH |
Mental
Health |
| MR |
Mental
Retardation |
| MT |
Mobile
Therapist |
| NC |
Northampton
County |
| NE |
Northeast |
| OCYF |
Office
of Children, Youth and Families |
| OM |
Office
Management |
| OMB |
Office
of Management and Budget |
| OMHSAS |
Office
of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services |
| OMR |
Office
of Mental Retardation |
| OVR |
Office
of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| P&P |
Policy
and Procedure |
| PAR |
Pennsylvania
Association of Resources for People with Mental Retardation |
| PASS |
Plan
for Achieving Self-Support |
| PCH |
Personal
Care Homes |
| PFDSW |
Person
and Family-Directed Support Waiver |
| PIC |
Private
Industry Council |
| POC |
Plan
of Care |
| PR |
Peer
Review Committee |
| PUNS |
Prioritization
of Urgency of Needs for Services for people with MR |
| QC |
Quality
Committee |
| QMRP |
Qualified
Mental Retardation Professional |
| RD |
Regional
Director |
| RFP |
Request
for Proposal |
| RPS |
Residential
Program Specialist |
| RTF |
Residential
Treatment Facilities |
| SAP |
Student
Assistance Program |
| SC |
Schuylkill
County |
| SE |
Southeast |
| SEC |
Special
Events Committee |
| SED |
Serious
Emotional Disturbance |
| SFL |
Specialized
Family Living |
| SGA |
Substantial
Gainful Activity |
| SHRM |
Society
of Human Resource Management |
| SMP |
Service
Management Plan |
| SOS |
Special
Offenders Services |
| SSA |
Social
Security Administration |
| SSDI |
Social
Security Disability Insurance |
| SSI |
Supplemental
Security Income |
| SS&P |
Specialized
Supports and Planning |
| STD |
Short
Term Disability |
| STRAP |
Strategic
Plan |
| TASH |
The
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps |
| TBRA |
Tenant-based
Rental Assistance Program |
| TCT |
Training
Coordinating Team |
| TFC |
Therapeutic
Foster Care |
| TQM |
Total
Quality Management |
| TRC |
Training
Committee |
| TSS |
Therapeutic
Support Staff |
| TWP |
Trial
Work Period |
| VOC |
Vocational
|
| WAC |
Work
Activities Center |
| WC |
Worker's
Compensation |
