| A&R |
Associate and Return. |
| A/P |
Absent Parent. |
| AA |
Alcoholics Anonymous |
| AA |
Area Administrator |
| AAA |
Area Agency on Aging |
| AAFS |
Aging and Adult Field Services
|
| AAG |
Assistant Attorney General |
| AAP |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
| AB |
Aid to the Blind |
| ABAWD |
Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents |
| ABBR |
Abbreviation |
| ABD |
Aged, Blind, Disabled. |
| ABE |
Adult Basic Education |
| AC |
Applicant Custodian |
| AC |
Attendant Counselor |
| ACCH |
Association for the Care of Children's Health |
| ACCT |
Account |
| ACD |
Agency Contracts Database |
| ACES |
Automated Client Eligibility System |
| ACF |
Administration for Children & Families |
| ACK |
Acknowledge, Acknowledgement |
| ACLU |
American Civil Liberties Union |
| ACO |
Alternate Care Office |
| ACP |
Address Confidentiality Program. |
| ACRS |
Asian Counseling and Referral Service |
| ACSW |
American Council of Social Workers |
| ACYF |
Administration for Children, Youth & Families (federal) |
| ADA |
The American with Disabilities Act. |
| ADATSA |
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Treatment and Support Act |
| ADC |
Adult Day Care |
| ADDL |
Additional |
| ADDR |
Address |
| ADH |
Administrative Disqualification Hearing |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADJ |
Adjust, Adjustment, Adjudicative |
| ADM |
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health |
| ADMIN |
Administrative |
| ADP |
Average Daily Population |
| ADSA |
Aging & Disability Services Administration |
| AE |
Administrative Error Over Issuance |
| AF |
Alleged Father |
| AFB |
Application for Benefits |
| AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
| AFDC-E |
Aid to Family with Dependent Children -Employable |
| AFDC-FC |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children Foster Care |
| AFDC-R |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Regular |
| AFF |
Affidavit |
| AFH |
Adult Family Home |
| AFRS |
Agency Financial Reporting System |
| AFRSITAS |
Agency Financial Reporting System Treasure Accounting System |
| AFS |
Adult Field Services |
| AG |
Attorney General |
| AGDO |
Agreed Order |
| AH |
Administrative Hearings (adjudicative proceedings), AP Payment History screen |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIHC |
American Indian Health Committee |
| AKA |
Also Known As |
| AL |
Alternative Living |
| AL |
Annual Leave |
| AL |
Authorized Leave |
| ALF |
Assisted Living Facility |
| ALJ |
Administrative Law Judge |
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
| AMIWS |
Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Washington State |
| AMT |
Amount |
| ANA |
American Nurses Association |
| ANON |
Anonymous |
| ANS |
Answer |
| AO |
Administrative Order |
| AOA |
Administration on Aging |
| AP |
Absent Parent (Aka noncustodial Parent NCP) |
| APA |
Administrative Procedure Act |
| APP |
Adolescent Parenting Programs |
| APP |
Application, Adolescent Parenting Programs |
| APPROX |
Approximately |
| APPT |
Appointment |
| APS |
Adult Protective Services |
| APTA |
American Physical Therapy Association |
| APTD |
Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled |
| AR |
Administrative Review |
| AR |
Applicant Recipient |
| ARC |
Adult Residential Care |
| ARC |
Association of Retarded Citizens |
| ARCF |
Adult Residential Care Facility |
| AREN |
Additional Requirements for Emergent Needs |
| ARENA |
Adoption Resource Exchange of North America |
| ARNP |
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner |
| ARP |
Alternative Residential Placement |
| ARPP |
Alternate Residential Placement Petition |
| ARRC |
Adult Residential Rehabilitation Center |
| ARRS |
Arrears, Arrearages |
| ARS |
Alternate Response System |
| ART |
Administrative Review Team |
| ARTF |
Adult Residential Treatment Facility |
| ARY |
At-Risk-Youth |
| ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
| ASD |
Administrative Services Division |
| ASFA |
Adoption and Safe Families Act (1997) (Federal) |
| ASGD |
Assigned |
| ASL |
American Sign Language |
| ASSN |
Associate |
| ASST |
Assistant |
| ASTAC |
Administrative Support Training Advisory Commission |
| ATP |
Adult Training Program |
| ATP |
Authorization to Participate |
| ATS |
Adult Training Specialist |
| ATT |
Attachment |
| ATTN |
Attention |
| ATTY |
Attorney |
| AU |
Assistance Unit |
| AUD |
Auditor |
| AUTO-LOC |
Auto Locate Program |
| AV |
Adjustment Voucher |
| AVG |
Average |
| C/O |
Care Of |
| C/W |
Complaining Witness |
| CA |
Children's Administration |
| CA |
Comprehensive Assessment |
| CA |
Continuing Assistance |
| CA/N |
Child Abuse and/or Neglect |
| CAC |
Community Action Council |
| CAC |
Community Alcoholism Center |
| CALC |
Calculation |
| CAMDY |
Citizen Advocates for Mentally Disturbed Youth(Bellingham) |
| CAMIG |
Community Action for the Mentally III Offender |
| CAMIS |
Case and Management Information System |
| CAN |
Claim Account Number |
| CAP |
Community Alternative Program |
| CAP |
Corrective Action Plan |
| CAP |
Cost Allocation Plan |
| CAPTA |
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act |
| CARE |
Comprehensive Assessment Reporting Evaluation |
| CARES |
Comprehensive Adult Resources Evaluation Sys |
| CARS |
Selma R. Carson Home |
| CASA |
Coordinated Community AIDS Service Alternative |
| CASA |
Court Appointed Special Advocate |
| CASSP |
Child & Adolescent Services System Project |
| CATS |
Client Activity Tracking System |
| CB |
Call Back, Credit Bureau |
| CB & G |
Capital Buildings and Grounds |
| CBD |
Conference Board |
| CBE |
Childbirth Education |
| CBT |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
| CC |
Case Comment |
| CC |
Child Care |
| CCCS |
Consumer Credit Counseling Service |
| CCF |
Congregate Care Facility |
| CCF |
Contracted Community Facility |
| CCP |
Community Commitment Program |
| CCS |
Central Contract Services |
| CCS |
Crippled Children's Services |
| CCS |
Crisis Counseling Services |
| CCU |
Contract Coordinating Unit |
| CD |
Communication Disordered |
| CD |
Connect Direct |
| CDC |
Center for Disease Control(Atlanta) |
| CDC |
Chronic Disease Control |
| CDDA |
Chemical Dependency Disposition Alternative |
| CDL |
Commercial Drivers License |
| CDMHP |
County Designated Mental Health Professional |
| CDMRC |
Child Developmental & Mental Retardation Center(UW) |
| CEAP |
Consolidated Emergency Assistance Program |
| CEC |
Council for Exceptional Children |
| CERT |
Certify, Certified, Certification |
| CETA |
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act |
| CEU |
Central Enrollment Unit |
| CF |
Case Financial Screen |
| CF |
Community Facility |
| CFO |
Current Field Office |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFS |
Current and Future Support |
| CH |
Case Payment History Screen, Child |
| CH |
Chapter |
| CHAP |
Children's Hospitalization Alterative Program |
| CHDD |
Center on Human Development and Disability |
| CHG |
Change |
| CHILD |
Children's Institute for Learning Differences |
| CHINS |
Child in Need of Services |
| CHIP |
Children’s Health Insurance Program |
| CHMC |
Children's Hospital and Medical Center |
| CHRIS |
County Health Reporting Information System |
| CHS |
Center for Health Statistics |
| CHSW |
Children's Home Society of Washington |
| CICC |
County Interagency Coordinating Council |
| CIR |
Critical Incident Report |
| CJ |
Community Jobs |
| CJS |
Consolidated Juvenile Services |
| CK |
Check |
| CLID |
Client ID |
| CLID |
Client Identification number |
| CLIP |
Children's Long Term Inpatient Program |
| CLK |
Clerk |
| CLO |
Claims Officer |
| CPI |
Clothing and Personal Incidentals |
| CLT |
Clinical Laboratory Technician |
| CM |
Case Manager |
| CM |
Certified Mail |
| CMA |
Clothing Maintenance Allowance |
| CMHC |
Community Mental Health Center |
| CMHIS |
Community Mental Health Information System |
| CMRR |
Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CMSO |
Center for Medicaid & State Operations |
| CMSUP |
Case Manager Supervisor |
| CN |
Canary Notice, Categorically Needy |
| CN |
Categorically Needy |
| CNIL |
Categorically Needy Income Level |
| CNSO |
Consent Order |
| CO |
Central Office |
| CO |
Change Order |
| CO |
Court Order, County Company |
| COA |
Change Of Address |
| COB |
Close of Business |
| COBRA |
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
| COH |
Children's Orthopedic Hospital |
| COH |
Services to Children in their Own Home |
| COLA |
Cost of Living Adjustment |
| COMB |
Combined |
| COMP |
Compute, Computation |
| CONT |
Continue |
| COOP |
Cooperation, Cooperative |
| COPES |
Community Options Program Entry System |
| CORP |
Corporation |
| CP |
Cerebral Palsy |
| CP |
Claims Processing |
| CP |
Concurrent Planning |
| CP |
Custodial Parent |
| CPA |
Child Placement Agency |
| CPC |
Community Psychiatric Center |
| CPE |
Certified Public Expenditures |
| CPG |
Child Placement Guidelines |
| CPHSN |
Community Public Health and Safety Networks |
| CPI |
Clothing and Personal Incidentals |
| CPR |
Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation |
| CPS |
Child Protective Services |
| CPSC |
Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| CPT |
Child Protection Team |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CQ |
Classification Questionnaire |
| CR |
Credit, Cross Reference Screen |
| CRA |
Community Risk Assessment |
| CRC |
Community Resource Coordinator |
| CRC |
Crisis Residential Center |
| CRN |
Certified Registered Nurse |
| CRP |
College Recruitment Program |
| CRP |
Community Residential Placement |
| CRQ |
Client Review Questionnaire |
| CRSC |
Community Residential Services Association |
| CRU |
Community Relations Unit |
| CRU |
Complaint Resolution Unit |
| CS |
Community Spouse |
| CS |
Child Support, Current Support |
| CSA |
Community Services Administration |
| CSB |
Community Services for the Blind |
| CSC |
Community Services Center |
| CSCDHH |
Community Services Center for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing |
| CSD |
Community Services Division |
| CSDB |
Client Services Data Base |
| CSE |
Child Support Enforcement; (Other states' IV_D agencies) |
| CSENET |
Child Support Enforcement Network |
| CSHCN |
Children with Special Health Care Needs |
| CSIS |
Community Services Information System |
| CSO |
Community Services Office |
| CSOA |
Community Services Office Administrator |
| CSOIS |
Community Services Office Information System |
| CSP |
Community Support Program |
| CSTC |
Child Study and Treatment Center |
| CSV |
Cash Surrender Value |
| CSVM |
Community Service Voicemail |
| CSW |
Completed Staff Work |
| CT |
Compensatory Time |
| CT |
Court |
| CTED |
Community, Trade and Economic Development |
| CTS |
Career Transition Services |
| CUP |
Chemically Using Pregnant |
| CUR |
Current |
| CUST |
Custodian, Custodial, Custody |
| CVCF |
Canyon View State Community Facility |
| CVGH |
Canyon View Group Home |
| CUP |
Chemically Using Pregnant |
| CW |
Case Worker |
| CWEP |
Community Work Experience Program |
| CWS |
Child Welfare Services |
| CWS |
College Work Study |
| CWTAP |
Child Welfare Training and Advancement Program |
| CWW |
Compressed Work Week |
| CY |
Copy |
| CYFS |
Children, Youth and Family Services |
| D&O |
Decision & Order |
| D/A |
Drug/Alcohol |
| DA |
Data Administration |
| DA |
Disability Assistance |
| DA |
District Administrator, District Attorney |
| DAB |
Department of Appeals Board |
| DAC |
Disabled Adult Child Benefits(SSA benefit) |
| DAC |
Disaster Assistance Center |
| DAEO |
Division of Access and Equal Opportunity |
| DAPO |
Drug Abuse Prevention Office |
| DAS |
Daily Activity Schedule |
| DASA |
Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse |
| DB |
Deaf-Blindness |
| DBA |
Doing Business As |
| DBT |
Dialectic Behavioral Therapy |
| DCA |
Diversion Cash Assistance |
| DCC |
Day Care Center |
| DCCEL |
Division of Child Care & Early Learning |
| DCD |
Department of Community Development |
| DCFS |
Division of Children and Family Services |
| DCP |
Disabled Children's Program |
| DCS |
Division of Child Support |
| DCS |
Division of Client Services |
| DCTED |
Department of Community Trade and Economic Development |
| DD |
Developmentally Disability or Delay |
| DD | S
Developmentally Disabled |
| DDA |
Developmental Disabilities Administrator |
| DDC |
Developmental Disabilities Council |
| DDD |
Division of Developmental Disabilities |
| DDDS |
Division of Disability Determination Services |
| DDPC |
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council |
| DDRSA |
Developmental Disabilities Residential Services Assoc. |
| DDS |
Developmental Disabilities Specialist |
| DEAP |
Division of Employment & Assistance Programs |
| DEC |
Decision, Declaration, Decree |
| DEC |
Division of Early Childhood |
| DECOD |
Dental Care of the Disabled |
| DEF |
Default, Defendant, Deferred |
| DEL |
Delivered, Delivery |
| DEM |
Department of Emergency Management |
| DEP |
Dependent |
| DEPT |
Department |
| DESC |
Downtown Emergency Services Center(Morrison Shelter) |
| DEV |
Deviation |
| DFI |
Division of Fraud Investigations |
| DFO |
Disaster Field Offices |
| DFSP |
Disaster Food Stamp Program |
| DH |
Disbursement History screen |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHSC |
Downtown Human Services Council |
| DHSQ |
Division of Health Standards and Quality |
| DHSQS |
Division of Health Standards and Quality Support |
| DIA |
Division of Income Assistance |
| DIFF |
Different |
| DIR |
Disability Insurance Benefit |
| DIS |
Department of Information Services |
| DIST |
District |
| DISTR |
Distribute, Distributor, Distribution |
| DIV |
Division, Divorce |
| DJR |
Division of Juvenile Rehabilitation |
| DLR |
Division of Licensed Resources |
| DLR/CPS |
Division of Licensed Resources/Child Protective Services(Investigates abuse and neglect complaints in licensed homes or facilities |
| DM |
District Manager |
| DME |
Durable Medical Equipment |
| DMH |
Division of Mental Health |
| DMHP |
Designated Mental Health Professional |
| DMIO |
Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender |
| DMOS |
Division of Management & Operations Support |
| DMV |
Department of Motor Vehicles |
| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DNR |
Department of Natural Resources |
| DNS |
Director of Nursing Services |
| DO |
Department Order |
| DOB |
Date of Birth |
| DOC |
Department of Corrections |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Ecology |
| DOE |
Department of Education |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOG |
Distribution Over Grant |
| DOH |
Department of Health |
| DOL |
Department of Licensing |
| DOP |
Department of Personnel |
| DOR |
Department of Revenue |
| DORA |
Division of Refugee Assistance |
| DOS |
Disk Operating System |
| DOSA |
Division of Substance Abuse |
| DPRE |
Division of Program Research & Evaluation |
| DPS |
Delinquency Prevention Services |
| DPS |
Division of Program Support |
| DPS |
Division of Provider Services |
| DR |
Doctor |
| DRA |
Deficit Reduction Act; $50 pass through |
| DRG |
Diagnostic Related Group |
| DRIC |
Disabilities Research and Information Coalition |
| DRS |
Department of Retirement Systems |
| DRS |
Disqualified Recipient System |
| DSB |
Department of Services for the Blind |
| DSH |
Disproportionate Share Hospital |
| DSHS |
Department of Social Health Services |
| DSM |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual |
| DSM IV |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, version 4 |
| DT |
Day Treatment |
| DTP |
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis |
| DUP |
Duplicate |
| DV |
Domestic Violence |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| DVR |
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| DYS |
Dyslins Boys Ranch |
| E&T |
Employment and Training |
| EA |
Each, Emergency Assistance |
| EA |
Emergency Assistance |
| EAA |
Earliest Accrued Arrears |
| EAB |
Enumeration At Birth project |
| EAD |
Employment Authorization Document |
| EAS |
Employee Advisory Services |
| EA-Z |
Eligibility A-Z Manual |
| EBT |
Electronic Benefits Transfer |
| ECDAW |
Early Childhood Developmental Association of Washington |
| ECEAP |
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program |
| ECF |
Extended Care Facility |
| ECP |
Exceptional Cost Plan |
| ECT |
Electro Convulsive Therapy(often called Shock Therapy) |
| ED&TD |
Employee Development and Training Division |
| EDD |
Expected Date of Delivery (unborn) |
| EDD |
Expected Due Date |
| EEA |
Emergency Employment Act |
| EEU |
Experimental Education Unit |
| EFA |
Education for All, Epilepsy Foundation of America |
| EFT |
Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EGCC |
Echo Glen Children's Center |
| EHM |
Electronic Home Monitoring |
| EIN |
Employer Identification Number |
| EITC |
Earned Income Tax Credit |
| EITO |
Earned Income Tax Credit |
| EL |
Executive Leadership |
| ELS |
Evergreen Legal Services |
| EM |
Electronic Monitoring |
| EMER |
Emergency Medical Expense Requirement |
| EMFS |
Economic and Medical Field Services |
| EMP |
Employer, Employed, Employee |
| EMS |
Emergency Medical Services |
| EMT |
Emergency Medical Technician |
| ENC |
Enclosed, Enclosure, Encumbrance |
| ENF |
Enforce, Enforcement |
| EOB |
End-of-Biennium |
| EOE |
Equal Opportunity Employer |
| EOG |
Educational Opportunity Grant |
| EOMB |
Explanation of Medical Benefits |
| EP |
Employability Plan |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPE |
Employee Performance Evaluation |
| EPIC |
External Publications/Internal Communications |
| EPP |
Employment Partnership Program |
| EPS |
Employment Placement Services |
| EPSDT |
Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment (Kid screen) |
| ER |
Eligibility Review |
| ERP |
Employer Reporting Program |
| ERS |
Education & Rehabilitation Services |
| ES |
Employment Security |
| ESA |
Economic Services Administration |
| ESAC |
Economic Services Advisory Committee |
| ESD |
Department of Employment Security |
| ESD |
Educational Service District |
| ESD |
Employee Services Division |
| ESD |
Employment Security Department |
| ESE |
Extended Sheltered Employment |
| ESH |
Eastern State Hospital |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| ESLMB |
Expanded Special Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary |
| EST |
Established |
| ETP |
Exception to Policy |
| ETR |
Exception to Rule |
| EV |
Equity Value |
| EWU |
Eastern Washington University |
| EXEC |
Executive |
| EXP |
Expire, Expires, Expired, Expense |
| F |
Filed |
| F/AR |
Former AR |
| F1 HA |
Federal I Housing Authority |
| FA |
Father |
| FACMT |
Family Advocacy Case Management Team(Military) |
| FAD |
Fraud Abuse and Detection |
| FAE |
Fatal Alcohol Effect |
| FAMCO |
Federal Aid Medical Care Only |
| FAP |
Food Assistance Program |
| FAS |
Fatal Alcohol Syndrome |
| FASB |
Financial Accounting Standards Board |
| FBR |
Federal Benefit Rate |
| FC |
Family Characteristic Code |
| FC |
Foster Care |
| FCA |
Food Coupon Authorization |
| FCC |
Federal Communication Commission |
| FCO |
Federal Coordinating Officer |
| FCR |
Facility Contracted Rate |
| FCRN |
Foster Care Resource Network |
| FDAA |
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration |
| FDP |
Food Distribution Program |
| FEA |
Federal Emergency Assistant |
| FELP |
Family Education Loan Program |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FEPP |
Family Educator Partnership Project |
| FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Agency |
| FFH |
Family Foster Homes |
| FFK |
Family for Kids |
| FFP |
Federal Financial Participation |
| FFY |
Federal Fiscal Year |
| FGI |
Foster Grandparent |
| FGP |
Foster Grandparents Program |
| FH |
Foster Home |
| FHA |
Farmers Home Administration |
| FHA |
Federal Housing Authority |
| FHC |
Fair Hearing Coordinator |
| FHL |
Fair Hearing Liaison |
| FHMC |
Frances Haddon Morgan Center |
| FHSS |
Family Homes Support Services |
| FI |
Field Interview |
| FI |
Field Investigator |
| FIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FICA |
Federal Insurance Contributions Act |
| FIDM |
Financial Institutional Data Match |
| FIPIS |
Family Independence Program Information System |
| FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
| FIT |
Family Integrated Treatment |
| FLCS |
Facility Licensing and Certification System |
| FMHA |
Farmers' Home Administration |
| FMLA |
Family Medical Leave Act |
| FMR |
Former |
| FMS |
Financial Maintenance System |
| FMV |
Fair Market Value |
| FNS |
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA) |
| FO |
Field Office |
| FO |
Field Order |
| FOE |
Forwarding Order Expired |
| FORS |
Felony Offender Reporting System |
| FOS |
From Out of State |
| FP |
Family Planning |
| FPAWS |
Foster Parents Association of Washington State |
| FPC |
Family Policy Council |
| FPD |
Fire Protection District |
| FPL |
Federal Poverty Level |
| FPLS |
Federal Parent Locator Service |
| FPR |
Facility Private Rate |
| FPS |
Family Planning Services |
| FQHC |
Federally Qualified Health Clinic |
| FR |
First Responder |
| FRC |
Family Resources Coordination |
| FRED |
Fraud Early Detection |
| FRH |
Family Receiving Homes |
| FRS |
Family Reconciliation Services |
| FRS |
Financial Responsibility Study |
| FS |
Field Services |
| FS |
Fircrest School |
| FS |
Food Stamps |
| FSAS |
Food Stamp Accounting System |
| FSCC |
First Steps Childcare |
| FSD |
Food Stamp Disqualification |
| FSE&T |
Food Stamp Employment & Training |
| FSET |
Food Stamp Employment & Training automated system |
| FSID |
Food Stamp Identification card |
| FSMSR |
Food Stamp Monthly Status Report |
| FSO |
Field Services Office |
| FSP |
Food Stamp Program |
| FSP |
Future Support Payment |
| FSS |
Financial Services Specialist |
| FSSU |
Field Services Support Unit |
| FST |
Financial Services Technician |
| FSW |
Field Services Worker |
| FTEs |
Full-Time Equivalents |
| FUP |
Family Unity Program |
| FWD |
Forward, Forwarded |
| FY 03 |
Fiscal Year 2003 |
| H5130 |
Health Services Branch Office |
| HA |
Home Aid |
| HAZCOM |
Hazard Communications Program |
| HB |
Healthy Mothers-Healthy Babies |
| HBS |
Home Based Services |
| HCDA |
Housing and Community Development |
| HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration |
| HCS |
Home & Community Services |
| HCSO |
Home & Community Services Office |
| HFW |
Health Field Worker |
| HH |
Household |
| HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services (Federal) |
| HI |
Hearing Impaired |
| HI |
Hospital Insurance |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Claim number |
| HIO |
Health Insuring Organization |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act |
| HIS |
Hospital Information System |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HM-HB |
Healthy Mothers-Healthy Babies |
| HO |
Healthy Options |
| HMO |
Health Maintenance Organization |
| HOH |
Head of Household |
| HPA |
Habilitation Plan Administrator |
| HPIT |
High Priority Infant Tracking System |
| HPS |
Health Program Specialist |
| HQ |
Headquarters |
| HRA |
Human Resource Assistant |
| HRC |
Human Rights Commission |
| HRD |
Human Resource Development |
| HRDIS |
Human Resource Development Information System |
| HRSA |
Health and Recovery Services Administration |
| HS |
High School |
| HS |
Homemaker Services |
| HSA |
Health Systems Agency |
| HSD |
Health Services Division |
| HSS |
Home Support Specialist |
| HUD |
Housing and Urban Development (Federal) |
| HUSB |
Husband |
| HV |
Home Visit |
| HWD |
Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities Program |
| I&A |
Information and Assistance |
| I&R |
Information and Referral |
| IA |
Individual Address Screen |
| IAR |
Inter-Agency Reimbursement |
| IAR |
Interim Assistance Reimbursement |
| IAS |
Intake/Assessment Services |
| IBP |
Institutional Building Program |
| IC |
Interstate Compact |
| ICD |
International Classification of Diseases |
| ICF |
Intermediate Care Facility |
| ICF/MR |
Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded |
| ICJ |
Interstate Compact on Juveniles |
| ICLS |
Interim Client Locator System |
| ICM |
Infant Case Management |
| ICMS |
Incapacity Case Management System |
| ICPC |
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children |
| ICS |
Integrated Client System |
| ICW |
Indian Child Welfare |
| ICWA |
Indian Child Welfare Act |
| ICWAC |
Indian Child Welfare Advisory Committee |
| ID |
Identification |
| IDA |
Individual Development Account |
| IDEA Part B |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IDEA Part C |
Individuals with Disabilities |
| IE |
Intentional Error |
| IEP |
Individual Education Plan |
| IEVS |
Income and Eligibility Verification System |
| IF |
Interface Forms |
| IFG |
Individual and Family Grant |
| IFPS |
Intensive Family Preservation Services |
| IFSP |
Individualized Family Service Plan |
| IHE |
Inadvertent Household Error |
| IHHCR |
Intensive Home Health Care Review |
| IHP |
Individual Habilitation Plan |
| IHS |
Indian Health Services |
| IJ |
Initiating Jurisdiction |
| IL |
Independent Living |
| ILP |
Independent Living Plan |
| ILR |
Independent Living Rehabilitation |
| IMD |
Institution for Mental Disease |
| IMR |
Institution for Mentally Retarded |
| INA |
Immigrant and Nationality Act |
| INC |
Income, Incorporated |
| INCL |
Include, Including, Inclusive |
| INEL |
Ineligible |
| INFO |
Information |
| INIT |
Initial, Initiating |
| INS |
Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| INS |
Insurance |
| INT |
Interest |
| IOC |
Inspection of Care |
| IP |
Intensive Parole |
| IPAC |
Indian Policy Advisory Council |
| IPP |
Individual Provider Program |
| IPSA |
Intensive Parole Supervision Assessment |
| IPSS |
Indian Policy and Support Services |
| IPV |
Intentional Program Violation |
| IQ |
Intelligence Quotient |
| IR |
In Residence |
| IR |
Incident Report |
| IR |
Income Report |
| IR |
Interstate Regulations |
| IRA |
Individual Retirement Account |
| IRA |
Investigative Risk Assessment |
| IRAB |
Information Resource Advisory Board |
| IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
| IRCA |
Immigration Reform & Control Act |
| IRI |
Information Resource Improvement |
| IRM |
Information Resource Management |
| IRP |
Individual Responsibility Plan |
| IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
| IRT |
Incapacity Review Team |
| IRYC |
Indian Ridge Youth Camp |
| IS |
Incapacity Specialist |
| IS |
Initiating State |
| IS |
Institutionalized Spouse |
| ISCA |
Initial Security Classification Assessment |
| ISD |
Index of Social Development |
| ISFP |
Individual Family Service Plan |
| ISP |
Individual Service Plan |
| ISSD |
Information System Services Division |
| ISSP |
Individual Service & Safety Plan |
| ISW |
Incapacity Social Worker or Incapacity Specialist |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITA |
Involuntary Treatment Act |
| ITC |
Individualized and Tailored Care |
| ITEIP |
Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program |
| ITIS |
Income Tracking Information System |
| ITIS |
Interactive Terminal Input System |
| ITIS |
Interstate Terminal Input System |
| ITM |
Integrated Treatment Model |
| ITO |
Indian Tribal Organization |
| ITP |
Initial Treatment Plan |
| ITP |
Interstate Transmittal Process |
| ITU |
Intensive Treatment Unit |
| IV-A, 4A |
Most public assistance, including AFDC |
| IV-D, 4D |
The Child Support Enforcement program |
| IV-E, 4E |
AFDC Foster Care program |
| IVES |
Income Verification Eligibility System |
| IWW |
Immediate Wage Withholding |
| MAA |
Medical Assistance Administration |
| MAC |
Maximum Allowable Cost |
| MACSC |
Medical Administration Customer Service Center |
| MAID |
Medical Assistance Identification card |
| MAM |
Medicaid Administrative Match |
| MAO |
Medical Assistant Only |
| MAPPER |
Maintaining, Preparing, and Producing Executive Reports |
| MAR |
Medication Administration Record |
| MAU |
Medical Assistance Unit |
| MAX |
Maximum |
| MAYSI |
Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument |
| MBCH |
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital |
| MBO |
Management by Objective |
| MBR |
Master Beneficiary Record |
| MC |
DCCEL Mini-Center |
| MCH |
Maternal/Child Health |
| MCO |
Managed Care Organization |
| MCYC |
Mission Creek Youth Camp |
| MD |
Mandatory Deduction |
| MD |
Multiple Disabilities |
| MDA |
Monthly Deduction Amount |
| MDCC |
Mini Day Care Center |
| MDS |
Minimum Data Set |
| MDT |
Multi-Disciplinary Team |
| MDTAG |
Mail Delivered To Addressee at Address Given |
| MED |
Medical |
| MEDS |
Medical Eligibility Determination Services |
| MEF |
Master Earnings File |
| MER |
Medicaid Eligibility Rate |
| MERQ |
Medicaid Extension Quarterly Report |
| MFCU |
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit |
| MGMT |
Management |
| MGR |
Manager |
| MH |
Maternity Home |
| MH |
Mental Health |
| MH / RSN |
Mental Health / Regional Support Network |
| MHB |
Mental Health Board |
| MHCTS |
Mental Health Client Tracking System |
| MHD |
Mental Health Division |
| MHI |
Mental Health Institution |
| MHIIS |
Mental Health Institutional Information System |
| MHOC |
Mental Health Oversight Committee |
| MHP |
Mental Health Professional |
| MHSIP |
Mental Health Statistical Improvement Project |
| MI |
Manifest Injustice |
| MI |
Medical Insurance Screen |
| MI |
Medically Indigent |
| MI |
Mentally Ill |
| MIC |
Medically Intensive Children |
| MIIICP |
Medically Intensive Home Care Program |
| MIL |
Minimum Income Level |
| MIN |
Minute, Minimum |
| MIO |
Mentally Ill Offender |
| MIS |
Management Information Systems |
| MIS |
Medically Intensive Services |
| MISC |
Miscellaneous |
| MLD |
Mailed |
| MLNFA |
Moved, Left No Forwarding Address |
| MLR |
Minimum Licensing Requirements |
| MLS |
Maple Lane School |
| MLU |
Multi-Lingual Unit |
| MMIS |
Medicaid Management Information System |
| MN |
Medically Needy |
| MNIL |
Medically Needy Income Level |
| MNIL |
Medically Needy Income Liability |
| MO |
Medical Only |
| MO |
Month, Monthly, Money Order |
| MO |
Mother |
| MOD |
Modification, Modified |
| MOS |
Month of Service |
| MQT |
Medicaid Qualifying Trust |
| MPC |
Medicaid Personal Care |
| MPCS |
Medicaid Personal Care Services |
| MPD |
Medical Program Director |
| MR |
Mental Retardation or Mentally Retarded |
| MRA |
Monthly Recovery Amount |
| MS |
Mail Stop |
| MS |
Maternity Services |
| MS |
Multiple Sclerosis |
| MSA |
Management Services Administration |
| MS-DOS |
Microsoft Disk Operating System |
| MSFO |
Management Services Fiscal Office |
| MSG |
Message |
| MSP |
Medicare Savings Program |
| MSR |
Merit System Rule |
| MSR |
Monthly Status Report |
| MSS |
Maternity Support Services |
| MSW |
Master of Social Work |
| MSWC |
Medical Social Work Consultant |
| MTG |
Meeting, Mortgage |
| MWBE |
Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises |
| MWW |
Most Wanted Website |
| MXM |
Month by Month |
| N/A |
Not Applicable |
| NA |
Narcotics Anonymous |
| NA |
Non-Assistance |
| NADA |
National Automobile Dealers' Association |
| NAFS |
Non-Assistance Food Stamps |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAMI |
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill |
| NAMIWA |
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Washington |
| NAPNAP |
National Association of Pediatric Nurses and Practitioners |
| NAPS |
Non-assistance Payment System |
| NARC |
National Association for Retarded Children |
| NC |
No Case, No Change |
| NCA |
Non-continuing Assistance |
| NCC |
Negotiable Control Clerk |
| NCC |
Nursing Care Consultant |
| NCCAN |
National Center of Child Abuse and Neglect |
| NCO |
Non-Court Ordered |
| NCP |
Non-custodial Parent |
| NCP |
Nursing Care Program |
| NCSA |
National and Community Service Act |
| NDAA |
Not Deliverable As Addressed |
| NDC |
National Drug Code |
| NDSL |
National Direct Student Loans |
| NDVR |
Non-Disabled Vocational Rehabilitation |
| NEG |
Negotiate |
| NF |
Nursing Facility |
| NFFR |
Notice and Finding of Financial Responsibility (DSHS 9-275) |
| NFMR |
Notice and Finding of Medical Responsibility |
| NFPR |
Notice and Finding of Parental Responsibility (DSHS 9-710) |
| NH |
Nursing Home |
| NHA |
Nursing Home Affairs |
| NHA |
Nursing Home Audit |
| NIAAA |
National Institute Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism |
| NICU |
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| NIDA |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| NIF |
Not In File |
| NIHR |
National Institute of Handicapped Research |
| NIK-U |
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
| NIS |
National Immigration Service |
| NKAAG |
Not Known At Addess Given |
| NLA |
Newly Legalized Alien |
| NLE |
No Longer Employed |
| NLETS |
National Law Enforcement Telecommunication System |
| NMSN |
National Medical Support Notice |
| NNNC |
Not in Need of Nursing Care |
| NOA |
Notice Of Appearance |
| NOD |
Notice of Debt |
| NOE |
No Order Entered |
| NONCOOP |
Noncooperation |
| NPRC |
National Personnel Records Center |
| NR |
No Record |
| NRA |
National Rehabilitation Association |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRHIAAPDSH |
Non-Rural Hospital Indigent Adult Assistance Program Disproportionate Share Hospital |
| NSA |
Necessary Supplemental Accommodation services |
| NSCA |
National and Community Service Act |
| NSF |
Non-sufficient Funds |
| NWEP |
Non-Wage Enforcement Program |
| NYC |
Naselle Youth Camp |
| O/P |
Overpayment |
| OA |
Office of Appeals |
| OAA |
Old Age Assistance |
| OAA |
Older Americans Act |
| OAH |
Office of Administrative Hearings |
| OAKR |
Oakridge State Community Facility |
| OAR |
Ongoing Additional Requirements |
| OAR |
Office of Administrative Regulations |
| OAS |
Office of Accounting Services |
| OASDI |
Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance |
| OASI |
Old Age Survivors Insurance |
| OATT |
Office of Administrative Hearings |
| OB |
Obstetrics |
| OB-2 |
Office Building #2 |
| OBJ |
Object, Objection |
| OBRA |
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
| OBRA |
Outward Bound Residential Alternatives |
| OCCP |
Office of Child Care Policy |
| OCM |
Office of Contracts Management |
| OCP |
Office of Central Programs |
| OCPFAU |
Office of Capital Programs Fiscal Administration Unit |
| OCR |
Office of Civil Rights |
| OCSE |
Office of Child Support Enforcement (Federal Agency) |
| OD |
Officer of the Day |
| ODHH |
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
| ODI |
Office of Disability Insurance |
| OEO |
Office for Equal Opportunity |
| OEO |
Office of Economic Opportunity |
| OEPR |
Office of Evaluation and Program Review |
| OFA |
Office of Family Administration |
| OFA |
Organization and Fiscal Auditor |
| OFCL |
Office of Foster Care Licensing |
| OFF |
Office, Officer |
| OFM |
Office of Financial Management |
| OFR |
Office of Financial Recovery |
| OGH |
Oakridge Group Home |
| OH |
Office of Hearings |
| OHDO |
Office of Human Resources Operations |
| OHDS |
Office of Human Development Services |
| OHP |
Office-of-Home-Placement |
| OI |
Office Interview |
| OI |
Orthopedically Impaired |
| OIS |
Office of Information Systems |
| OJT |
On-the-Job Training |
| OLA |
Office of Legal Affairs |
| OMB |
Office of Management Development |
| OMC |
Office of Managed Care |
| OMD |
Office of Business and Management |
| OOED |
Office of Organization and Employee Development |
| OOR |
Office of Operations Review |
| OOS |
Order of Selection |
| OOS |
Out-of-State |
| OP |
Overpayment |
| OPO |
Office of Personnel Operations |
| OPPS |
Office of Personnel, Policy & Standards |
| OPS |
Computer Operations Support |
| OPT |
Option, Optional |
| OPTB |
Option B Disposition Alternative |
| OR |
Operations Review |
| OR |
Order, Order Record Screen |
| ORC |
Operations Review and Consultation |
| ORDA |
Office of Research and Data Analysis |
| ORIA |
Office of Refugee & Immigrant Assistance |
| ORM |
Office of Risk Management |
| ORR |
Office of Refugee Resettlement |
| OSE |
Office of Support Enforcement (prior to DCS) |
| OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs |
| OSH |
Our Sisters House |
| OSI |
Office of Special Investigation |
| OSPI |
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| OSS |
Office of Staff Services |
| OST |
Office of State Treasurer |
| OT |
Occupational Therapist |
| OT |
Occupational Therapy |
| OTG |
One Time Grant |
| OTIS |
Office of Treatment and Intergovernmental Services |
| OTIS |
Office of Transportation/Interpreter Services |
| OTP |
One-Time Payment |
| OURS |
Our Sisters House |
| OV |
Office Visit |
| OWA |
Office of Workload Analysis |
| OWD |
Order to Withhold and Deliver |
| OWI |
Order to Withhold and Income |
| P |
Pharmacy |
| P&A |
Protection and Advocacy |
| PA |
Physician’s Assistant |
| PA |
Preliminary Assessment |
| PA |
Prosecuting Attorney |
| PA |
Public Assistant |
| PAC |
Patient Assessment Chart |
| PALS |
Program for Alternative Living Skills |
| PAMI |
Peninsula Advocates for the Mentally Ill |
| PASR |
Post-Authorization Supervisory Review |
| PASS |
Plan for Achieving Self-Support |
| PAT |
Paternity, Program Area Team |
| PAT |
Program Area Team |
| PAVE |
Parents are Vital in Education |
| PBX |
Private Branch Exchange |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PCA |
Primary Care Association |
| PCCF |
Parke Creek State Community Facility |
| PCCM |
Primary Care Case Manager/ Management |
| PCFSU |
Personal Care Facilities Survey Unit |
| PCGH |
Parke Creek Group Home |
| PCHS |
Parent and Child Health Services |
| PCP |
Prenatal Care Program |
| PCP |
Primary Care Provider |
| PCR |
Payroll Deduction Notice |
| PCR |
Personnel Conduct Report |
| PDC |
Public Disclosure Coordinator |
| PDSA |
Pre-Determination Settlement Agreement |
| PE |
Professional Engineer |
| PEP |
Personal Employment Plan |
| PEP |
Progressive Evaluation Process |
| PER |
Public Employee Retirement System |
| PES |
Professional Examination Service |
| PFD |
Permanent Fund Distributions |
| PFD |
Permanent Fund Dividend (Alaska) |
| PFR |
Program Financial Report |
| PH |
Personal Holiday |
| PH |
Phone, Personal Holiday |
| PHA |
Public Health Advisor |
| PHN |
Public Health Nurse |
| PIC |
Patient Identification Code |
| PIC |
Pediatric Interim Care |
| PIC |
Personal Identification Code |
| PIC |
Personal Information Code |
| PIC |
Public Involvement Contract |
| PIO |
Public Information Officer |
| PIP |
Payment Integrity Program |
| PIP |
Primary Intervention Program |
| PIR |
Personal Immunization Record |
| PISD |
Personnel Information Systems Development |
| PL |
Public Law |
| PM |
Per Month |
| PM |
Program Manager |
| PMD |
Private Medical Doctor |
| PMPC |
Per Month Per Child |
| PMR |
Proportionate Mortality Ratio |
| PMT |
Payment |
| PN |
Physical Neglect |
| PNA |
Personal Needs Allowance |
| PO |
Parole Officer |
| PO |
Personnel Officer |
| PO |
Post Office |
| PO |
Purchase Order |
| POC |
Plan of Correction |
| POE |
Place of Employment |
| POL |
Physician’s Office Laboratory |
| POL |
Policy |
| POS |
Point of Sale |
| PP |
Parenting Plan |
| PPB |
Parts Per Billion |
| PPFH |
Permanency Planning Foster Home |
| PPI |
Pre-Parole Investigation |
| PPL |
Pacific Power and Light Company |
| PPO |
Preferred Provider Organization |
| PR |
Procurement Request |
| PRO |
Professional Review Organization |
| PROB |
Probation, Problem, Probably |
| PROG |
Program |
| PROGS |
Prognostic Staffings |
| PROS |
Prosecution, Prosecutor, Prosecuting Attorney |
| PRR |
Patients Requiring Regulation |
| PRS |
Permanent Residential Status |
| PRUCOL |
Permanently Residing Under Color of Law |
| PRWORA |
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 |
| PS |
Payment Status |
| PS |
Personal Service |
| PS&A |
Program Support and Administration |
| PSA |
Psychiatric Security Attendant |
| PSC |
Payment Service Center |
| PSC |
Payment Status Code |
| PSE |
Public Service Employment |
| PSLA |
Puget Sound Legal Assistance |
| PSO |
Payment Service Only |
| PSRA |
Personnel Services Reform Act |
| PSRO |
Professional Standards Review Organization |
| PT |
Part-time, Prosecutor Tracking Screen |
| PT |
Physical Therapy |
| PUGS |
Puget Sound Center |
| PV |
Parole Revocation |
| PVT |
Private |
| R&A |
Routing and Action |
| R-1 |
Region 1 |
| R-2 |
Region 2 |
| R-3 |
Region 3 |
| R-4 |
Region 4 |
| R-5 |
Region 5 |
| R-6 |
Region 6 |
| RA |
Refugee Assistance |
| RA |
Regional Administrator |
| RA |
Remittance Advice |
| RAC |
Regional Advisory Committee |
| RAP |
Refugee Assistance Program |
| RAP-MHP |
Refugee Assistance Program-MHealth Project |
| RAPS |
Records of Assistance Payment System |
| RAPTF |
Refugee Assistant Program Task Force |
| RAW |
Replenishment Agricultural Worker |
| RC |
Review Code, Case Review Screen |
| RCA |
Refugee Cash Assistance |
| RCC |
Regional Coordinating Council |
| RCN |
Registration and Control of Negotiable |
| RCS |
Residential Care Services |
| RCSW |
Registered Council of Social Workers |
| RCT |
Resident Care & Training |
| RCW |
Revised Code of Washington |
| RD |
Revenue Division |
| RDA |
Research and Data Analysis |
| RDDA |
Regional Developmental Disabilities Administrator |
| RDYK |
Ruth Dykeman Center |
| RE |
With Reference To, Regarding |
| REC |
Record, Receipt |
| RECD |
Received |
| RECIP |
Reciprocal |
| REF |
Referral, Refund, Refunding |
| Region X |
Federal Region 10 |
| REIMB |
Reimburse, Reimbursement |
| REL |
Relative |
| REP |
Representative |
| RES |
Restricted, Residence, Resides |
| RESP |
Respond/Responding, Responsible |
| RET |
Returned |
| REV |
Review, Revenue, Revised |
| REW |
Rehabilitation Enterprises of Washington l |
| RFA |
Request Funding for Application |
| RFB |
Request for Benefits |
| RFI |
Request for Information |
| RFIS |
Reception and Financial Intake System |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RFQ |
Request for Qualifications |
| RGH |
Ridgeview Group Home |
| RH |
Receiving Home |
| RHC |
Residential Habilitation Center |
| RIDG |
Ridgeview State Community Facility |
| RIF |
Reduction in Force |
| RIT |
Regulatory Improvement Team(ESA) |
| RJ |
Responding Jurisdiction |
| RJ |
Review Judge |
| RJE |
Remote Job Entry |
| RM |
Regional Manager |
| RMA |
Refugee Medical Assistance |
| RMS |
Random Moment Sample |
| RMSS |
Risk Management Services Section |
| RMTS |
Random Moment Time Sampling |
| RN |
Registered Nurse |
| RO |
Regional Office |
| ROA |
Record of Official Action |
| RPA |
Regional Program Administrator |
| RPT |
Report |
| RR |
Review Request |
| RRAC |
Resident Rights Advisory Committee |
| RRATS |
Records Retention and Tracking System |
| RRB |
Railroad Retirement Benefits |
| RRC |
Records Reference Center |
| RS |
Rainier School |
| RS |
Record Search |
| RS |
Responding State |
| RSA |
Rehabilitative Services Administration |
| RSC |
Residential Service Coordinator |
| RSDI |
Retired, Survivors, Disability Insurance |
| RSEO |
Responsible Support Enforcement Officer |
| RSN |
Regional Support Network |