Children’s Division Acronyms
Select a letter from the row below or scroll down to browse the index. Then select a topic from the index list.
– A –
- ACC
- Area Career Center
- ACRB
- Alternative Care Review Board
- AFCARS
- Adoption and Foster Care Automated Reporting System
- AI
- American Indian
- ARC
- Adoption Resource Center
- ASFA
- Adoption Safe Families Act
- ATC
- Adoption Tax Credit
– B –
- BIA
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- BSHCN
- Bureau of Special Health Care Needs
- BSIU
- Background Screening and Investigation Unit
– C –
- CA/N
- Child Abuse/Neglect
- CANHU
- Child Abuse/Neglect Hotline Unit
- CANRB
- Child Abuse or Neglect Review Board
- CAPTA
- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
- CARF
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
- CARS
- Claims and Restitution
- CASA
- Court Appointed Special Advocate
- CD
- Children’s Division
- CDP
- Custody Diversion Protoco
- CFCIP
- Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
- CFRP
- Child Fatality Review Panel
- CFSP
- Child and Family Services Plan
- CFSR
- Child and Family Services Review
- CMHC
- Community Mental Health Center
- CMO
- Care Management Organization
- CMU
- Contract Management Unit
- COA
- Council on Accreditation
- CP
- Child Placing Agency
- CPS
- Child Protection Services
- CPS
- Comprehensive Psychiatric Services
- CQI
- Continuous Quality Improvement
- CRU
- Central Registry Unit
- CSPI
- Severity of Childhood Psychiatric Illness Scale
- CSS
- Children’s Service Supervisor
- CSTAR
- Comprehensive Substance Treatment and Rehabilitation Program
- CTS
- Children’s Treatment Services
- CWLA
- Children Welfare League of America
- CWM
- Child Welfare Manual
- CWPT
- Child Welfare Practice Training
- CYAC
- Children of Youth in Alternative Care
- CYPM
- Crossover Youth Practice Model
– D –
- DBH
- Division of Behavioral Health
- DCN
- Departmental Client Number (Each Person’s ID # with DSS)
- DD
- Division of Developmental Disabilities
- DESE
- Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- DFAS
- Division of Finance and Administrative Services
- DHSS
- Department of Health and Senior Services
- DJO
- Deputy Juvenile Officer or Juvenile Officer
- DLS
- Division of Legal Services
- DMH
- Department of Mental Health
- DR
- Differential Response
- DSS
- Department of Social Services
- DVN
- Departmental Vendor Number
- DYS
- Division of Youth Services
– E –
- EAS
- Emergency Assistance Services
- EPSDT
- Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
- ETV
- Educational Training Voucher
– F –
- FA
- Foster/Adoptive
- FACES
- Family and Children Electronic System
- FC
- Foster Care
- FCC
- Foster Care Coalition
- FCARSTC
- Foster Care Adoptive Resource Services and Technical Consultation Contract
- FCCM
- Foster Care Case Management (Used for Contractors in Alternative Care Case Management)
- FCOOHC
- Family Centered Out-of-Home Care
- FCS
- Family Centered Services
- FCSR
- Family Care Safety Registry
- FH
- Foster Home
- FRS
- Family Reunion Services
- FSD
- Family Support Division
- FST
- Family Support Team
- FSTM
- Family Support Team Meeting
– G –
- GAL
- Guardian ad Litem (Child in Foster Care’s Attorney)
– H –
- HB
- House Bill
- HCY
- Healthy Children, Youth
- HDN
- Homeless, Dependent, and Neglected
- HIPAA
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HLD
- High Level Design
– I –
- ICAMA
- Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
- ICJ
- Interstate Compact on Juveniles
- ICPC
- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
- ICWA
- Indian Child Welfare Act
- IDEA
- Individuals with Disabilities Act
- IEP
- Individualized Educational Plan
- IIS
- Intensive In-Home Services (Formerly was Family Preservation)
- ILA
- Independent Living Arrangement
- ISL
- Individualized Supported Living
- ISP
- Individual Service Plan
– J – K – L –
- JAD
- Joint Application Design
- JET
- Judicial Engagement Team
- JO
- Juvenile Officer
- JTPA
- Job Training Partnership Act
- KIDS
- Children’s Income Distribution System
– M –
- MA
- Medical Assistance
- MHD
- MO HealthNet Division
- MMP
- Missouri Mentor Program
- MOCOR
- Missouri Community Options and Resources
- MSFCAB
- Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board
– N –
- NACAC
- North American Council on Adoptable Children
- NCANDS
- National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
- NFPN
- National Family Preservation Network
- NYTD
- National Youth in Transition Database
– O –
- OASDI
- Old Age, Survivors, Disability Insurance
- OHI
- Out-of-Home Investigation Unit
- OTI
- Out-of-Town Inquiry
- OYP
- Older Youth Program
- OYTS
- Older Youth Transition Specialist
- OSCA
- Office of State Courts Administrators
– P – Q –
- PAC
- Partnering to Achieve Change
- PDR
- Practice Development Review
- PDSU
- Program Development Systems Unit
- PHI
- Protected Health Information
- PII
- Protected Identifying Information
- PPR
- Permanency Planning Review
- PPRT/PPT
- Permanency Planning Review Team
- PRN
- Pro re nata (As the Situation Demands)
- PROMPT
- Promoting Resources and Opportunities for Making Permanency Timely
- PSA
- Public Service Alert
- PSI
- Preventive Services Indicated
- QA
- Quality Assurance
- QI
- Quality Improvement
– R –
- RCCA
- Residential Child Care Agency
- RCST
- Residential Care Screening Team
- REHAB-RT
- Residential Facility Based Rehabilitative Treatment Services
- RET
- Rational Emotive Therapy
- RFP
- Request for Proposal
- RMTS
- Random Moment Time Study
- RPP
- Reasonable and Prudent Parenting
- RPU
- Residential Program Unit
- RT
- Residential Treatment
- RTS
- Residential Treatment Services
– S –
- SACWIS
- State Automated Child Welfare Information System
- SAFE/CARE
- Sexual Abuse Forensic Examination/Child Abuse Resource Evaluation
- SAM II
- Statewide Advantage for Missouri II
- SASSI-A2
- Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory
- SB
- Senate Bill
- SBSW
- School Based Service Worker
- SC
- Services Coordinator (Provided by DMH-DD)
- SOS
- Signs of Safety
- SSA
- Social Security Administration
- SSD
- Special School District
- SSI
- Supplemental Security Income
- SSN
- Social Security Number
- STARS
- Specialized Training, Assessment and Resource Support/Skills
- STAT
- State Technical Assistance Team
- SVH
- School Violence Hotline
- SYAB
- State Youth Advisory Board
– T –
- TA
- Temporary Assistance
- TANF
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- TCM
- Target Case Manager (Provided by DMH-DD, Contracted Agency)
- TDM
- Team Decision Making
- Title IV-E
- Federal Funding for CS Programs
- Title XIX
- MO HealthNet Funding
- TLA
- Transitional Living Advocate
- TLG
- Transitional Living Group Home
- TLP
- Transitional Living Program
- TLS
- Transitional Living Scattered-Site Apartment
- TPL
- Third Party Insurance/Liability
- TPR
- Termination of Parental Rights
– U – V –
- UPL
- Under Poverty Level
- USDA
- United States Department of Agriculture
- VPA
- Voluntary Placement Agreement
– W – X – Y – Z –
- WIC
- Women, Infants, and Children
- WIU
- Welfare Investigation Unit