DD ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
24-Hour Residential
Services
AI
ATE
CDDP
DAVS
DD
DHS
DHSCW
DSO
eXPRS
FEMA
FTE
ICF/MR
ISP
OAR
OCEM
OIT
PPI
PSI
ReBAR
SC
SERT
SIS
SNAP
SPD
SSI
The Department
Title XIX Waiver
WCHHS
WCHHSDDP
Programs licensed under the 24-hour Oregon Administrative Rules (group
homes)
Abuse Investigation (also called protective services investigation)
Alternatives to employment (day activity program focusing on community
integration activities rather than paid employment)
Community Developmental Disabilities Program
Washington County Department of Disability, Aging, and Veteran’s
Services
Developmental disabilities
The Oregon Department of Human Services
Department of Human Services Child Welfare
Disability Services Office
Express Payment & Reporting System (the state provider payment
system)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Full time equivalent
Intermediate Care Facility/Mentally Retarded (examples of ICF/MRs
would be Fairview Training Center [now closed] or Eastern Oregon
Training Center)
Individual Support Plan
Oregon Administrative Rule
Washington County’s Office of Consolidated Emergency Management
Office of Investigations and Training (the office at the state that is
responsible for protective services, this office is part of DHS and is located
within the Health Services unit)
Protective physical intervention
Protective service investigation (also called abuse investigation)
Restructuring Budgets, Assessments and Rates (the state’s overall
system of assessment and rate structuring)
Services coordinator (also referred to as case manager)
Serious Event Review Team
Supports Intensity Scale (the state required tool used to determined
individual rates in 24-hour/group home residential settings, part of the
ReBAR system)
Support Needs Assessment Profile (the state required tool used to
determined individual rates in foster care)
Seniors and People with Disabilities (the unit within DHS that focuses on
planning of services, policy development and regulation of programs for
people with developmental disabilities)
Supplemental Security Income (administered through Social Security)
The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
The state Medicaid waiver which allows the state to access federal funds
for community based services
Washington County Health and Human Services
Washington County Health and Human Services Developmental
Disabilities Program
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