COMMON CHILD WELFARE ACRONYMS
Absent Parent/ Alleged Perpetrator
Abuse Report/Child Safety Assessment
Abuse Reporting Information Services
Adjudication
Administration for Children & Families
Adoption & Related Services
Adoption & Safe Families Act
Adoption Exchange System
Affidavit of Diligent Search
Agency for Health Care Administration
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health
American Public Human Services Association
Attention Deficit Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Camelot Community Care
Care Manager
Case Management Agency
Case Plan
Child
Child Abuse Hotline
Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act
Child in Care
Child Justice Center
Child Protection Team
Child Safety Assessment
Child Support Enforcement
Child Legal Services
Children Mental Health
Children’s Home Society
Children’s Medical Services
Children and Families Operating Procedures
Child Protection Investigator
AP
CSA
ARIS
ADJ
ACF
ARS
ASFA
AES
ADS
AHCA
APD
ADM
APHSA
ADD
ADHD
CCC
CM
CMA
CP
CH
Hotline
CAPTA
CIC
CJC
CPT
CSA
CSE
CLS
CMH
CHS
CMS
CFOP, OP
CPI
Child Welfare Prepaid Mental Health Plan
Chronological Notes
Client Information System
Community Based Care
Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessment
Corrective Action Plan
Courtesy Supervision
Date of Birth
Department of Children & Families
CWPMHP
Chrono’s
CIS
CBC
CBHA
CAP
CS
DOB
DCF
Department of Juvenile Justice
Developmental Services
Dispositional hearing
District Administrator
District Program Manager
Domestic Violence
Early Learning Coalition
Early Services Intervention
Economic Self-Sufficiency
Emergency Room
Family Care Counselor
Family Preservation Services of Florida
Family Team Conference
Father
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Florida Abuse Hotline Information System
Florida Administrative Code
Florida Child and Family Service Review
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Florida Safe Families Network
Florida Statutes
Foster Care
Foster Home
Foster Parents
Guardian Ad Litem
Home Study
Home Visit
Indian Child Welfare Act
Initial Child Safety Assessment
Initial Decision Summary
Interstate Compact Placement of Children
Individual Education Program
Independent Living Placement
Independent Living Services
Judicial Review
Judicial Review Social Study Report
Law Enforcement
Maintenance Adoption Subsidy
Medical Examiner
Medicaid
Meridian Behavioral Healthcare
Misdemeanor
Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting
DJJ
DS
Dispo
DA
DPM
DV
ELC
ESI
ESS
ER
FCC
FPS
FTC
FX
FAS
FAHIS
FAC, Rule
FL CFSR
FDLE
FSFN
FS
FC
FH
FP
GAL
HS
HV
ICWA
ICSA
IDS
ICPC
IEP
ILP
ILS
JR
JRSSR
LE
MAS
ME
Title XIX, XIX
MBH
Misd
MAPP
Mother
Multidisciplinary Team
Multiethnic Placement Act
Operations Program Administrator
Out of Home Care
Out of Town Inquiry
Parent
Partnership for Strong Families
Permanency Planning Families
Post-Placement Supervision
Pre-Dispositional Study/Report
Program Operations Administrator
Protective Supervision
Psychological Evaluation
Quality Assurance
Relative Caregiver Funds
Relative Caregiver Program
Request for Assistance
Residential Group Care
Residential Treatment Center
Rights & Responsibilities
Risk Assessment
Road to Independence
Severely Emotionally Disturbed
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Sheriff’s Office
Single Point of Access
Social Security Administration
Social Security Number
Specialized Therapeutic Foster Care
State Attorney’s Office
Substance Abuse Mental Health
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Supplemental Security Income
Systems of Care
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Termination of Parental Rights
Therapeutic Foster Home
Treatment
Victim Child
Voluntary Protective Services
Wraparound Process
Mx
MDT
MEPA
OPA
OHC
OTI
Pa
PSF/PFSF
PPF
PPS
PDS, PDR
POA
PS
Psych Eval
QA
RCF
RCP
RFA
RGC
RTC
R&R
RA
RTI
SED
SBS
SO
SPOA
SSA
SSN
STFC
SAO
SAMH
SIDS
SSI
SOC
TANF
TPR
TFH
Tx
VC
VPS
WRAP