WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? ACRONYMS USED IN MENTAL
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WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? ACRONYMS USED IN MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY IN MASSACHUSETTS Prepared by the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee December 2011 Acronym 51A 209A AA ABAS ACT ADA ADD ADHD ADLs AG AIM AMI AOT APA ARC ART ASAP ASAP Explanation Abuse and neglect of minor pursuant to Mass. Gen. L. ch. 51A Abuse prevention order pursuant to Mass. Gen. L. ch. 209A Alcoholics Anonymous Adaptive Behavior Assessment System Assertive Community Treatment (see also PACT) Americans with Disabilities Act Attention Deficit Disorder Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Activities of Daily Living Attorney General of the Comm. of Mass. Aid for Incarcerated Mothers Alliance for the Mentally Ill Assisted Outpatient Treatment American Psychiatric Association or American Psychological Association Association for Retarded Citizens (The ARC) Acute Residential Treatment Aging Services Access Points Assessments for Safe & Appropriate Placements BBA BBO BCIL Boston Bar Association Board of Bar Overseers of Mass. Boston Center for Independent Living BIRT Behavioral Intensive Residential Treatment Brain Injury and Specialized Community Services (formerly SHIP) Bureau of Substance Abuse Services 1 BISCS BSAS Context filed w/ DCF Court order Substance abuse term assessment used in DDS eligibility mental health term federal law diagnostic term diagnostic term disability term Mass. state agency non-profit in Mass. national and state associations mental health term national associations national and state associations mental health term Elder services info. DCF term Mass. state organization Mass. state agency Advocacy and service org for people with disabilities DMH/DCF term Program of Mass. Rehab. Commission of DPH BSEA Bureau of Special Education Appeals BTR CAFAS Behavioral treatment residence Child & Adolescent Functional Assessment Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths tool Collaborative Assessment Program CANS CAP CARD CASPP C&P CCA CFJJ CHAPA Child awaiting residential disposition Child and Adolescent Services Planning Principles Care & Protection proceeding CBAT Consumer and Caregiver Assessment Citizens for Juvenile Justice Citizens Housing and Planning Association Community Based Acute Treatment CBFS Community Based Flexible Supports CBHI Children's Behavioral Health Initiative CFFC CHINS Coordinated Family Focused Care Child In Need of Services CIRT Clinically Intensive Residential Treatment Crisis Intervention Team CIT CJPC CLC CLE CLRD CLUM CMHC CMHS CMS Criminal Justice Policy Coalition Children’s Law Center of Lynn Center for Law and Education Coalition for the Legal Rights of People with Disabilities Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Community Mental Health Center Center for Mental Health Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2 Appeal Board of the Comm. of Mass., presently w/in DESE, but soon to be independent DCF program Rosie D. term used by DYS, Rosie D. term of DCF and DMH; phasing out June 30, 2009 insurance term for stuck kid Rosie D. term way to get kids into DCF care/custody DDS term Non-profit in Mass. Non-profit in Mass. Mental health unit licensed by DEEC Mental health term for adults Initiative of EOHHS prompted by Rosie D. lawsuit Rosie D. term way to get kids into DCF care ; Rosie D. term Mental health term Judicial term – pre booking jail diversion Non-profit in Mass. Non-profit in Mass. Non-profit in Mass. coalition of advocates in Mass. Non-profit in Mass. Federally funded local health centers federal agency Federal agency in DHHS responsible for federal CMSP CORD CORI Children’s Medical Security Plan Cape Organized for Rights of the Disabled Criminal Offender Record Information CPCS Committee for Public Counsel Services CPR CPS CPT CRAFFT Center for Public Representation Certified Peer Specialist Care planning team Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble Community Re-entry Center Community Residential Support Community Residence Tenancy Law CRC CRS CRT CSA CSLS CSP CSU CV DBT DCF DD DDART DDS DDS DDU DEEC DESE DET Community Service Agency Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services Community Support Program Crisis Stabilization Unit Conditional Voluntary- M.G.L. Section 123, Section 10 & 11 Dialectical Behavior Therapy Department of Children and Families (formerly DSS) Developmental Disability Dual Diagnosis Acute Residential Treatment Department of Developmental Services Department of Disability Services Departmental Disciplinary Unit Division of Early Education and Care Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Department of Employment and Training 3 administration of the Medicaid, Medicare and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) programs. (was Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)) Mass. insurance program Advocacy and service org for people with disabilities Mass. state agency/criminal law term public defender agency in Mass. Non-profit in Mass. mental health term Rosie D. term Rosie D. term DYS term Mental health term law which applies to DMH clients Rosie D. term Legal services Rosie D. term mental health term mental health term mental health term Mass. state agency, Rosie D. term DDS term mental health / substance abuse term Mass. state agency Rosie D. term of DOC facilities Mass. state agency (was OCCS and b/f that OFC) Mass. state agency (formerly DOE) Mass. state agency DHHS DLC DMA DMH DMR -> DDS DOC DOE -> DESE DOJ DPH DPC DPPC DPW DSM DSM IV DSS -> DCF DTA DUA DYS EBP ECT ELTF EOHHS EOP EOPS EPSTD ER ESIS ESP EST FACT U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Disability Law Center Division of Medical Assistance Department of Mental Health Department of Mental Retardation (now Department of Developmental Services) Department of Corrections Department of Education (now called Department of Elementary and Secondary Education) Department of Justice Department of Public Health Disability Policy Consortium Disabled Persons Protection Commission Department of Public Welfare (now DTA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Version IV Department of Social Services (now called Department of Children and Families) Department of Transitional Assistance Division of Unemployment Assistance Department of Youth Services Evidence-Based Practice Electric Shock Therapy Education Law Task Force Executive Office of Health and Human Services Enhanced Outpatient Program Executive Office of Public Safety Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Emergency Room Educational Services in Institutional Settings Emergency Service Program Emergency Services Team Forensic Assertive Community 4 federal agency Mass. non-profit Mass. state agency Mass. state agency, Rosie D. term Mass. state agency Mass. state agency Mass. state agency federal agency Mass. state agency advocacy organization in Mass. Mass. state agency Mass. state agency mental health/clinical term Rosie D. term Mass. state agency Mass. state agency Mass. state agency Mass. state agency mental health term mental health term advocacy group in Mass. Mass. state agency, Rosie D. term MBHP term Mass. state agency Medicaid term, Rosie D. term hospital term Mass. state agency within DESE, now called SEIS. MBHP term, Rosie D. term Mental health term Mental health term FASP FASST FBS FCSN FGC FICM FIRST FOIA FST GAL GBLS GCL HCBS HCFA HHS HIPAA HLA HUD IAP ICAP ICC ICF-ID ICM ICP IDEA IEP ILC IOC IRTP ISAP Treatment Family After School Program Family Advocacy, Stabilization and Support Team Family Based Services Federation for Children with Special Needs Family Group Conferencing Forensic Intensive Case Management Family Intensive Reunification and Stabilization Team Freedom of Information Act Family Stabilization Team (also Family Stabilization Services), Guardian Ad Litem Greater Boston Legal Services Grant of Conditional Liberty Home and Community Based Services 1915 (c) Waiver Health Care for All U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Health Law Advocates U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Individualized Action Plan Inventory of Client and Agency Planning Intensive Case Coordination Intermediate Care Facility for persons with Intellectual Disability Intensive Case Management or Intensive Clinical Management Individual Care Plan Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Individual Education Plan Independent Living Center Involuntary Outpatient commitment Intensive Residential Treatment Program Integrated Substance Abuse Programs 5 DCF and mental health term DMH/mental health term DCF term Non-profit in Mass. DCF term Term evolved from ACT DCF/mental health term legal term Rosie D. term Judicial term Legal services agency DYS term Medicaid term Non-profit in Mass. Federal agency Federal law Non-profit in Mass. Federal agency DMH term. DDS term MassHealth/Rosie D. term DDS term MassHealth term Rosie D. term federal special education law; Rosie D. term Special ed term, Rosie D. term Disability services term Mental health term Mental health term Substance abuse term ISP IT ITP JCAHO JDAI JRAP JRC JRI LACCM LAR LARC LCSW LEA LHA LICSW LOC MAAPS MAC MAMH MASS MASSCAP MBHP MCAD MCAS MCE M-CHAT Individual Service Plan Information Technology Individual transition plan Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project Judge Rotenberg Center Justice Resource Institute Legal Assistance Corp. of Central Mass. Legally authorized representative Legal Advocacy Resource Center Licensed Clinical Social Worker Local Education Authority/Agency Local Housing Authority Licensed Clinical Social Worker Level of Care Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Schools Mass. Advocates for Children Mass. Assoc. for Mental Health Mass. Advocates Standing Strong Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Process Mass. Behavioral Health Partnership (Partnership) Mass. Commissions Against Discrimination Mass. Comprehensive Assessment System Managed Care Entity MDAT Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers Mass. Correctional Institution Mobile Crisis Intervention Managed Care Organization Mass. Continuing Legal Education Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project Multi Disciplinary Assessment Teams MDDC Mass. Developmental Disabilities MCI MCI MCO MCLE MCPAP 6 DMH term, DDS term Rosie D. term Special ed term, DDS term National organization National initiative Legal services in Mass. Treatment program in Mass. Non-profit in Mass. Legal services Legal term Legal services Clinical term Education term, Rosie D. term Housing term Clinical term Clinical term, Rosie D. term Non-profit in Mass. Legal services in Mass. Non-profit in Mass. Non-profit in Mass. DDS term For-profit insurance co., Rosie D. term Mass. state agency Mass. Test for public school students Insurance term, Rosie D. term Rosie D. term Mass. state agency term Rosie D. term Insurance term Non-profit in Mass. Rosie D. DCF term to promote family engagement Non-profit in Mass. MFOC MGH MHLAC MHSA MHSPY MLAC MLRI MOD MPOWER MRC MSE MST NA NAPAS NARPA NASW NCLB NEMC NILC NIMH NLG OAAYS OCCS -> DEEC OCR OFC -> OCCS -> DEEC OSEP Council Mass. Families Organized for Change Mass. General Hospital Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee Mass. Housing and Shelter Alliance Mental Health Services Program for Youth Mass. Legal Assistance Corp. Mass. Law Reform Institute Mass. Office on Disability Mass. People Organized for Wellness and Empowerment Mass. Rehab. Commission Mental Status Examination Multi-systemic Therapy Narcotics Anonymous National Assoc. of Protection and Advocacy Systems National Assoc. for Rights Protection and Advocacy National. Assoc. for Social Work No Child Left Behind New England Medical Center (now Tufts Medical Center) Northeast Independent Living Center National Institute for Mental Health National Lawyers Guild Office of Youth and Young Adult Services Office of Child Care Services (now DEEC) Office for Civil Rights Office for Children (now DEEC) Office of Special Education Programs OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services P&A Protection and Advocacy Program PACT Program of Assertive Community Treatment (also ACT) 7 Non-profit in Mass. Hospital in Mass. Mass. state agency Non-profit in Mass. Rosie D. term Legal services Legal services Mass. state agency Non-profit in Mass. Mass. state agency Mental health term Mental health term Substance abuse term Legal services organization Legal services organization National association federal education law Hospital Agency for people with disabilities Federal agency Legal services of BSAS of DPH Mass. state agency Division of federal DOE Mass. state agency Division of OSERS. Serves youth to 21. Division of the federal DOE. Serves people with disabilities. Federal legal services agency. DMH/MassHealth term PAL PASS PASARR PINK SLIP PO PQA Parent Advocacy League Plans to Achieve Self-Sufficiency Pre-Admission Screening and Annual Resident Review Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Personal Care Attendant Primary Care Clinician Primary Care Physician/Provider Pervasive Developmental Disorder Parents’ evaluation of developmental status MGH Ch. 123, Section 12 Probation Officer Program Quality Assurance PSC PSI PTSD RCC RESC RFP Pediatric Symptom Checklist Permission to Share Information Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Recovery Connection Center Regional Emergency Service Center Request for Proposal RFR Request for Response RLC s. 8 Recovery Learning Center Federally funded housing voucher or project subsidy Ch. 123, s. 12 – pink paper – emergency commitment Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Serious Emotional Disturbance PBIS PCA PCC PCP PDD PEDS s.12 SAMHSA SED SEIU SEIS SHIP SIMS Service Employees International Union Special Education in Institutional Settings State Head Injured Program Student Information Management System 8 Non-profit in Mass. Social security term Mental health term education term Disabilities term Rosie D. term Rosie D. term Disabilities term DPH term, Rosie D. term Mental health term Criminal law term Division of the DOE of Mass. Rosie D. term MassHealth term Diagnostic term Substance abuse term DPH term, Rosie D. term Term used when state/federal agencies put out bids for services Term used when state/federal agencies put out bids for services Mental health term Housing term Mental health term Federal agency, Rosie D. term Mental Health diagnostic term, Rosie D. term Union Division of DESE; Mass. state agency Mass. state agency -- now called Brain Injury and Specialized Community Services (BISCS) DESE term SIRS SJC SEI SNF SOAP SOC SPMI SRO SSA SSDI SSI SSRI STARR Supported Individual Residential Support Supreme Judicial Court of Mass. Serious Emotional Illness Skilled nursing facility Structured outpatient addictions services System of Care TAC Serious and Persistent Mental Illness Single Room Occupancy Social Security Administration Social Security Disability Insurance Supplemental Security Income Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Stabilization, Assessment and Rapid Reintegration Transitional Advisory Committee TAC TC TM TPP UCC VLP WIA WMR WRAP YAD Technical Assistance Collaborative Therapeutic Community Therapeutic Mentoring Tenancy Preservation Project Urgent Care Center Volunteer Lawyers Project Workforce Investment Act Wellness Management and Recovery Wellness Recovery Action Plan Youth Advocacy Department 9 Mental health term Judiciary DPH term Nursing term MassHealth term National organization, Rosie D. term Mental health term Housing term Federal Agency Federal benefits program Federal benefits program Mental health term DCF term for short term placement services Committee of Mass. state agency EOHHS Non-profit in Mass. Mental health term Rosie D. term Housing term Rosie D. term Legal services Federal law Mental health term Mental health term Legal services/public defender in Mass.
