CASA Acronyms
501(c)(3)- Non-profit group ie. Friends of CASA
AAG or AG-Assistant Attorney General or Attorney General
ADATSA-Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment and Support Act
ADD/ADHD-Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AOC- Administrative Office of the Courts
ARY/YAR- At Risk Youth/Youth at Risk
BIA- Bureau of Indian Affairs
BRS-Behavioral Rehabilitation Services
CA-Children’s Administration
CAC-ChildAdvocacyCenter
CA/N-Child Abuse/Neglect
CAPTA- Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Act
CASA- Court-Appointed Special Advocate
CCS-Catholic Community Services
CDF- Children Defense Fund
CHET- Child Health and Education Tracking
CHINS- Child in Need of Services
CLIP-Children’s Long-Term In-Patient Program
CPS- Child Protective Services
CPT-Child Protection Team
CRC-Crisis Residential Center
CSO-Community Service Office
CWS-Child Welfare Services
D/A- Drug and Alcohol
DASA- Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse in DSHS
DCFS- Division of Children and Family Services
DD- Developmentally Disabled/Delayed
DDD-Division of Developmental Disabilities
DEA-Drug Enforcement Administration
DOB- Date of Birth
DSHS- Department of Social and Health Services
DV-Domestic Violence
ECEAP- Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program
ESL- English as a Second Language
FAMLINK- Children’s Administration’s new case management information system (replacing CAMIS, which had been used since the early 1990s.)
FAE/S-Fetal Alcohol Effects/Syndrome
FC- Foster Care
FCAP- Foster Care Assessment Program
FCRN- Foster Care Resource Network
FP- Foster Parent
FPS- Family Preservation Services
FRS- Family Reconciliation Services inside DSHS
FTDM-Family Team Decision-Making
GAL- Guardian ad litem
GH- Group Home
HV- Home Visit
ICPC- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
ICW- Indian Child Welfare
ICWA- Indian Child Welfare Act
IEP-Individual Educational Plan
IFPS- Intensive Family Preservation Services
ILP- Independent Living Program
ILS-Independent Living Skills
ISP/ISSP-Individual Service Plan/Individual Service and Safety Plan
JCA- Juvenile Court Administrator KAT- Kappa Alpha Theta (major donor to Friends of CASA)
LE- Law Enforcement
LFC- Legally Free Child
LICWAC- Local Indian Child Welfare Advisory Committee
MDT- Multidisciplinary Team
MGP- Maternal Grandparent
MHB- Mental Health Board
MHP- Mental health Professional
MSW- Master of Social Work
NCASAA- National CASA Association
NF- Natural Father/Bio parent
NICU- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NM- Natural Mother/Bio parent OCVA- Office of Crime Victims Advocacy
OFCL- Office of Foster Care Licensing
OFCO- Office of Family and Children’s Ombudsman
OPD- Office of Public Defense
OSPI- Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
OT-Occupational Therapy/Therapist
OVC- Office of Victims of Crime
PAT- Paternity
PD- Public Defender
PGP- Paternal Grandparent
PHN- Public Health Nurse
PN-Physical Neglect
PT- Physical Therapy/Therapist
PTSD-Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
RAD- Reactive Attachment Disorder RCW-Revised Code of Washington/RCW13 for dependency cases
RN- Registered Nurse
RSO- Registered Sex Offender
SA- Sexual Abuse/Assault
SAY-Sexually Aggressive Youth
SER-Service Episode Record
SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SO- Sexual Offender
SSA-Social Security Administration
SSI-Supplemental Security Income
SSODA-Special Sex Offender Disposition Alternative
STD/STI- Sexually Transmitted Disease/Sexually Transmitted Infection
SW-Social Work/Worker
TANF- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TP- Treatment Plan
TPR-Termination of Parental Rights
UA- Urinalysis
VPA- Voluntary Placement Agreement
WAC-Washington Administrative Code
WARE-Washington Adoption Resources Exchange
WIC-Women, Infants and Children Program