List of Acronyms
AACWA Adoption and Child Welfare Act
ACF Administration on Children and Families
ACLSA Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AG Attorney General
ALP Alleged Perpetrator
ANE Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation
AP Absent Parent
ARNP Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners
ASFA Adoption and Safe Families Act
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
BSRB Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board
CAK Children’s Alliance of Kansas
CAN Child Abuse and Neglect Community Access Network
CANIS Child Abuse Neglect Information System
CARF Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocate
CB Childen's Bureau
CBCL Child Behavior Checklist
CBS Community Based Services
CCP Concurrent Case Planning
CDDC Community Developmental Disability Center
CDDO Community Developmental Disability Organization
CDRB Child Death Review Board
CFCIP Chafee Foster Care Indepedence Program
CFS Children and Family Services
CFSR Children and Family Services Review
CHIP Children’s Health Insurance Program
CINC Children in Need of Care
CINC/CAN Child in Need of Care, Abuse or Neglect
CINC/NAN Child in Need of Care, Non-Abuse or Neglect
CISD Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
CM Case Manager
CMHC Community Mental Health Center
COA Council on Accreditation
CPS Child Protective Services
CPS/FS Child Protective and Family Services
CRB Citizen Review Board
CSA Client Service Agreement
CSE Child Support Enforcement
CSWE Council on Social Work Education
CTS Child Tracking System
CW/CBS Child Welfare/Community Based Services
CWLA Child Welfare League of America
DD Developmental Disablities/Developmentally Disabled
DHS Department of Human Services
DOB Date of Birth
DOC Department of Corrections
DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (4th Edition)
DT Deciding Together (part of MAPP, foster parent program)
DV/SA Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault
EAP Employee Assistance Program
EBP Evidence-Based Practice
EMCU Exploited and Missing Children’s Unit
ESL English as a Second Language
E/TC Emergency/Temporary Care
FACTS Family and Children Tracking System
FBA Family Based Assessment
FC Foster Care
FCP Family Centered Practice
FFH Family Foster Home
FM Family Meetings
FPS Family Preservation Services
GA-FC General Assistance - Foster Care
GAL Guardian ad Litem
GA-RN General Assistance – Reintegration
GED General Education Development/General Equivalency Diploma
HCBS Home and Community Based Services
HCBS/DD HCBS for persons who are Developmentally Disabled
HCBS/SED HCBS for children who have a Severe Emotional Disturbance
HHS Health and Human Services
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996
HW Health Wave
I&A Intake and Assessment
ICAMA Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
ICJ Interstate Compact on Juveniles
ICPC Interstate Compact on Placement of Children
ICWA Indian Child Welfare Act
IEP Individual Education Program
IFSP Individual Family Services Plan
IL Independent Living
ILC Independent Living Counselor
INTERHAB Resource Network for Kansans with Disabilities
JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
JIAC Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center
JJA Juvenile Justice Authority
JJDP Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
JO Juvenile Offender
KBH KanBe Healthy
KCSDV Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
KCSL Kansas Children’s Service League
KDHE Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KFAPA Kansas Foster And Adoptive Parent Association
KFAN Kansas Family Advisory Network
KHPA Kansas Health Policy Authority
KVC KVC Behavioral Health, Inc
LBSW Licensed Bachelor of Social Work
LCP Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist
LMLP Licensed Master Level Psychologist
LMSW Licensed Master Social Worker
LSCSW Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker
MCD Medicaid
MH Mental Health
MR Mental Retardation/Mentally Retarded
MRDD Mental Retardation Developmental Disability
MSW Master of Social Work
NASW National Association of Social Workers
NCCAN National Center on Child Abuse & Neglect
OJJDP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
OPPLA Other Planned Permanency Living Arrangement
PAHP Pre-paid Ambulatory Health Plan
PFA Protection From Abuse
PHI Protected Health Information
PIP Program Improvement Plan
POC Plan of Care
PPC Police Protective Custody
PPM Policy and Procedure Manual
PRC Protection Reporting Center
PRT Parental Rights Terminated
PRTF Psychiatric Review Technique Form
PS-MAPP Partnering for Safety and Permanence: Model Approaches to Partnerships in Parenting
QMHP Q ualified Mental Health Professional
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SED Severely Emotionally Disturbed
SFCS St. Francis Community Services
SGF State General Fund
SPMI Severely and Persistently Mentally Ill
SRSDCF Department for Children and Families-State Social & Rehabilitation Services, State Department of
SSI Supplemental Security Income
TAF Temporary Assistance for Families
TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TFI TFI Family Services, Inc
WIA Workforce Investment Act
WIC Women, Infants and Children
YAC Youth Advisory Council
YRC Youth Residential Center