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Glossary
AA Affirmative Action or Administrative Assistant
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AEA Area Education Agency
AG Attorney General
AO Administrative Services Officer
APWA American Public Welfare Association
ARU Audio Response Unit
BI Brain Injury
BPA Benefit Payment Administrator
CACT Clinical Assessment and Consultation Team
CAP Community Action Agency
CATS Case Aging and Tracking System
CCF County Care Facility
CFS Child and Family Services
CINA Child in Need of Assistance
CM Case Management
CMAP Child Medical Assistance Program
CMHC Community Mental Health Center
CMHS Center for Mental Health Services
CMI Chronic Mental Illness
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
COMIS County Management Information System
CPS Child Protective Services
CROP Consumer Resource and Outreach Project
CQI Continuous Quality Improvement
CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
CSC Collections Service Center
CSRU Child Support Recovery Unit
CWEP Community Work Experience Program
DD Developmentally Disabled or Developmental Disability
D&E Diagnosis and Evaluation
DHS Department of Human Services
DIA Department of Inspections and Appeals
DME Durable Medical Equipment
DOE Department of Education
DOM Department of Management
DP Data Processing
DRF Department of Revenue and Finance has been changed to Department of Revenue
DRG Diagnosis Related Group
DUR Drug Utilization Review
EA Emergency Assistance or Economic Assistance
EBT Electronic Benefit Transfer
EE/AA Equal Employment/Affirmative Action
EPSDT Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
ESL English as a Second Language
ET Entrepreneurial Training
FACS Family and Children Services System
FaDSS Family Development and Self-Sufficiency Demonstration Project
FCRU Foster Care Recovery Unit
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Administration
FFP Federal Financial Participation
FFY Federal Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30)
FHA Federal Housing Administration
FIA Family Investment Agreement
FIP Family Investment Program
FOC Friend of Court
FPLS Federal Parent Locator Service
FQHC Federally Qualified Health Center
FSA Family Support Act
FSE&T Food Stamp Employment and Training
FTE Full Time Equivalent
FY (State) Fiscal Year (July 1 through June 30)
GED General Equivalency Degree
HCBS Home and Community Based Services
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HIPP Health Insurance Premium Payment
HMO Health Maintenance Organization
HUD Housing and Urban Development
IAC Iowa Administrative Code
ICAR Iowa Collections and Reporting System
ICF Intermediate Care Facility
ICF/MR Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
IDA Individual Development Accounts
IFAPA Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association
IFIP Iowa's Family Investment Program
IFMC Iowa Foundation for Medical Care
IHHRC In-Home Health Related Care
IM Income Maintenance
ISAC Iowa State Association of Counties.
ISHIP Iowa's Self-Employed Household Incentive Program
ITN Iowa Telecommunication Network
ITS Iowa Transfers Service
IV-B Title IV-B under Social Security Act; provides federal funding for services to children and families (includes new Family Preservation and Support Act funding)
IV-D Child Support Enforcement Funding under Social Security Act
IV-E Title IV-E federal funding under Social Security Act for eligible foster care and subsidized adoption expenditures
IV-E-IL Title IV-E Independent Living Service funding under Social Security Act for youth in foster care, age 16 or older
JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
JCO Juvenile Court Officer
JCS Juvenile Court Services
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act
LBP Limited Benefit Plan
Local Purchase SSBG Services funds matched by county governments
LTC Long-Term Care
MAAC Medical Assistance Advisory Council
MAIT Medical Assistance Income Trust
Medicaid Title XIX
Medipass Medicaid patient access to service system
MH Mental Health
MHAP Mental Health Access Plan, the Medicaid Mental Health Managed Care Program
MHC Mental Health Center
MHI Mental Health Institute
MH/DD Division of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
MHCO Managed Health Care Organization
MI Mental Illness
MI/MR/DD/BI Mental Illness, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, and Brain Injured
MMIS Medicaid Management Information System
MN Medically Needs
MR Mental Retardation
NPA Non-Public Assistance--persons who receive child support enforcement services but are not public assistance recipients
OB Obstetrical
OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OCSE Office of Child Support Enforcement
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PA Public Assistance recipients who are also receiving child support enforcement services
PATH Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
PHP Prepaid Health Plan
PIP Program Improvement Planning
PMIC Psychiatric Medical Institution for Children
PPO Preferred Provider Organization
PRO Peer Review Organization
PSRO Professional Standards Review Organization
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
QMB Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program
RCF Residential Care FacilityRCF/MR Residential Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
RFP Request for Proposal
RTSS Rehabilitative Treatment and Supportive Services
RTW Residential Treatment Worker
SCL Supported Community Living (formerly CSALA)
SFY State Fiscal Year
SNF Skilled Nursing Facility
SNT Supplemental Needs Trust
SPLS State Parent Locator Service
SSA State Supplementary Assistance
SSBG Social Services Block Grant
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TCC Transitional Child Care
TPL Third Party Liability
TPR Termination of Parental Rights
UP Unemployed Parent
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
YSW Youth Service Worker
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