Glossary
ACT Assertive Community Treatment agency program
APEX APEX
I
Senior Citizen Apartments (Kimmel
Foundation)
CAIR Center for Advocacy, Information and
Resources agency program
CHP Child Health Plus federal
program
CHEC Counseling for Home Equity
Conversion agency
program
CQPI Continuous Quality Performance
Improvement agency review
process
DDAA Department of Drug and Alcohol Addiction county
agency
DMH Department of Mental Health county
agency
DSCA Department of Senior Citizen Affairs county
agency
DSS Department of
Social Services county
agency
EISEP Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Programs agency program (LINKAGE)
HCBS Home and Community Based Services agency program
HFRC
HIICAP Health Insurance Information,
Counseling agency program
and Assistance
Program
HHS Health and Human
Services federal
agency
HUD Housing and Urban Development federal
agency
LICC Long Island Counseling Center (
LTCIEOP Long Term Care and Insurance Education and Outreach Program
LTCOP Long Term Care Ombudsman
Program
NFTE National Foundation for Teaching
Entrepreneurship agency
program
NCYB
OASAS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Services state
agency
OCFS Office of Children
and Families state
agency
OMH Office of Mental Health state agency
ORT Operation Restore Trust (aka Senior
Medicare Patrol Project)
PACT Parents and Children Together agency program
PASS Parent & School Success
POCA Plan
of Corrective Action
PI Project Independence Nassau @HFRC Annex
PI Project Independence
Suffolk
PPIP Pre/Post Institutional Project agency
program
RCRC Roosevelt Counseling and
SAFE Senior Assistance Fuel Emergency agency
program
SAGE Spousal Abuse Group Education agency
program
SILP Supervised Independent Living
Program agency
program
SPOA Single Point of Access county
process
TANF Temporary Aid to Needy Families federal welfare program
TIES Teen Parent Infant Early Stimulation (cf. Family Ties)
VRC Veterans Resource
Center
WNR West Nassau
Residence
| Other Acronyms | Government |
| ABRC | A Budget Review and Compare |
| ACT | Assertive Community Treatment |
| AOT | Adjudicated Outpatient Treatment |
| AONH | Administrative Overhead |
| ATI | Alternative to Incarceration |
| BOR | Budgets of Record |
| CD | Chemical Dependency |
| COPS | Comprehensive Outpatient Program Services |
| COPS | Community Optional Preventive Services |
| D&AA | Drug and Alcohol Abuse |
| DSCA | Department of Senior Citizens Affairs |
| DSS | Department of Social Services |
| EISEP | Expanded In-home Services for the Elderly Program (see LINK-AGE) |
| HHS | Health and Human Services |
| HIICAP | Health Insurance Information, Counseling, Assistance Program |
| HIPPA | HIPPA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996) |
| HIP | Homeless Intervention Program |
| HOPWA | Housing Opportunities for People With Aids |
| LTCIEOP | Long Term Care Insurance Education and Outreach Program |
| LTCOP | Long Term Care Ombudsman Program |
| MAPP | Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting |
| MAPS | Monitoring and Analysis Profiles |
| MH | Mental Health |
| MICA | Mental Illness & Chemical Abuse |
| MCFFA | Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency |
| NAMI | National Alliance on Mental Illness |
| NC | Nassau County |
| NOFA | Notice of Funds Availability |
| NORC | Naturally Occurring Retirement Community |
| NUMC | Nassau University Medical Center |
| NYS | New York State |
| OASAS | Office of Alcohol & Substance Abuse Services |
| OCFS | Office of Children and Family Service |
| OMH | Office of Mental Health |
| ORT | Operation Restore Trust (aka Senior Medicare Patrol Project) |
| PBCR | Program Budget Change Request |
| PINS | Person in Need of Supervision |
| SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SAMS | NYS & DSCA database |
| SAFE | Senior Assistance for Fuel Emergency Program |
| SAPT | Substance Abuse & Treatment block grant |
| SPAP | State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program |
| SPOA | Single Point of Access |
| SPMI | Seriously and Persistently Mentally Ill |
| SPOA | Single Point of Access |
| SSOP | Statewide Standards of Payment |
| US | United States |
| VOADS | Voluntary Organizations Assisting in Disasters |
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