NEW Acronyms
These acronyms are commonly in prison reentry, health services, public assistance, criminal justice & public safety, medicine, mental health, social work, homelessness, & youth services. The list is particularly adapted for clients and providers in Monroe County and Rochester, NY.
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AA – Alcoholics Anonymous (national) [Top]
ABC – Action for a Better Community, Rochester
ACA – Adult Children of Alcoholics (national)
ACCESS – [Not acronym] Monroe County, SAMHSA funded
initiative to improve mental health services for children,
youths & and their families.
ADC -- Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (re: Welfare & Public
Assistance)
BBBS – Big Brothers, Big Sisters (Rochester), part of national
organization.
BGCR – Boys & Girls Club of Rochester
CANY – Correctional Association of New York
CASA – National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse at
Columbia University
CASAC – Credentialed Alcoholism & Substance Abuse
Counselor
CCA – Center for Community Alternatives
CCSI – Coordinates Care Services, Inc., MCOMH service
partner
CD – Chemical dependency
CDC – U.S. Centers for Disease Control
CEO – Center for Employment Opportunity, New York City,
others in New York State [Top]
CFC – Catholic Family Center
CFY – Center for Youth, Rochester, NY
COPE – Children of Prisoners Embraced, COPE/HOPE Initiatives,
Rochester, NY
CCSEU -- Child Support Enforcement Unit (re: Welfare& Public
Assistance)
CUPP – Community/University Partnership Project, Rochester
area, NY
CURE-NY – Citizens United for Rehabilitating of Errants, NY Chapter
DCJS – New York Division of Criminal Justice Services [Top]
DHH – US Department of Health & Human Services
DHS – See MCDHS
DMV – Division of Motor Vehicles (New York State agency w/Monroe
County-operated offices)
DOB – Date of Birth (see ID)
DOJ – Department of Justice (NYS, US)
DSM-IV – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(4th ed.,2002), soon to be DMS-V
DSS -- out-of-date name of Welfare Department (see MCDHS) (re:
Welfare& Public Assistance)
EAF -- Emergency Assistance to Families (re: Welfare& Public
Assistance)
FS -- Federal Food Stamp Program (re: Welfare& Public
Assistance) [Top]
GA/BA -- Basic or General Assistance Outside of NY, assistance
for singles (re: Welfare& Public Assistance)
HEAP -- Home Energy Assistance Program (re: Welfare& Public
Assistance)
HR -- Home Relief, NY's Assistance to the Blind, Sick or Aged & Long
Term Unemployed Without Dependent Children (re: Welfare& Public
Assistance)
IAAL – Ibero-American Action League (Rochester, NY)
ICARE – Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry & Employment
ID – Identification data for employment, housing, Public Assistance,
credit. Commonly birth certificate w/DOB, Social Security card
w/unique number, Driver’s License, or non-driver’s picture ID; may
other forms may exist too. [Top]
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JPC – Judicial Process Commission, Rochester, NY
MA – Medicaid, Medical Assistance to the Poor (re: Welfare& Public
Assistance)
MCDHS – Monroe County (NY) Department of Health & Human
Services (Re: Welfare & Public Assistance)
MCLAC – Monroe County Legal Assistance Center, Rochester, NY
MCOMH – Monroe County Office of Mental Health
MCRTF – Monroe County (NY) Reentry Task Force
NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness, or Rochester NAMI group
NEAD – Northeast Area Development, Inc. (Community-building
organization, NE section, Rochester, NY)
NIC – National Institute of Corrections (US)
NIH – National Institutes of Health (US)
NIMH – National Institute of Mental Health (US)
OASAS – New York Office of Alcoholicm & Substance Abuse Services
OCFS – New York State Office of Children & Family Services [Top]
PA -- Public Assistance (re: Welfare & Public Assistance)
PiRJ – Partners in Restorative Justice, Rochester, NY
PRAM – Prison Reentry & Aftercare Ministries (Episcopal & other
churches)
PYHIT – Fr. Peter Young Housing, Industries & Treatment, Albany, NY
PTSD -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
RCSD – Rochester City School District
RJ -- Restorative Justice (see PiRI)
RMCYB – Rochester-Monroe County Youth Bureau
RPD – Rochester Police Department
RIJM – Rochester (NY) Interfaith Jail Ministry [Top]
SAMHSA – US Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
Administration
SCA – Second Chance Act (Act of Congress, US Law)
SCPO – Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach (Rochester, NY)
SEAC – Southeast Area Coalition (Community-building organization,
SE section, Rochester, NY)
SIU -- Special Investigations Unit, fraud squad (re: Welfare& Public
Assistance)
SMART – Safer Monroe Area Reentry Team (Monroe County, NY)
SS – Social Security, federal benefits for elderly, retired, & others
SSD – Social Security Disability benefits
SSI – Supplemental Security Income, Federal program funded by
general taxes, not SS taxes.
SSN – Social Security number, unique for each enrollee
TBI -- Traumatic Brain Injury
ULR – Urban League of Rochester, part of national organization [Top]
VESID – New York State Vocational, Educational Services for Individuals
with Disabilities
VOA – Volunteers of America, Rochester & national
WEP -- Work Experience Program, “Workfare” (re: Welfare& Public
Assistance)
WPA – Women’s Prison Association
WRP – Women’s Reentry Project of JPC (Judicial Process
Commission) [Top]
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