List of Acronyms
ADA Americans with Disabilities
Act
AEA Adult Education Act
ADL Activities of Daily Living
AFAE Adult, Family and
Alternative Education Team
AIS Academic Intervention
Services
ALE Adult Literacy Education
AMAP Approved Medication
Administration Personnel
APE Adapted Physical
Education
API Alternate Performance
Indicators
APSE Association of Persons
in Supported Employment
ARM Association for Rehabilitation
Marketing
AT Assistive Technology
BOCES Board of Cooperative
Educational Services
BOE Board of Education
BPC Bureau of Program
Certification
CaMS Case automated
Management System
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFS Community and Family Services
CIN Client Identification Number,
the number used for Medicaid identification purposes.
CON Certificate of Need
COQ Consumer Opinion Questionnaire
CP Cerebral Palsy
CQC Commission on Quality of Care
for the Mentally Disabled
CR Community Residence
CRP Community Rehabilitation Program
CSP Community Services Plan
(formerly CSEP)
DC Developmental Center
DD Developmental Disabilities
DDP Developmental Disabilities
Profile
DDP4 Developmental Disabilities
Profile (Request for Services Form)
DDSO Developmental Disabilities
Services Office
DNR Do Not Resuscitate
DOB Division of Budget
DOH Department of Health
DOL Department of Labor
DQA Division of Quality Assurance
DTx Day Treatment
ED Executive Director
EMOD Environmental Modification
FAS Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FTE Full Time Equivalent
HCBSW Home & Community Based Services
Waiver
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
ICF Intermediate Care Facility
ICF/DD Intermediate Care Facility for
the Developmentally Disabled
ICF/MR Intermediate Care Facility for
the Mentally Retarded
IEP Individualized Education Plan
IPP Individual Program Plan
IRA Individualized Residential
Alternative
ISE Individualized Service Environment
ISP Individualized Service Plan
ISS Individual Support Services
IT Interdisciplinary Team
ITT Interdisciplinary TreatmentTeam
LCED Level of Care Eligibility
Determination
LD Learning Disability
LOC Level of Care
LPN Licensed Practical Nurse
LSC Life Safety Code
MA Medicaid
MHL Mental Hygiene Law
MHLS Mental Hygiene Legal Service
MMIS Medicaid Management Information
System
MSC Medicaid Service Coordination
N/A Not Applicable
NFPA National Fire Protection
Association
NISH (formerly National Industries for
the Severely Handicapped)
NOD Notice of Determination
NP Nurse Practitioner
NYCRR New York Codes, Rules and
Regulations
NYSARC (formerly, New York State
Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc.)
NYSACRA New York State Association of
Community and Residential Agencies
NYSID (formerly New York State
Industries for the Disabled)
OMRDD Office of Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities
OSHA Occupational Safety & Health
Administration
OT Occupational Therapy
OPTS Options for People Through Services
PA Physician's Assistant
PA Provider Agreement
PA Public Assistance
PCP Person Centered Planning
POCA Plan of Corrective Action
PPA Prior Property Approval
PT Physical Therapy
PWS Prader-Willi Syndrome
QA Quality Assurance
QCC Quality of Care Commission
QMRP Qualified Mental Retardation
Professional
RFP Request for Proposal
RN Registered Nurse
RSFO Revenue Support Field Office
SC Service Coordinator
SCP Senior Companion Program
SCIP Strategies for Crisis Intervention
& Prevention
SCIP-R Strategies for Crisis
Intervention & Prevention-Revised
SD Self Determination
SED State Education Department
SLP Speech Language Pathologist
SNT Supplemental Needs Trust
SOCR State Operated Community Residence
SOD Statement of Deficiency
SODH State Operated Day Habilitation
SOFA State Office for the Aging
SOICF State Operated Intermediate Care
Facility
SOIRA State Operated Individual
Residential Alternatives
SRU Small Residential Unit
SSA Social Security Administration
SSDI Social Security Disability
Insurance
SSI Supplemental Security Income
TABS Tracking and Billing System
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TDD Telephone Device for the Deaf
TTY Teletypewriter
TUBS Temporary Use Beds
UCPA United Cerebral Palsy Association
UR Utilization Review
VA Veterans Administration
VESID Vocational & Educational Services
for Individual with Disabilities
VOCR Voluntary Operated Community
Residence
VODH Voluntary Operated Day Habilitation
VOICF Voluntary Operated Intermediate
Care Facility
VOIRA Voluntary Operated Individualized
Residential Alternative
