A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
AA Affirmative Action OR Alcoholics Anonymous
AAA Area Agency on Aging
AAMR American Association on Mental Retardation
AB Assembly Bill OR Area Board
AB I - AB XIII Area Boards 1-13 (each AB is represented by the Roman Numeral)
ACA Assembly Concurrent Amendment
ACDD Accreditation Council on Developmental Disabilities
ACLD Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
ACMRDD Accreditation Council for Services for Mentally Retarded and other Developmental Disabilities
ACR Assembly Concurrent Resolution
ACRC Alta California Regional Center
ACSW Academy of Certified Social Workers
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act OR Average Daily Attendance
ADAMHA Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration (federal)
ADC Adult Development Center
ADD Administration on Developmental Disabilities (federal) OR Attention Deficit Disorder
ADH(C) Adult Day Health (Care)
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADP (Department of) Alcohol and Drug Programs
AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFSCME American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AGPA Associate Government Program Analyst (a state job classification)
AHA American Hospital Association
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIM Access for Infants and Mothers (low cost perinatal healthcare program)
AJR Assembly Joint Resolution
Alta See ACRC
AMA American Medical Association
ANDI A Normalization and Development Instrument
AOR Assembly Office of Research
APA American Psychiatric Association OR American Psychological Association
APE Adaptive Physical Education
APS Adult Protective (Protection) Services
APT Assessment Planning Team
AR Assembly Resolution
ARC Association for Retarded Citizens
ARCA Association of Regional Center Agencies
ARM Alternative Residential Model
ASHA American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
B&C Board and Care
BCP Budget Change Proposal
BD Behavior Disorder
BEH Bureau of Education for the Handicapped
BHI Boarding Homes and Institutions
BMQA Board of Medical Quality Assurance (former name -- now known as the Medical Board of California)
BR Budget Revision
CAA Community Action Agency
CABS Conference of Area Board Staff
CAC Community Advisory Council OR California Administrative Code
CAHA California Association of Homes for the Aged
CAHF California Association of Health Facilities
CAL-AAC California Association for Autistic Children
CALARF California Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
CAL-OSHA California Occupational Safety and Health Act
CAL-TASH California Chapter of The Association for People with Severe Handicaps
CALTRANS California Department of Transportation
CAMI California Alliance for the Mentally Ill
CAN California Association of Non-profits
CANHC California Association for Neurologically Handicapped Children
CAPE Citizens Advocacy Program Evaluation
CAPH California Association of Physically Handicapped
CAPSES California Association of Private Special Education and Schools
CARCH California Association of Residential Care Homes
CARF Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
CARR California Association of Residential Resources
CASH-PCR California Association State Hospital-Parents Council for the Retarded
CASP California Association of Service Providers
CASSP Child Adolescent Service System Program
CASW California Association of Social Workers
CBO Community Based Organization
CC Community Colleges
CCC Community Coordinating Council
CCEM Client Centered Evaluation Model
CCF Community Care Facility
CCL Community Care Licensing (division of DSS)
CCR California Code of Regulations
CCS California Children Services
CDA California Department of Aging OR California Dental Association
CDC California Department of Corrections OR Centers for Disease Control
CDDC Coalition of Developmental Disabilities Councils
CDE California Department of Education (also known as DOE or SDE)
CDER Client Development Evaluation Report
CDPAC Child Development Programs Advisory Committee
CEAC SCDD Consumer Empowerment Advisory Committee (now known as the Consumer Empowerment Subcommittee)
CEC Council for Exceptional Children
CETA Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
CF Cystic Fibrosis
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CHA California Hospital Association
CHDP Child Health Disability Prevention
CMA California Medical Association
CMAC California Medical Assistance Commission
CMH Community (County) Mental Health
CMHPC California Mental Health Planning Council
CMT Community Monitoring Teams
CNA California Nurses Association
COG Council of Governments
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
CP Cerebral Palsy
CPA California Psychiatric Association
CPC Client Program Coordinator
CPEC California Postsecondary Education Association
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPS Child Protective Services OR Client (or Community) Program Specialist
CRA Clients Rights Advocate OR California Rehabilitation Association
CRCAC Community Residential Care Association of California
CRS California Relay Services
CSAC California Society for Autistic Children
CSD Community Services Division (of DDS)
CSEA California State Employees Association
CSLA Community Supported Living Arrangements
CSPA California State Psychological Association
CSU California State University
CTA California Teachers Association
CVRC Central Valley Regional Center
CYA California Youth Authority
DC Developmental Center
DD Developmental Disabilities
DDA Developmental Disabilities (Assistance and Bill of Rights) Act
DD/MD Developmental Disabilities/Mental Disabilities (dual diagnosis)
DDOC Developmental Disabilities Center of Orange County
DDS Department of Developmental Services OR Doctor of Dental Surgery (when used in a person's title)
DDSA Developmental Disabilities Services Account
DEO Department of Economic Opportunity (previously called OEO)
DHHS (Federal) Department of Health and Human Services (also known as HHS)
DHS Department of Health Services
DIS Designated Instruction and Services
DMH Department of Mental Health
DOC Department of Corrections (also known as CDC)
DOE Department of Education (also known as SDE or CDE)
DOF Department of Finance
DOIT Department of Information Technology
DOJ Department of Justice
DOR (or DR) Department of Rehabilitation
DOT Department of Transportation (federal)
DPA Department of Personnel Administration (handles personnel issues for current state employees, see SPB for comparison)
DPAC Disability Prevention Advisory Committee
DREDF Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund
DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (Fourth Edition)
DSS Department of Social Services
DTAC Day Activity Training Center
EAS Education Assessment Service
ECOH Effective Communication with Offenders who are Handicapped
ED Emotionally Disturbed OR Executive Director
EDD Employment Development Department
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EFA Epilepsy Foundation of America
EI Early Intervention (PL 99-457)
EIP Early Intervention Program
ELARC East Los Angeles Regional Center
EPSDT Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
ERA Expense Reimbursement Agreement
Exec (SCDD) Executive Committee
FEH (Department of) Fair Employment and Housing
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Administration
FFA Foster Family Agency
FFP Federal Financial Participation
FFY Federal Fiscal Year (October 1-September 30, as opposed to the state's July 1-June 30 fiscal year)
FHA Family Home Agency
FNRC Far Northern Regional Center
FPPC Fair Political Practices Commission
FRC Family Resource Center
FS Family Support
FSAC SCDD Family Support Advisory Committee (former committee)
FSP Family Support Program
FY Fiscal Year, usually refers to the state's July 1-June 30 FY (see also FFY)
GAO Government Accounting Office (federal)
GC Government Code
GCEDP Governor's Committee for the Employment of Disabled Persons
GGRC Golden Gate Regional Center
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
GRETTA Getting Results through Training and Technical Assistance (the federal technical assistance project for Developmental Disabilities Councils)
GSA General Services Administration (federal)
HCD (Department of) Housing and Community Development
HCBS Home and Community Based Services
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration (federal)
HHS (Department of) Health and Human Services (federal)
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HMO Health Maintenance Organization
HR House Resolution (federal)
HRC Harbor Regional Center (Los Angeles Area)
HSA Health Systems Agency
HSC (or H&S) Health and Safety Code
HSP Habilitation Services Program
HUD (Department of) Housing and Urban Development (federal)
HWA Health and Welfare Agency
ICC Interagency Coordinating Council
ICF Intermediate Care Facilities
ICF/DD Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled
ICF/DD-H Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled-Habilitative
ICF/DD-N Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled-Nursing
ICF/MR Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (federal designation)
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (sometimes called PL 94-142)
IDT Interdisciplinary Team
IEP Individual Education Plan
IFB Invitation for Bid
IFSP Individual Family Services Plan
IHE Institute of Higher Education
IHP Individual Habilitation Plan OR Individual Health Plan
IHSS In-Home Supportive Services
ILC Independent Living Center
IPP Individual Program Plan
IR (or I&R) Information and Referral
IRC Inland Regional Center (San Bernardino/Riverside area)
ITP Individual Transition Plan
JTPA Job Training and Partnership Act
JCAHO Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
JD Juris Doctorate (law degree)
KRC Kern Regional Center
LAO Legislative Analyst's Office
LCI Licensed Children's Institution
LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LD Learning Disability/Disabled
LDAC Learning Disabilities Association of California
LEA Local Education Agency
LEAP Limited Examination and Appointment Program
LICA Local Interagency Coordinating Areas
LOC Level of Care
LPA Local Planning Area
LQA Life Quality Assessment (project)
LPS Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
LRC (Frank D.) Lanterman Regional Center (Los Angeles)
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
LTC Long Term Care
LTCF Long Term Care Facility
MA Master of Arts
MCAC Multicultural Advisory Committee (former SCDD committee)
MCAH Maternal Child and Adolescent Health
MCHS Maternal Child Health Service
MD Muscular Dystrophy OR Mental Disability/Disorder OR, (when used in a person's title), Doctor of Medicine
MDA Muscular Dystrophy Association
Medicaid Program that funds medical care for eligible individuals (federal)
Medi-Cal California's version of the federal Medicaid program
MH Multi-Handicapped
MHAB Mental Health Advisory Board
MI Mental Illness
MIA Medically Indigent Adult
MIS Management Information System
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MPH Master of Public Health
MR Mental Retardation
MS Multiple Sclerosis OR Mail Station (when part of a state agency address)
MSR (SCDD) Monitoring and Systems Review Committee
MSW Master of Social Work (degree)
NADC National Arts and Disability Center (at the UCLA-UAP)
NADD National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
NADDC National Association of Developmental Disability Councils
NASDDD National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities
NASDSE National Association of State Directors of Special Education
NASW National Association of Social Workers
NBRC North Bay Regional Center (San Francisco Bay area)
NCDD National Conference on Developmental Disabilities
NCLH National Center for Law and the Handicapped
NEA National Education Association
NIAD National Institute for Arts and Disabilities
NICHHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIHR National Institute of Handicapped Research
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
NLARC North Los Angeles (County) Regional Center
NORCAL Norcal Center for Deafness
NRA National Rehabilitation Association (not to be confused with its reference
in other circles to the National Rifle Association!)
NSAC National Society for Autistic Children
OAB Organization of Area Boards
OAH Office of Administrative Hearings
OAL Office of Administrative Law
OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (federal -- usually refers to OBRA 1987 that contained control language related to nursing home reform)
OCD Office of Child Development
OCR Office of Civil Rights
OEO Former name of DEO (Department of Economic Opportunity)
OH Orthopedic Handicap
OHD/OHDS Office of Human Development (Services)
OHI Office for Handicapped Individuals OR Other Health Impairment
OHR Office of Human Rights
OJT On-the-Job Training
OMB Office of Management and Budget (federal)
OSE Office of Special Education
OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
OSHPD Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
OT Occupational Therapy /Therapist
P&A (or PAI) Protection and Advocacy (Inc.)
P&E SCDD Planning & Evaluation Committee (former SCDD committee)
PAIMI Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness
PAIR Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights
PAR Program Administrative Review (periodic federal review of SCDD)
PAR-CAP Program Administrative Review - Corrective Action Plan
Part H The portion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that establishes and funds early intervention services for 0-3 year-olds
Part I The portion of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that establishes and funds family support services
PAS Personal Assistance Services
PASS Program Analysis of Service System OR Plan for Achieving Self-Support
PDF Program Development Funds
PhD Doctor of Philosophy, in any of several disciplines (other than medicine)
PKU Phenylketonuria
PL Public Law (federal designation for bills, i.e. PL 94-142. The first number refers to the session of Congress, with each session lasting two years. The second number refers to what order it was signed into law.)
PIP Partners in Policymaking OR Primary Intervention Program
POS Purchase of Service(s)
POST (Commission on) Peace Officer Standards and Training
PPD Planning and Program Development Committee (an SCDD Committee)
PPR Program Performance Report
PSA Public Service Announcement
PSW Psychiatric Social Worker
PT Physical Therapy/Therapist OR Psychiatric Technician
PTA Parent Teachers Association
PTI Parent Training and Information (Center)
PWS Prader-Willi Syndrome
QA Quality Assurance
QAAG Quality Assurance Advisory Group
R&T Research and Training
RAC Rehabilitation Advisory Council
RC Regional Center
RCEB Regional Center of the East Bay (San Francisco Bay area)
RCF Residential Care Facility
RCOM Regional Center Operations Manual
RCRC Redwood Coast Regional Center
RCS Regional Center Services
Region IX Federal regional area that includes California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and the Pacific Trust Territories. The most common reference is to the Region IX Administration, headquartered in San Francisco.
Rehab Common nickname for the Department of Rehabilitation
RFP Request for Proposal
RN Registered Nurse
ROTF SCDD Residential Options Task Force
RSA Rehabilitation Services Administration (federal)
RSP Resource Specialist Program
RSVP Retired Senior Volunteer Program
RT Recreation Therapy/Therapist
SARC San Andreas Regional Center
SB Senate Bill
SCDD State Council on Developmental Disabilities
SCI Spinal Cord Injury
SCLARC South Central Los Angeles Regional Center
SCR Senate Concurrent Resolution
SDC Special Day Class OR State Developmental Center
SDE State Department of Education (also known as CDE or DOE)
SDRC San Diego Regional Center
SE Supported Employment OR Special Education
SEAC Special Education Advisory Committee
SED Seriously (or Severely) Emotionally Disturbed
SELPA Special Education Local Planning Area
SEP Supported Employment Program
SG/PRC San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center
SH Severely Handicapped
SILC Statewide Independent Living Council
SJR Senate Joint Resolution
SNF Skilled Nursing Facility
SOCCO Society of Community Care Operators
SOR Senate Office of Research
SPB State Personnel Board (Deals with issues related to the civil service system, such as job classifications and testing. See DPA for comparison of duties.)
SSA Social Security Administration (federal)
SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SSP State Supplementary Program/Payment
SWITP School to Work Interagency Transition Project
SWP Supported Work Project
TA Travel Advance OR Technical Assistance
TAR Treatment Authorization Request
TANF Temporary Aid to Needy Families
TASH The Association for persons with Severe Handicaps
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TCM Targeted Case Management
TCRC Tri-Counties Regional Center (San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties)
TEC Travel Expense Claim
UAP University Affiliated Program
UCLA-UAP University of California, Los Angeles' University Affiliated Program
UCP(A) United Cerebral Palsy (Association)
UCPA-CA United Cerebral Palsy of California
UMTA Urban Mass Transit Administration (federal)
USC United State Code OR University of Southern California
USC-UAP University of Southern California's University Affiliated Program
VA Veterans Administration (federal)
VH Visual Handicaps
VMRC Valley Mountain Regional Center (Northern Central Valley/Sierra area)
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
VRA Vocational Rehabilitation Act (federal)
VR/WAP Vocational Rehabilitation Work Activity Program
W&I Welfare and Institutions (code) (see also WIC)
WAC Work Activity Center
WAP Work Activity Program
WRC Westside Regional Center (Los Angeles Area)
WIC Welfare and Institutions Code OR (Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women Infants and Children)
WID World Institute on Disabilities