{"id":3743,"date":"2022-09-26T12:11:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T17:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/?page_id=3743"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:53:31","slug":"social-work-acronyms-and-abbreviations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/social-work-field-program\/resources\/social-work-acronyms-and-abbreviations\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Work Acronyms & Abbreviations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Absent Parent<\/td>AP<\/td><\/tr>
Activities of Daily Living<\/td>ADL<\/td><\/tr>
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome<\/td>AIDS<\/td><\/tr>
Adult Day Healthcare<\/td>ADHC<\/td><\/tr>
Alcoholics Anonymous<\/td>AA<\/td><\/tr>
Alcohol Dependence Program<\/td>ADTP<\/td><\/tr>
Alleged Perpetrator<\/td>AP<\/td><\/tr>
Abuse Report \/ Child Safety Assessment<\/td>CSA<\/td><\/tr>
Administration for Child and Families<\/td>ACF<\/td><\/tr>
Adoption and Related Services<\/td>ARS<\/td><\/tr>
Adoption Exchange System<\/td>AES<\/td><\/tr>
Adult Protective Services<\/td>APS<\/td><\/tr>
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health<\/td>ADM<\/td><\/tr>
Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse<\/td>AODA<\/td><\/tr>
Assertive Community Treatment<\/td>ACT<\/td><\/tr>
Automated Medical Information System<\/td>AMIS<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

B<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Basic Allowance for Housing<\/td>BAH<\/td><\/tr>
Basic Allowance for Quarters<\/td>BAQ<\/td><\/tr>
Behavior Disorder<\/td>BD<\/td><\/tr>
Birth Certificate<\/td>BC<\/td><\/tr>
Blood Draw<\/td>BD<\/td><\/tr>
Basic Health<\/td>BH<\/td><\/tr>
Basic Health Plan<\/td>BHP<\/td><\/tr>
Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/td>BIA<\/td><\/tr>
Bureau of Nursing Home Affair<\/td>BNHA<\/td><\/tr>
Blood Test<\/td>BT<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

C<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Care Manager \/ Case Manager<\/td>CM<\/td><\/tr>
In Care Of<\/td>C\/O<\/td><\/tr>
Case Plan<\/td>CP<\/td><\/tr>
Child<\/td>CH<\/td><\/tr>
Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act<\/td>CAPTA<\/td><\/tr>
Child Abuse and \/ or Neglect<\/td>CA\/N<\/td><\/tr>
Child in Care<\/td>CIC<\/td><\/tr>
Child Justice Center<\/td>CJC<\/td><\/tr>
Child Protection Team<\/td>CPT<\/td><\/tr>
Child Safety Assessment<\/td>CSA<\/td><\/tr>
Child Welfare Legal Services<\/td>CWLS<\/td><\/tr>
Children’s Administration<\/td>CA<\/td><\/tr>
Children and Families Operating Procedures<\/td>CFOP, OP<\/td><\/tr>
Child Protection Investigator<\/td>CPI<\/td><\/tr>
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy<\/td>CBT<\/td><\/tr>
Community Based Care<\/td>CBC<\/td><\/tr>
Community-based Outpatient Clinic<\/td>CBOC<\/td><\/tr>
Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessment<\/td>CBHA<\/td><\/tr>
Continued Extensive Psychiatric Care<\/td>CEPC<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

D<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Date of Birth<\/td>DOB<\/td><\/tr>
Day Treatment Center<\/td>DTC<\/td><\/tr>
Department of Children and Families<\/td>DCF<\/td><\/tr>
Department of Juvenile Justice<\/td>DJJ<\/td><\/tr>
Developmental Disability<\/td>DD<\/td><\/tr>
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illness, 4th Revision, 1994<\/td>DSM-IV<\/td><\/tr>
Discharge<\/td>D\/C<\/td><\/tr>
District Administrator<\/td>DA<\/td><\/tr>
Domestic Violence<\/td>DV<\/td><\/tr>
Drug Dependency Treatment Program<\/td>DDTP<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

E<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Early Services Intervention<\/td>ESI<\/td><\/tr>
Emergency Room<\/td>ER<\/td><\/tr>
Emotional Behavior Disorder<\/td>EBD<\/td><\/tr>
Emotional Disorder<\/td>ED<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

F<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Family Care Manager<\/td>FCM<\/td><\/tr>
Father<\/td>Fa<\/td><\/tr>
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome<\/td>FAS<\/td><\/tr>
Foster Care<\/td>FC<\/td><\/tr>
Foster Home<\/td>FH<\/td><\/tr>
Foster Parents<\/td>FP<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

G<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Geriatric Evaluation and Management<\/td>GEM<\/td><\/tr>
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center<\/td>GRECC<\/td><\/tr>
Guardian Ad Litem<\/td>GAL<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

H<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Department of Health and Human Resources<\/td>HHS<\/td><\/tr>
Department of Housing and Urban Development \u2013 VA Supportive Housing<\/td>HUD-VASH<\/td><\/tr>
Health Care for Homeless Veterans<\/td>HCHV<\/td><\/tr>
Home Based Primary Care<\/td>HBPC<\/td><\/tr>
Home Study<\/td>HS<\/td><\/tr>
Home Visit<\/td>HV<\/td><\/tr>
Homeless Women Veterans<\/td>HWV<\/td><\/tr>
Human Immunodeficiency Virus<\/td>HIV<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Initial Child Safety Assessment<\/td>ICSA<\/td><\/tr>
Initial Decision Summary<\/td>IDS<\/td><\/tr>
Individual Education Program<\/td>IEP<\/td><\/tr>
Independent Living Placement<\/td>ILP<\/td><\/tr>
Independent Living Services<\/td>ILS<\/td><\/tr>
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act<\/td>IDEA<\/td><\/tr>
Individualized Education Program<\/td>IEP<\/td><\/tr>
Individual Service Team<\/td>IST<\/td><\/tr>
Independent Living Center<\/td>ILC<\/td><\/tr>
Information And Referral<\/td>I & R<\/td><\/tr>
Information Resource Management<\/td>IRM<\/td><\/tr>
Intermediate Care Facility<\/td>ICF<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

J<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Job Opportunities & Basic Skills Program<\/td>JOBS<\/td><\/tr>
Judicial Review<\/td>JR<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

K<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

L<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Law Enforcement<\/td>LE<\/td><\/tr>
Least Restrictive Environment<\/td>LRE<\/td><\/tr>
Learning Disability<\/td>LD<\/td><\/tr>
Length of Stay<\/td>LOS<\/td><\/tr>
Level of Care<\/td>LOC<\/td><\/tr>
Level of Eligibility<\/td>LOE<\/td><\/tr>
Licensed Clinical Social Worker<\/td>LCSW<\/td><\/tr>
Licensed Professional Counselor<\/td>LPC<\/td><\/tr>
Link<\/td>Food Stamps<\/td><\/tr>
Local Education Agency<\/td>LEA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

M<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Masters Degree in Social Work<\/td>MSW<\/td><\/tr>
Maternal and Child Health<\/td>MCH<\/td><\/tr>
Medical Examiner<\/td>ME<\/td><\/tr>
Medicaid<\/td>Title XIX, T-19, XIX,<\/td><\/tr>
Memorandum of Agreement<\/td>MOA<\/td><\/tr>
Memorandum of Understanding<\/td>MOU<\/td><\/tr>
Mental Health<\/td>MH<\/td><\/tr>
Mental Retardation<\/td>MR<\/td><\/tr>
Mother<\/td>Mo<\/td><\/tr>
Multidisciplinary Team<\/td>MDT<\/td><\/tr>
Multiple Sclerosis<\/td>MS<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

N<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Narcotics Anonymous<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
National Association of Social Workers<\/td>NASW<\/td><\/tr>
National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research<\/td>NCAIANMHR<\/td><\/tr>
National Crime Information Center<\/td>NCIC<\/td><\/tr>
National Energy Assistance Referral<\/td>NEAR<\/td><\/tr>
National Institute on Alcoholism<\/td>NIAAA<\/td><\/tr>
National Institute on Drug Abuse<\/td>NIDA<\/td><\/tr>
National Institutes of Health<\/td>NIH<\/td><\/tr>
National Institute of Mental Health<\/td>NIMH<\/td><\/tr>
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit<\/td>NICU<\/td><\/tr>
Not Applicable<\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
Nursing Home Care Unit<\/td>NHCU<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

O<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Occupational Therapy<\/td>OT<\/td><\/tr>
Office of the Attorney General<\/td>OAG, AG<\/td><\/tr>
Office of Juvenile Justice And Delinquency Prevention<\/td>OJJDP<\/td><\/tr>
Out of Home Care<\/td>OHC<\/td><\/tr>
Out of Town Inquiry<\/td>OTI<\/td><\/tr>
Outpatient Substance Abuse Team<\/td>OSAT<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

P<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Parent<\/td>Pa<\/td><\/tr>
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit<\/td>PICU<\/td><\/tr>
Person Centered Plan<\/td>PCP<\/td><\/tr>
Physical Therapy<\/td>PT<\/td><\/tr>
Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia<\/td>PCP<\/td><\/tr>
Police Department<\/td>PD<\/td><\/tr>
Preferred Provider Organization<\/td>PPO<\/td><\/tr>
Preschool Transition And Placement Committee<\/td>PTPC<\/td><\/tr>
Protective Supervision<\/td>PS<\/td><\/tr>
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility<\/td>PSTF<\/td><\/tr>
Public Law<\/td>PL<\/td><\/tr>
Public Service Announcement<\/td>PSA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Q<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Quality Assurance<\/td>QA<\/td><\/tr>
Quality Improvement<\/td>QI<\/td><\/tr>
Quality Management<\/td>QM<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

R<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Relative Caregiver Program<\/td>RCP<\/td><\/tr>
Request of Assistance<\/td>RFA<\/td><\/tr>
Request for Proposal<\/td>RFP<\/td><\/tr>
Residential Treatment Center<\/td>RTC<\/td><\/tr>
Risk Assessment<\/td>RA<\/td><\/tr>
Road to Independence<\/td>RTI<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

S<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Severely Emotional Disturbed<\/td>SED<\/td><\/tr>
Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/td>SO<\/td><\/tr>
Social Security Administration<\/td>SSA<\/td><\/tr>
Social Security Disability Income<\/td>SSDI<\/td><\/tr>
Social Security Number<\/td>SSN<\/td><\/tr>
Speech Therapy<\/td>ST<\/td><\/tr>
Substance Abuse Mental Health<\/td>SAMH<\/td><\/tr>
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome<\/td>SIDS<\/td><\/tr>
Supplemental Security Income<\/td>SSI<\/td><\/tr>
Systems of Care<\/td>SOC<\/td><\/tr>
Symptom<\/td>Sx<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

T<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families<\/td>TANF<\/td><\/tr>
Termination of Parental Rights<\/td>TPR<\/td><\/tr>
Therapeutic Foster Home<\/td>TFH<\/td><\/tr>
Treatment<\/td>Tx<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

U<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
United Cerebral Palsy<\/td>UCP<\/td><\/tr>
Utilization Management<\/td>UM<\/td><\/tr>
Utilization Review<\/td>UR<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

V<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Veterans Affairs<\/td>VA<\/td><\/tr>
Veterans Benefits Administration<\/td>VBA<\/td><\/tr>
Veterans Construction Team<\/td>VCT<\/td><\/tr>
Veterans Health Administration<\/td>VHA<\/td><\/tr>
Victim Child<\/td>VC<\/td><\/tr>
Vocational Rehabilitation<\/td>VR<\/td><\/tr>
Vocational Rehabilitation Therapy<\/td>VRT<\/td><\/tr>
Voluntary Placement Services<\/td>VPS<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

W<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Women, Infants and Children (Special Supplemental Food Program)<\/td>WIC<\/td><\/tr>
Women\u2019s And Children\u2019s Health<\/td>WCH<\/td><\/tr>
Work Place Violence<\/td>WPV<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

X<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Y<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Youth Self Report<\/td>YSR<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Z<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
 <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n