Abbreviations & Acronyms
Listing of acronyms and abbreviations frequently used in our Agendas, Minutes and Reports
| 5150 | Declared to be a danger to self and /or others |
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| AB3632 | Assembly Bill-State -mandated MH Services for seriously emotionally disturbed Youth - discontinued by State |
| ACA | Affordable Care Act |
| ACL | All County Letter |
| ACT | Assertive Community Treatment (program run by Telecare) |
| ANSA | Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment–a“tool”for determining which Services are needed by each particular adult client |
| AODS | Alcohol and Other Drugs Services – now apart of the Mental Health Division and called SUDS |
| ART | Aggression Replacement Therapy |
| BHD | Behavioral Health Division (Sonoma County ) |
| CADPAAC | County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators ’Association of California |
| CAHPS | Consumer Assessment of Health care Providers and Systems |
| CalEQRO | California External Quality Review Organization |
| CALMHB/C | California Association o f Local Mental Health Boards & Commissions - comprised of representatives from many MHBs in the State |
| CANS | Child, Adolescent Needs and Strengths (Assessment) – helps determine which Services are needed by each child client |
| CAPE | Crisis Assessment, Prevention, and Education Team; goes in to the schools when called to intervene in student Mental Health matters |
| CAPSC | Community Action Partnership - Sonoma County |
| CARE | California Access to Recovery Effort |
| CBT | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
| CCAN | Corinne Camp Advocacy Network - Peers involved in Mental Health advocacy |
| CDC | Sonoma County Community Development Commission |
| CDSS | California Department of Social Services |
| CFM | Consumer and Family Member |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFT | Child Family Team |
| CHD | California Human development |
| CIP | Community Intervention Program |
| CIT | Crisis Intervention Training (4-dayt raining for law enforcement, to help them identify and respond to Mental Health Crisis situations) |
| CMHC | Community Mental Health Centers, Located in Petaluma, Guerneville, Sonoma, and Cloverdale (part of SCBH)) |
| CMHDA | California Mental Health Directors Association |
| CMHL | SCBH’s Community Mental Health Lecture series-open to the public-usually takes place monthly |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CMSP | County Medical Services Program - for uninsured, low-income residents of the 35 counties participating in the State program |
| CONREP | Conditional Release Program (State -funded, SCBH-run, but was turned over to the State 6/30/14) |
| CPS | Child Protective Service |
| CPS (alt) | Consumer Perception Survey (alt) |
| CRU | Crisis Residential Unit (aka Progress Sonoma - temporary home for clients in Crisis , run by Progress Foundation) |
| CSU | Crisis Stabilization Unit (Sonoma County Behavioral Health ’s Psychiatric emergency Services at 2225 Challenge Way, Santa Rosa , CA95407) |
| CSAC | California State Association of Counties |
| CSN | Community Support Network (contract Provider) |
| CSS | Community Services and Support ( part of Mental Health Services Act-MASH) |
| CWS | Child Welfare Services |
| CY | Calendar-year |
| DAAC | Drug Abuse Alternatives Center |
| DBT | Dialectical Behavioral Therapy |
| DHCS | (State) Department of Health Care Services (replaced DMH July1, 2011) |
| DHS | Department of Health Services (Sonoma County ) |
| DPI | Department of Program Integrity |
| DSRIP | Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment |
| EBP | Evidence-basis Program or Practice |
| EHR | Electronic Health Record |
| EMR | Electronic Medical Record |
| EPSDT | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (Children’s Full Scope Medi-Caltoage 21) |
| EQRO | External Quality Review Organization (annual review of our programs by the State) |
| FACT | Forensic Assertive Community Treatment |
| FASST | Family Advocacy Stabilization, Support, and Treatment (kids8-12) |
| FQHC | Federally Qualified Health Center |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| HCB | High-Cost Beneficiary |
| HIE | Health Information Exchange |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HIS | Health Information System |
| HITECH | Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act |
| HSD | Human Services Department |
| HPSA | Health Professional Shortage Area |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| IHT | Integrated Health Team (medical and MH Services for adults) |
| IPU | Inpatient Psychiatric Unit |
| IRT | Integrated Recovery Team (for those with Mental illness + substance use issues) |
| IMDs | Institutes for Mental Disease (residential facilities for those unable to live on their own) |
| INN | Innovation (part of MHSA) |
| IT | Information Technology |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health care Organizations - accredit s hospitals & other organizations |
| LEA | Local Education Agency |
| LG | Los Guilicos - Juvenile Hall |
| LGBQQTI | Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Queer/Questioning/Transgender/Intersexed (LGBTQ) |
| LOS | Length of Stay |
| LSU | Litigation Support Unit |
| M2M | Mild-to-Moderate |
| MADF | Main Adult Detention Facility (Jail) |
| MDT | Multi-Disciplinary Team |
| MHB | Mental Health Board |
| MHBG | Mental Health Block Grant |
| MHFA | Mental Health First-aid |
| MHP | Mental Health Plan |
| MHSA | Mental Health Services Act |
| MHSD | Mental Health Services Division (of DHCS) |
| MHSIP | Mental Health Statistics Improvement Project |
| MHST | Mental Health Screening Tool |
| MHWA | Mental Health Wellness Act (SB82) |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRT | Moral Reconation Therapy |
| MST | Mobile Support Team - gets called by law enforcement to scenes of Mental Health crises |
| NAMI | National Alliance on Mental Illness |
| NBSPP | North Bay Suicide Prevention Project |
| NOA | Notice of Action |
| NP | Nurse Practitioner |
| OSHPD | Office of State wide Health Planning and Development-the building department for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in State |
| PA | Physician Assistant |
| PAM | Program Assessment Matrix Work Group |
| PATH | Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness |
| PC1370 | Penal Code 1370 (Incompetent to Stand Trial, by virtue of Mental illness) |
| PCP | Primary Care Provider (medical doctor) |
| PES | Psychiatric Emergency Services – (open 24/7 for Psychiatric crises-3322 Chanate Road |
| PEI | Prevention and Early Intervention ( part of Mental Health Services Act-MHSA) |
| PHF | Psychiatric Health Facility |
| PHI | Protected Health Information |
| PHP | Parker Hill Place-Telecare’s transitional residential program in Santa Rosa |
| PHP | Partners hip Health Plan |
| PIHP | Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan |
| PIP | Performance improvement Project |
| PM | Performance Measure |
| PPP | Triple P - Positive Parenting Program |
| PPSC | Petaluma People Services Center |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QI | Quality Improvement |
| QIC | Quality Improvement Committee |
| QIP | Quality Improvement Policy (meeting) |
| QIS | Quality Improvement Steering (meeting) |
| RCC | Redwood Children’s Center |
| RFP | Request for proposals (released when new programs are planned and contractors are solicited |
| RN | Registered Nurse |
| RRC | Russian River Counselors |
| ROI | Release of Information |
| SAR | Service Authorization Request |
| SB | Senate Bill |
| SBIRT | Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment |
| SCBH | Sonoma County Behavioral Health |
| SCOE | Sonoma County Office of Education |
| SDMC | Short-Doyle Med-Cal |
| SED | Seriously Emotionally Disturbed |
| SELPA | Special Education Local Planning Area |
| SMHS | Specialty Mental Health Services |
| SMI | Seriously Mentally Ill |
| SNF (Sniff) | Skilled Nursing Facility |
| SOP | Safety Organized Practice |
| SPMI | Serious Persistent Mental Illness (or seriously Persistently Mentally Ill) |
| SUDs | Substance Use Disorders Services (formerly AODS) |
| SWITS | Sonoma Web Infrastructure for Treatment Services |
| TAY | Transition Age Youth (18-25) |
| TBS | Therapeutic Behavioral Services |
| TFC | Therapeutic Foster Care |
| TSA | Timeliness Self-Assessment |
| VOMCH | Valley of the Moon Children’s Home |
| WET | Workforce Education and Training (part of MHSA) |
| WPC | Whole Person Care |
| WRAP | Wellness Recovery Action Plan |
| WRAP (alt) | Working to Recognize Alternative Possibilities (alt) |
| Wraparound | Community -based intervention Services that emphasize the strengths of the child and family |
| YS/Y&F | Youth Services /Youth & Family (Sonoma County Behavioral Health ) |
| YSS | Youth Satisfaction Survey |
| YSS-F | Youth Satisfaction Survey - Family Version |