| ACT |
Assertive Community Treatment |
| ADL |
Activities of Daily Living |
| ANSA |
Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment |
| AOT |
Assisted Outpatient Treatment |
| APS |
Adult Protective Services |
| ARF |
Adult Residential Facility |
| ASAM Criteria |
American Society of Addiction Medicine‘s assessment tool for treatment of substance-use issues. |
| BOS |
County Board of Supervisors |
| CAMHPRO |
California Association of Mental Health Peer Run Organizations |
| CANS |
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths |
| CBHDA |
County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California |
| CBHPC |
California Behavioral Health Planning Council |
| CCR |
California Code of Regulations |
| CDA |
California Department of Aging |
| CDSS |
California Department of Social Services |
| CFT |
Child and Family Team |
| CFTN |
Capital Facilities & Technological Needs – MHSA Component |
| CHOC |
Community Housing Opportunities Corporation |
| CIBH |
California Institute of Behavioral Health |
| CIT |
Crisis Intervention Team |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CPS |
Customer Perception Surveys (aka POQI) |
| CSS |
Community Services and Supports – MHSA Component |
| DBT |
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy |
| DHCS |
Department of Health Care Services (California) |
| DSM-V |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| EDAPT |
Early Diagnosis and Preventative Treatment (UC Davis Early Psychosis Program) |
| EPSDT |
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment |
| EQRO |
External Quality Review Organization (California) |
| FSP |
Full Service Partnership |
| HHSA |
Health and Human Services Agency – includes Yolo County Mental Health Services |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| IEP |
Individualized Educational Plan |
| IHSS |
In Home Support Services |
| IMD |
Institute for Mental Disease (Locked Psychiatric Facilities) |
| INN |
Innovation – MHSA Component |
| IPF |
Inpatient Psychiatric Facility |
| LMHB |
Local Mental Health Board – Advisory board to the Board of Supervisors. |
| LOC |
Level of Care (Mental Health) |
| LOCUS |
Level of Care Utilization System |
| LPS |
Lanterman-Petris-Short Act |
| LTC |
Long Term Care |
| MEDI/MEDI |
Both Med-Cal and Medicare coverage |
| MHP |
County Mental Health Plan |
| MHRC |
Mental Health Rehabilitation Center |
| MHSA |
Mental Health Services Act |
| MOE |
Maintenance of Effort |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSE |
Mental Status Exam |
| NAMI |
National Alliance on Mental Illness |
| NOA |
Notice of Action – Medi-Cal |
| PATH |
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness |
| PEI |
Prevention and Early Intervention – MHSA Component |
| PCP |
Primary Care Physician |
| PHF |
Psychiatric Health Facility |
| POQI |
Performance Outcomes and Quality Improvement (Customer Perception Surveys) |
| PROP 63 |
Proposition 63 (MHSA – Mental Health Services Act) |
| PTG |
Pine Tree Gardens |
| QI |
Quality Improvement |
| ROI |
Release of Information |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Federal) |
| SED |
Severe Emotional Disturbance |
| SMI |
Serious Mental Illness |
| SNF |
Skilled Nursing Facility |
| SRF |
Social Rehabilitation Facility (18 month limit) |
| SSDI |
Social Security Disability Insurance |
| SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
| STEAC |
Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (Yolo County) |
| SUD |
Substance Use Disorder |
| TAR |
Treatment Authorization Request |
| TAY |
Transitional Age Youth (ages 16-24) |
| TCPC |
Turning Point Community Programs |
| TDD |
Telecommunication Device for the Deaf |
| W&IC |
Welfare and Institutions Code |
| WET |
Workforce Education and Training – MHSA Component |
| WRAP |
Wellness Recovery Action Plans |
| YCCC |
Yolo Community Care Continuum (pronounced Y Triple C) |
