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) |