Common Acronyms
March 4, 2011
Acronym List
ACE Anger Control Education
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
BBBS Big Brothers Big Sisters
BEST Building Excellence Sustainability Trust
CAC Child Advocacy Center
CCJ Center for Civil Justice
CDBG Community Development Block Grant
CHILL Civility Helps Individuals Live Longer (now at the GISD)
CMH Community Mental Health
COC Continuum of Care (Group of homeless service providers who develop regional plan to apply for MSHDA and HUD Funding)
CPS Child Protective Services
CVSC Crime Victim Services Commission (part of MDCH)
DHS Department of Human Services
DV Domestic Violence
DVAM Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October)
DVAP Domestic Violence Awareness Project
DVIP Domestic Violence Intervention Program
DVOC Domestic Violence Outreach Counselor
DVPTB Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board
ERT Emergency Response Team
ES Essential Services
ESFP Emergency Shelter Food Program (formerly FEMA)
ESG Emergency Shelter Grant
ESG Emergency Shelter Grant (MSHDA Funding)
EVAW End Violence Against Women
FBEM Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Act (pays per diem for shelter nights up to capped amount – allocated by county advisory boards)
FIA Family Independence Agency (now DHS)
FVPSA Family Violence Prevention & Services Act (fed. Funds through MDVPTB support the DVSS Grant)
GCBA Genesee County Bar Association
GCCARD Genesee County Community Action Resource Department
GHP Genesee Health Plan
GISD Genesee Intermediate School District
GLA Great Lakes Alliance
HMC Hurley Medical Center
HPRP Homeless Prevention & Rapid Rehousing Program
HRS Housing Resource Specialist
HUD US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
IAFN International Association of Forensic Nurses
IARC Intake, Assessment, and Referral Center, Inc. (drug rehab services)
LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered/Transsexual
LSEM Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
MCADSV Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
MDCH Michigan Department of Community Health
MDVPTB Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention & Treatment Board
MPRI Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative
MSHDA Michigan State Housing Development Authority
NCADV National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
NCLB No Child Left Behind
NSPT New Service Provider Training
NSVRC National Sexual Violence Resource Center
NWLB No Worker Left Behind
OVC Office for Victims of Crime
OVW Office of Violence Against Women
PCC Permanency Case Conference
PPECM Planned Parenthood of East Central Michigan
PPO Personal Protection Order
PSH Permanent Supportive Housing (MSHDA funding for rental vouchers)
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
RAINN Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
RFP Request For Approval
RPS Rape Prevention Services
SA Sexual Assault
SAAM Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April)
SAFE Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner
SANE Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner
SART Sexual Assault Response Team
SER State Emergency Relief (administered by Salvation Army – pays per diem for shelter nights up to capped amount)
SHP Supportive Housing Program (HUD funding for Sara’s House & rental vouchers – vouchers provide leverage for MSHDA PSH grant)
STEP Students in Transition Empowerment Program
STOP Services, Training, Officers, & Prosecutors (fed. Funds through MDVPTB support non-residential staff and subcontracts with community partners)
SVRI Sexual Violence Research Initiative
TBRA Tenant Based Rental Assistance
TDM Team Decision Making (meeting)
TSH Transitional Supportive Housing (MDVPTB funding for rental vouchers)
UWSS United Way Support Services
VAAA Valley Area Agency on Aging
VAW Violence Against Women
VAWA Violence Against Women Act
VOCA Victims of Crime Act (CVSC funding for nonresidential services)
WHO World Health Organization
WIA Workforce Investment Act
