Acronym List

Listed below are acronyms that are commonly encountered in the assisted living industry in North Carolina and beyond.

Click on the links below to learn more about the acronyms, programs, services, etc.
 

DCR

Department of Cultural Resources

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

DAAS

Division of Aging and Adult Services

DHSR

Division of Health Service Regulation

DIRM

Division of Information Resource Management

DMA

Division of Medical Assistance

DMH/DD/SAS

Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services

DPH/CDI

Division of Public Health

DSB

Division of Services for the Blind

DSDHH

Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

DSS

Division of Social Services

DVR

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

OCS

Office of Citizen Services

OLTS

Office of Long-Term Services and Supports

OMHHD

Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

ORHCC

Office of Rural Health and Community Care

DOI

Department of Insurance

DOJ

Department of Justice

DOT

Department of Transportation

ESC

Employment Security Commission

NCBSE

North Carolina Board of State Elections

NCCCS

North Carolina Community College System

NCCDD

North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities

NCCVCS

North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service

NCHFA

North Carolina Housing Finance Agency

AAA

Area Agency on Aging

LME

Local Management Entity, the regional organization that manages the delivery of public mental health services

EBCI

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

AoA

Administration on Aging, US Health and Human Services (HHS)

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS

CMS

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS

HHS

US Department of Health and Human Services

HUD

US Department of Housing and Urban Development

IRS

Internal Revenue Service

MIPPA

Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act

MMA

Medicare Modernization Act

OAA

Federal Older Americans Act

PPACA

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

USDA

US Department of Agriculture

AARP NC

North Carolina chapter of AARP

ALFA

Assisted Living Federation of America

CCME

Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence

DDTI

UNC's Developmental Disabilities Training Institute

FORLTC

Friends of Residents in Long-term Care

GAC

Governor's Advisory Council on Aging

NCCCN

North Carolina Community Care Network

NC4A

North Carolina Association of Area Agencies on Aging

NCACDSS

North Carolina Association of County Directors of Social Services

NCALA

North Carolina Assisted Living Association

NCANPHA

North Carolina Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging

NCAOA

North Carolina Association on Aging

NCCOA

North Carolina Coalition on Aging

NCBAM

North Carolina Baptist Aging Ministries

NCHAC

North Carolina Healthy Aging Coalition

NCSG

North Carolina Senior Games

NCSDSC

North Carolina Senior Driver Safety Coalition

WDS

Workforce Development System

UNC IOA

Institute on Aging, serving the 16 campuses of the University of North Carolina (UNC), located in Chapel Hill

UNC CARES

Center for Aging Research and Educational Services, Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

646 Waiver

Section 646 of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) authroizes a 5-year demonstration program

ADDGS

Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States Projects

ADRC

Aging and Disability Resource Centers—known in North Carolina as Community Resource Connections for Aging and Disabilities (CRC)

APS

Adult Protective Services, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

BRFSS

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a Division of Public Health

CAC

Community Advisory Committee volunteer advocates appointed by county commissions, who are part of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

CAP-DA

Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults, a Division of Medical Assistance

CAP-Choice

Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults, consumer-directed option, a Division of Medical Assistance

Project C.A.R.E.

Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty, Division of Aging and Adult Services

CDSMP

Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Grant—known in North Carolina as Living Healthy, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

CNDS

Common Names Data Service

CRC

Community Resource Connections for Aging and Disabilities

CSDW

Client Services Data Warehouse

DEEM

Disability & Elderly Emergency Management Initiative

EBP

Evidence-based Programs

FCSP

Family Caregiver Support Program, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

FNS

Food and Nutrition Services (formerly known as Food Stamps)

HCCBG

Home and Community Care Block Grant, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

Home Care Independence

Consumer-directed option through Home and Community Care Block Grant, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

ILR

Independent Living Rehabilitation, a Division of Services for the Blind

ILRP

Independent Living Rehabilitation Program, a Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

LIS

Low-Income Subsidy or "extra-help" provides financial assistance for Medicare beneficiaries with limited income and resources

MFP

Money Follows the Person, a Division of Medical Assistance

MOB

A Matter of Balance, evidence-based fall prevention program

MOST

Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment

MSP

Medicare Savings Program is a Medicaid program for people who have Medicare and also have limited income and resources, a Division of Medical Assistance

NCATP

North Carolina Assistive Technology Program, a Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

NCcareLINK

A web-based information and referral system that includes information about services and supports statewide managed by DHHS Office of Citizen Services

NCEOLCC

North Carolina End of Life Care Coalition

NC NOVA

North Carolina New Organizational Vision Award

NC POMP

North Carolina Performance Outcomes Measurement Project, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

NCRx

Prescription drug assistance plan to help low-income seniors participate in the federal Medicare Part D prescription drug program

NORC

Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities

PACE

Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, a Division of Medical Assistance

PCP

Person-centered Planning

PHCAST

Personal and Home Care Aide State Training Grant, DHHS

REACH II

Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health, a program within Project C.A.R.E.

SA-ACH

Special Assistance Adult Care Program, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

SA/IH

Special Assistance In-Home Program, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

S.A.F.E.

Strategic Alliances for Elders in Long-Term Care, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

SCSEP

Senior Community Service Employment Program

SFMNP

Seniors' Farmers Market Nutrition Program, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

SHIIP

Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program, NC Department of Insurance

SMP

Senior Medicare Patrol, NC Department of Insurance

SSBG

Social Services Block Grant

SSI

Supplemental Security Income

STHL

North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature

VAP

Victims Assistance Program, a Division of Aging and Adult Services

ARMS

Aging Resources Management System

CON

Certificate of Need

I&A

Information and Assistance

IT

Information Technology

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

ODIS

Ombudsman Documentation and Information System

QI

Quality Improvement