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A

  • AABD — Aid to Aged, Blind or Disabled (replaced by SSI)
  • AAG — Assistant Attorney General
  • AASD — American Association of SNAP Directors
  • AAO — Affirmative Action Officer
  • ABAWD — Able Bodied Adults without Dependents
  • ABEL — Automated Budgeting and Eligibility Logic
  • ABH — Agency Boarding Home
  • ABO — Authorities Budget Office
  • ACA — Affordable Care Act
  • AC — Aid to Continue
  • AC — Alternate Certifiers
  • ACCES — Adult Center and Continuing Education Services
  • ACCESS-VR — Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation
  • ACD — Agency for Child Development
  • ACE — Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless
  • ACF — Adjudicated Claims File
  • ACF — Administration for Children and Families
  • ACF — Authorization Change Forms
  • ACH — Automated Clearing House
  • ACME — Automated Case Management Evaluation
  • ACPS — Analyst Case Processing System
  • ACS — Administration for Children's Services
  • ACS — Automated Claiming System
  • ACS — American Communities Survey
  • ADA — Americans with Disabilities Act
  • ADH — Administrative Disqualification Hearing
  • ADID — Anti Discrimination Investigations Division
  • ADJ — Adjudicated Claim Fiche
  • ADL — Activities of Daily Living
  • ADM — Administrative Directive Memo
  • AE — Agency Error
  • AED — Automated External Defibrillator
  • AFA — Anticipated Future Action
  • AFCARS — Adoption & Foster Care Analysis and Reporting
  • AFI — Adjusted Family Income
  • AFIS — Automated Finger Imaging System
  • AFF — American FactFinder
  • AG — Attorney General
  • AGI — Adjusted Gross Income
  • AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • AIMS — Automated Integrated Migration System
  • AIRS — Automated Incident Reporting System (SSA)
  • AJOS — Associate Job Opportunity Specialist
  • ALE — Adult Literacy Education
  • ALEC — Awaiting Local Error Correction
  • ALJ — Administrative Law Judge
  • AMI — Area Median Income
  • AMR — Automated Mass Rebudgeting
  • AMW — Average Monthly Wage
  • ANSI — American National Standards Institute
  • AOBH — Agency Operated Boarding Home
  • AOD — Alleged Onset Date
  • AOP — Acknowledgment of Parentage
  • AP — Absent Parent
  • APPM — Administrative Policies & Procedures Manual
  • APS — Adult Protective Services
  • APD — Advanced Planning Document
  • APHSA — American Public Human Services Association
  • AppReg — Application Registration
  • APRRS — Absent Parent Resource Reporting System
  • APP-TAD — Application Turnaround Document
  • APTD — Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled
  • A&QI — Audit and Quality Improvement (formerly A&QC)
  • A/R — Applicant/Recipient
  • AREERA — Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act
  • ARTS — Audit Report & Tracking System
  • ASAW — Additional Special Agricultural Worker
  • ASCU — Automated Support Collections Unit
  • ASFA — Adoption and Safe Families Act
  • ASSETS — Automated Statewide Support Enforcement and Tracking System
  • ATM — Automated Teller Machine

B

  • BAD — Budgeting After Disqualification
  • BASIC — Basic or Personal Allowance
  • BBM — Bureau of Budget Management
  • BBCE — Broad Based Categorical Eligibility
  • BCM — Bureau of Contract Management
  • BCIQ — Department of Labor's Unemployment Benefits Verification System
  • BDMA — Bureau of Data Management and Analysis
  • BEDS — Back End Detection System
  • BEER — Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Record
  • BENDATA — File sent by state to SSA to request SSA data
  • BENDEX — Beneficiary Data Exchange
  • BHR — Bureau of Human Resources
  • BFS — Bureau of Financial Services
  • BG — Block Grant
  • BHSS — Bureau of Housing and Support Services
  • BICS — Benefit Issuance and Control System
  • BILT — Building Independence for the Long Term
  • BIN — BRS Information Network
  • BMS — Bureau of Management Services
  • BoB — Beginning of Business
  • BOCES — Boards of Cooperative Educational Services
  • BPR — BICS Production Requests
  • BRIA — Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (now known as Bureau of Refugee Services)
  • BRO — Buffalo Regional Office
  • BRS — Bureau of Refugee Services
  • BSC — Business Services Center
  • BSE — Bureau of State Expenditures
  • BSPP — BICS Services Payment Processing
  • BT — Bureau of Training

C

  • CA — Cash Assistance
  • CAA — Community Action Agency
  • CAC — Cooling Assistance Component
  • CAH — Care At Home
  • CAHWP — Care At Home Waiver Program
  • CALFH — Combined Automated Letters for Fair Hearings
  • CAMS — Cash Management Subsystem
  • CAN — Case Number
  • CAP — Child Assistance Program
  • CAP — Corrective Action Plan
  • CAP — Cost Allocation Plan
  • CAPA — City (NY) Administrative Procedure Act
  • CAPER — Case and Processing Error Rate
  • CAR — Corrective Action Response
  • CARES Act — Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (COVID-19)
  • CATS — Contract Administration and Tracking System
  • CASAC — Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor
  • CASE — Case Type
  • CASE NO — Case Number
  • CASSPP — Comprehensive Annual Social Services Program Plan
  • CBIC — Common Benefit Identification Card
  • CBO — Community Based Organization
  • CBVH — Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
  • CCA — Consumer Credit Agencies
  • CCBG — Child Care Block Grant
  • CCD — Congregate Care system
  • CCDF — Child Care Development Fund
  • CCF — Congregate Care Facility
  • CCFS — Child Care Facility System
  • CCO — Care Coordination Organizations
  • CCPA — Consumer Credit Protection Act
  • CCRS — Child Care Reporting System
  • CDGB — Community Development Block Grant (COVID-19)
  • CDR — Claims Detail Report
  • CDR — Continuing Disability Review (SSA)
  • CDPS — Center for Disability and Program Support (SSA)
  • CE — Consultative Exam
  • CE — Categorical Eligibility Indicator
  • CEES — Center for Employment and Economic Supports (now known as Employment and Income Support Programs)
  • CFCIP — Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
  • CFDA — Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
  • CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
  • CFY — City Fiscal Year (NYC)
  • CG — Cash Grant
  • CHAP — Child Health Assurance Program (Child Health Plus)
  • CHCEP — Catastrophic Health Care Expense Program
  • CHEP — Cuban/Haitian Entrant Program
  • CHIP — Children's Health Insurance Program
  • CHP — Child Health Plus
  • CIAB — Connections in a Box
  • CILOCA — Child Care in Lieu of Cash Assistance
  • CIN — Client Identification Number
  • CINTRAK — Client Income Tracking
  • CIO — Chief Information Officer
  • CIRIS — Critical Infrastructure Response Information System
  • CISO — Chief Information Security Officer
  • CIU — Contract Implementation Unit
  • C/M — Case Month
  • CMA — Computer Matching Agreement
  • CMCM — Comprehensive Medicaid Case Management
  • CMS — Caseload Management System
  • CMS — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • CMQA — Contract Management and Quality Assurance
  • CMU — Case Management Unit
  • CMU — Contract Monitoring Unit
  • CNS — Client Notice System
  • CO — Central Office
  • COATS — Chart of Accounts Tracking System
  • COB — Close of Business
  • CoC — Continuum of Care
  • COCAC — Central Office Cost Allocation Claim
  • COCAP — Central Office Cost Allocation Plan
  • COFCCA — Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies
  • CoGS — Correspondence Generating System
  • COLA — Cost of Living Adjustment, also Cost of Living Allowance
  • COLD — Computer Output to Laser Disk
  • COOP — Continuity of Operations Plan
  • COPS — Certificates of Participation
  • COPS — Community Optional Preventive Services
  • CORe — Community, Opportunity and Reinvestment
  • CP — Custodial Parent
  • CPLR — Civil Practice Law and Rules
  • CPS — Child Protective Services
  • CPlll — Career Pathways Program (2019)
  • CR — Community Residence
  • CSC — Customer Support Center
  • CSDM — Child Support Data Mart
  • CSE — Committee on Special Education (formerly COH)
  • CSEU — Child Support Enforcement Unit
  • CSH — Child Support Helpline
  • CSMS — Child Support Management System
  • CSP — Consolidated Services Plan
  • CSPC — Child Support Processing Center
  • CSPIA — Child Support Performance and Incentive Act
  • CSR — Case Supervisory Review
  • CSS — Center for Specialized Services (now known as Housing, Refugee Services, and Disability Determinations)
  • CSSA — Child Support Standards Act
  • CST — Community Solutions for Transportation
  • C/THP — Child/Teen Health Plan
  • CU — Certification Unit
  • CW — Child Welfare
  • CWEP — Community Work Experience Program
  • CWFC — Child Welfare Foster Care
  • CWS — Child Welfare Services
  • CWW — Compressed Work Week
  • CY — Calendar Year

D

  • D/A — Drug/Alcohol
  • DAAD — Daily Account Activity Detail
  • DAB — Department of Health and Human Services Appeals Board
  • DAFH — Decision After Fair Hearing
  • DAI — Disability Accommodation Indicator
  • DAM — Data Access Module
  • DAP — Disability Advocacy Program
  • DAR — Daily Activity Report
  • DAS — Division of Administrative Services (formerly known as Operations and Program Support)
  • DBFDM — Division of Budget, Finance and Data Management
  • DC — Data Collection
  • DC — Dependent Children
  • DCA — Disqualification Consent Agreement
  • DCC — Day Care Center
  • DCC — Dependent Care Credit (tax credit)
  • DCJS — Department of Criminal Justice Services
  • DCL — Dear Colleague Letter
  • DCSS — Division of Child Support Services (formerly known as the Center for Child Well-Being)
  • DCO — Deputy Commissioner Operations (SSA)
  • DDD — Division of Disability Determination
  • DDRO — Developmental Disabilities Regional Office
  • DEFRA — Deficit Reduction Act
  • DFA — Department of Family Assistance
  • DFR — District of Fiscal Responsibility
  • DFY — Division for Youth (prior to consolidation with OCFS)
  • DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services
  • DHP — Displaced Homemaker Program
  • DHR — Division of Human Rights
  • DHS — Department of Homeless Services
  • DI — Disabled Individual (Title 16)
  • DIB — Disability Insurance Benefits (Title 2)
  • DIRT — Data Information and Tracking Dashboard
  • DLA — Division of Legal Affairs
  • DMU — Data Management Unit
  • DMV — Department of Motor Vehicles
  • DOCCS — Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
  • DOB — Division of the Budget
  • DOB — Department of Buildings
  • DoD — Department of Defense
  • DOH — Department of Health
  • DOJ — Department of Justice
  • DOL — Department of Labor
  • DPA — Deferred Payment Agreement
  • DPA — Direct Payment Authorization
  • DPS — Department of Public Services
  • DRA — Designee of Reasonable Accommodations
  • DRC — Disaster Recovery Center
  • DRL — Domestic Relations Law
  • DRS — Division of Rehabilitative Services
  • DSH — Disproportionate Share Hospital (allotment)
  • D-SNAP — Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  • DSOC — Division of Shelter Oversight and Compliance
  • DSS — Department of Social Services (Prior to split into OTDA and OCFS)
  • DTF — Department of Taxation and Finance
  • DV — Domestic Violence
  • DVL — Domestic Violence Liaison
  • DVRP — Domestic Violence Residential Programs
  • DVS — Division of Veterans' Services
  • DVSAR — Domestic Violence State Aid Rates
  • DYCD — Department of Youth & Community Development

E

  • EA — External Audit
  • EAA — Emergency Assistance for Adults
  • EAF — Emergency Assistance for Families
  • EAS — Employment and Advancement Services
  • EBT — Electronic Benefits Transfer
  • ECCU — Executive Correspondence Control Unit
  • ECT — Executive Correspondence Tracking System
  • EDGE — Education for Gainful Employment
  • EDITS — Eligibility Data and Image Transfer System
  • EDRS — Electronic Disqualified Recipient System
  • EEO — Equal Employment Opportunity
  • EEOC — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • EEPS — Electronic Evidence Packet System
  • EFT — Electronic Funds Transfer
  • EI — Early Intervention
  • eIAR — Electronic Interim Assistance Reimbursement
  • EIC — Earned Income Credit
  • EID — Earned Income Disregard
  • E/IM — Eligibility/Income Maintenance
  • EIM — Expanded Income Match
  • EIN — Employer Identification Number
  • EISP — Employment and Income Support Programs (formerly known as Center for Employment and Economic Supports)
  • EITC — Earned Income Tax Credit
  • E-IWO — Electronic Income Withholding
  • EM — Emergency Foster Boarding Home Care
  • EM — Employment Manual
  • ENHP — Emergency Needs for the Homeless Program
  • EO — Executive Order
  • EOC — Emergency Operations Center
  • EP — Employment Plan
  • EP — Essential Person
  • EPFT — Electronic Payment File Transfer System
  • EPM — Employment Policy Manual
  • EPSDT — Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
  • EPVA — Eviction Prevention for Vulnerable Adults
  • E&T — Employment and Training
  • EQA — Eligibility & Quality Assurance
  • EQAS — Enhanced Quality Assurance System
  • ER — Educational Resources
  • ERAP — Emergency Rental Assistance Program
  • ERO — Eastern Regional Office
  • ERRS — Electronic Request and Retrieval System
  • ERT — Employment Readiness Training
  • ESA — Employment Services Advisor
  • ESAP — Elderly Simplified Application Project
  • ESGP — Emergency Shelter Grants Program
  • ESL — English as a Second Language
  • ESNA — Emergency Safety Net Assistance
  • ESPRI — Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative
  • ESPRIT — Empire State Payment Rate Improvement Team
  • ESSHI — Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative
  • ESTI — Employment Services Training Institute
  • ETV — Education and Training Voucher (program)
  • EVR — Eligibility Verification Review
  • EW — Eligibility Worker
  • EWA — ERAP Workflow Application (COVID-19)

F

  • FA — Family Assistance
  • FAD/FAHD — Foster and Adoptive Home Development
  • FA-FP — Family Assistance — Federally Participating
  • FAP — Food Assistance Program
  • FBH — Foster Boarding Home
  • FBI — Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FC — Foster Care
  • FCA — Family Court Act
  • FCBG — Foster Care Block Grant
  • FCI — Foster Care Issues
  • FCR — Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders
  • FCRA — Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • FCS — Department of Agriculture's Food and Consumer Service
  • FDC — Family Day Care
  • FE — Facilitated Enrollment
  • FEDS — Front End Detection System
  • FEIN — Federal Employer Identification Number
  • FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FEPS — Family Eviction Prevention Supplement
  • FFATA — Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
  • FFCCOA — Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act
  • FFFS — Flexible Fund for Family Services
  • FFR — Face-to-Face Re-certification
  • FFS — Fee For Service (Medicaid)
  • FFY — Federal Fiscal Year (Oct 1 – Sept 30)
  • FH — Fair Hearings
  • FHAC — Fair Hearings Application Center
  • FHDMS — Fair Hearing Decision Management System
  • FHEPS — Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement
  • FHIS — Fair Hearings Information System
  • FHVS — Fair Hearings Video System
  • FICA — Federal Insurance Contributions Act (Social Security)
  • FIDA — Fully Integrated Duals Advantage Program
  • FIDE — Fully Integrated Dual Eligible
  • FIDB — Forms Inventory Database
  • FIDM — Financial Institution Data Match
  • FIFO — First In, First Out
  • FIPS Code — Federal Information Processing Series Code
  • FIRM — Financial Institution Recipient Match
  • FMLA — Family and Medical Leave Act
  • FMS — Department of Treasury's Financial Management Service
  • FMV — Fair Market Value
  • FNP — Federally Non-Participating
  • FNS — Food and Nutrition Service
  • FO — Field Office (SSA)
  • FOIA — Freedom of Information Act
  • FOIL — Freedom of Information Law
  • FOILS — Freedom of Information Law Request Tracking System
  • FP — Federally Participating
  • FPL — Federal Poverty Level
  • FPLS — Federal Parent Locator Service
  • FPO — For-Profit Organization
  • FQC — Federal Quality Control
  • FR — Federal Register
  • FRCP — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
  • FRM — Fiscal Reference Manual
  • FS — Food Stamps (now referred to as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP))
  • FSB — Food Stamp Benefit (now referred to as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP))
  • FSET — Food Stamp Employment and Training Program (now referred to as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T))
  • FSICS — Food Stamp Issuance and Control Subsystem
  • FSSB — Food Stamp Source Book (now referred as the SNAP Source Book)
  • FTC — Failure to Comply
  • FTE — Full-time Equivalent
  • FTI — Federal Tax Information
  • FUFF — Finance Unit Fact Flash
  • FV — Family Violence
  • FVI — Family Violence Indicator
  • FVO — Family Violence Option

G

  • GA — General Assistance
  • GAAP — Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
  • GAGD — Grants of Assistance for Guide Dogs
  • GAO — Government Accountability Office
  • GASB — Governmental Accounting Standards Board
  • GE — Emergency Group Care Program
  • GED — General Education Developmental
  • GFDC — Group Family Day Care
  • GFO — Guide to Financial Operations
  • GG — Grants Gateway
  • GH — Group Home
  • GIS — General Information System
  • GIT — Gross Income Test
  • GR — Group Residence

H

  • HANYS — Healthcare Association of New York State
  • HAP — Housing Assistance Project
  • HASA — HIV/AIDS Services Administration
  • HBE — Health Benefit Exchange
  • HBITS — Hourly-Based Information Technology Services
  • HCM — Human Capital Management (Personnel System)
  • HCR — Homes and Community Renewal
  • HCS — Human Commerce System
  • HDU — Homelessness Diversion Unit
  • HEA — Home Energy Allowance
  • HEAP — Home Energy Assistance Program
  • HEAP-ADM — Home Energy Assistance Program — Administration
  • HEAP-NPA — Home Energy Assistance Program — Non-Public Assistance
  • HEAP-PA — Home Energy Assistance Program — Public Assistance
  • HEAP-SSI — Home Energy Assistance Program — Supplemental Security Income
  • HEI — HIV Employment Initiative (2018)
  • HFC — Home Foster Care
  • HH — Household
  • HHAC — Homeless Housing and Assistance Corporation
  • HHAP — Homeless Housing and Assistance Program
  • HHP — Health Home Program
  • HHS — Department of Health and Human Services
  • HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  • HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • HMIS — Homelessness Management Information System
  • HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
  • HOPWA — Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
  • HPA — Homelessness Prevention Administration
  • HRA — Human Resources Administration
  • HRS — (IES) Hearing Recording System
  • HRDD — Housing, Refugee Services, and Disability Determinations (formerly known as Center for Specialized Services)
  • HRF — Health Related Facilities
  • HSE — High School Equivalency
  • HSEN — Human Services Enterprise Network
  • HSPD-12 — Homeland Security Presidential Directive — 12 (SSA)
  • HRIS — Human Resource Information System
  • HSLC — Human Services Learning Center
  • HTLV — Human T-lymphotrophic Virus
  • HTP — Hard-to-Place
  • HTV — Human Trafficking Victim
  • HUD — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

I

  • IA — Internal Audit
  • IAF — Intelligent Auto Fill
  • IAR — Interim Assistance Reimbursement
  • ICF — Intermediate Care Facility
  • I/CM — Intake/Case Maintenance
  • ICM — Intensive Case Management
  • ICMFASA — Intensive Case Management for Families Affected by Substance Abuse
  • I/CM-RMS — Intake/Case Maintenance Random Moment Study
  • ICO — Internal Control Officer
  • ICR — Interstate Central Registry
  • ID — Identification Card
  • IDA — Individual Development Account
  • IDS — Intrusion Detection System
  • I/EDR — Imaging/Electronic Document Repository
  • IES — Integrated Eligibility System
  • IEVS — Income Eligibility Verification System
  • IEX — Income Execution (now referred to as income withholding)
  • IFB — Invitation for Bids
  • IFC — Institutional Foster Care
  • IG — Inspector General
  • IHE — Inadvertent Household Error (Food Stamp Program)
  • ILP — Independent Living Program (also called Chafee)
  • IM — Income Maintenance
  • IMU — Issuance Monitoring Unit
  • INA — Immigration and Naturalization Act
  • INF — Informational Letter
  • INS — Immigration and Naturalization Services (now United States Citizenship Immigration Services)
  • IPPS — Indirect Payment Processing Sub-system
  • IPV — Intentional Program Violation
  • IRA — Individualized Residential Alternative
  • IRAP — Indochinese Refugee Assistance Program
  • IRCA — Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
  • IRCS — Income & Resource Collection Sub-system (part of RFI)
  • IRS — Internal Revenue Service
  • ISO — Information Security Officer
  • ITIR — Information Technology Investment Request
  • ITS — Information Technology Services
  • IV-B — Title IV-B of the SSA (Federal funding for Child Welfare Svcs)
  • IV-D — Title IV-D of the SSA (Child Support)
  • IV-E — Title IV-E of the SSA (Federal funding for Foster Care and Adoption Subsidies)
  • IVRS — Interactive Voice Response System
  • IV&V — Independent Verification and Validation
  • IWO — Income Withholding Order

J

  • JD — Juvenile Delinquent
  • JD/PINS — Juvenile Delinquent/Persons in Need of Supervision
  • J/O — Job Opportunity Program
  • JOS — Job Opportunity Specialist
  • JTPA — Job Training Partnership Act
  • JTPC — Job Training Partnership Council

K

  • KBB — Kelly Blue Book

L

  • LA — Language Access
  • LA — Local Assistance
  • LAC — Language Access Coordinator
  • LAC — Local Action Code
  • LAF — Local Administration Fund
  • LAFTRAK — Legal Affairs Tracking Systems
  • LAN — Local Area Network
  • LAP — Language Access Plan
  • LATS-NY — Leave and Accrual Tracking System
  • LCM — Local Commissioner Memorandum
  • LDF — Local Data Feedback
  • LDFFBH — Local District Foster Family Boarding Home
  • LDSS — Local Department of Social Services (Local District)
  • LEIA — Local Early Intervention Agency
  • LEP — Limited English Proficiency
  • LEP — Local Error Prevention
  • LIE — Listed in Error
  • LIF — Low Income Family
  • LIHEAA — Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act
  • LIHEAP — Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
  • LIHWAP — Low Income Household Water Assistance Program
  • LINC — Living In Communities
  • LISTS — List Information Synchronized Tracking System
  • LIVES — Local Interagency VESID Employment Services
  • LMS — Learning Management System
  • LOS — Length of Stay
  • LRAP — Landlord Rental Assistance Program (COVID-19)
  • LRR — Legally Responsible Relative
  • LSSD — Local Social Services District
  • LTC — Long Term Care
  • LTHHCP — Long Term Home Health Care Program
  • LTR — Lawful Temporary Residents
  • LWDB — Local Workforce Development Board

M

  • M — Maternity
  • MA — Medicaid Advantage
  • MA — Medical Assistance
  • MABEL — Medicaid Automated Budget and Eligibility Logic
  • MAGI — Modified Adjusted Gross Income
  • MAI — Medicare Application Indicator
  • MAP — Medicaid Advantage Plus
  • MAP — Medical Assistance Program
  • MAP — Monthly Average Payment
  • MAPP — Model Approach to Parenting Program (FAD)
  • MAR — Mass Reauthorization
  • MARG — Medical Assistance Reference Guide
  • MARS — Management and Administrative Reporting Sub-system (of MMIS)
  • MARS/SURS — Management and Administrative Reporting Subsystem/Surveillance and Utilization Review System
  • MC — Managed Care
  • MCO — Managed Care Organization
  • MCP — Managed Care Plan
  • MD — Mentally Disabled
  • MDI — Medically Determinable Impairment
  • MDU — (IES) Mobile Document Upload (also known as NYDocSubmit)
  • ME — Management Evaluation
  • MEDX — Medical Support Execution
  • MER — Medical evidence of Record
  • METALX — tracking and processing of NDNH Manual Employment Verification (MEV) forms
  • MEV — Manual Employment Verification
  • MICS — Management Information and Control Sub-system
  • MICSA — Medical Insurance and Community Services Administration
  • MIF — Mortgage Insurance Fund
  • MLR — Maintenance in Lieu of Rent
  • MLTC — Managed Long-Term Care
  • MMIS — Medicaid Management Information System
  • MOA — Memorandum of Agreement
  • MOE — Maintenance of Effort (Spending minimums)
  • MOP — Method of Payment
  • MOU — Memorandum of Understanding
  • MRA — Mass Reauthorization (System generated 3209s)
  • MRB/A — Mass Rebudgeting/Reauthorization
  • MRO — Metropolitan Regional Office
  • MRO — Medical Relations Officer
  • MRT — Medicaid Redesign Team
  • MSAR — Maximum State Aid Rate
  • MSE — Medical Support Enforcement
  • MV ERN — Mohawk Valley Employer Resource Network
  • M/WBE — Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises
  • myB — myBenefits
  • myW — myWorkspace

N

  • NAPIPM — National Association for Program Information and Performance Measurement
  • NCA — Non-Cash Assistance
  • NCIC — National Crime Information Center
  • NCP — Noncustodial Parent
  • NCP — EIC — Noncustodial Parent Earned Income Credit
  • NDA — Nondisclosure Agreement
  • NEADA — National Energy Assistance Directors Association
  • NDNH — National Directory of New Hires
  • NERO — Northeastern Regional Office of FNS
  • NFP — Not-for-Profit
  • NH — Nursing Home
  • NIT — Net Income Test
  • NLT — No Later Than
  • NMSN — National Medical Support Notice
  • NOAA — Notice of Adverse Action
  • NOEP — Nutritional Outreach and Education Program
  • NOFA — Notice of Funding Availability
  • NOMI — Notice of Missed Interview
  • NOMR — Notice of Match Results Letter
  • NOWR — Notification of Work Requirements
  • NPA — Non-Public Assistance
  • NPC — Non-Parent Caregiver
  • NR — Non-Reimbursable
  • NSF — Non-Sufficient Funds
  • NRST — Non-Recurring Short Term
  • NTA — Non-Temporary Assistance
  • NSTR — Not Subject to Review
  • NYC — New York City
  • NYCHA — New York City Housing Authority
  • NYCRR — New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (Green Books)
  • NYC-WAY — New York City — Work Accountability and You
  • NYPWA — New York Public Welfare Association
  • NYRO — New York Regional Office (SSA)
  • NYS — New York State
  • NYS BoS CoC — New York State Balance-of-State Continuum of Care
  • NYSCAP — New York State Combined Application Project
  • NYSCCBG — New York State Child Care Block Grant
  • NYSDSS — New York State Department of Social Services (now OTDA/ OCFS)
  • NYSERDA — New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
  • NYSESRP — New York State Enhanced Services to Refugees Program
  • NYSIG — New York State Inspector General
  • NYSNIP — New York State Nutritional Improvement Project
  • NYSoH — New York State of Health
  • NYSRRAP — NYS Refugee Resettlement Assistance Program
  • NYSSHP — New York State Supportive Housing Program
  • NYWBG — New York Works Block Grant (DOL Grants)
  • NYWFIA — New York Welfare Fraud Investigators Association
  • NYSHADE — New York State Homeless Assistance Datawarehouse Environment

O

  • OAG — Office of the Attorney General
  • OAH — Office of Administrative Hearings
  • OASAS — Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
  • OASDI — Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance
  • OBE — Overcome By Events
  • OBRA — Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
  • OCA — Office of Court Administration
  • OCFS — Office of Children and Family Services
  • OCSE — Office of Child Support Enforcement
  • OER — Office of Employee Relations (formerly Governor's Office of Employee Relations)
  • OFA — Office of Family Assistance
  • OFA — Orphan Foundation of America
  • OFT — Office of Technology (now known as Office of Information Technology)
  • OGS — Office of General Services
  • OIG — Office of the Inspector General
  • OITS — Office of Information Technology Services
  • OJT — On the Job Training
  • OMB — Office of Management and Budget
  • OMH — Office of Mental Health
  • OMIG — Office of the Medicaid Inspector General
  • OOS — Out of State
  • OOSI — Out of State Inquiry
  • OPWDD — Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (formerly OMRDD)
  • OPP — Online Purchase EBT transaction
  • ORR — Office of Refugee Resettlement
  • OSAH — Operational Support for AIDS Housing Program
  • OSC — Office of the State Comptroller
  • OSI — IES On-Site Imaging Worker Portal
  • OSI — On-Site Imaging
  • OSS — On-Site Scanning
  • OTDA — Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
  • OTG — Other than Grantee (payment on behalf of client)
  • OVESID — Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
  • OVR — Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
  • OWIG — Office of the Welfare Inspector General (NYS)

P

  • PA — Public Assistance (also known as TA — Temporary Assistance)
  • PAB — Public Assistance Benefit
  • PACE — Program of All-inclusive Care
  • PACE — Public Assistance Comprehensive Employment
  • PAI — Program Access Index
  • PARIS — Public Assistance Reporting Information System
  • PARTS — Public Assistance Reporting & Tracking System
  • PBITS — Project-Based Information Technology Services
  • PCA — Personal Care Agency
  • PCA — Personal Care Aide
  • PCAP — Prenatal Care Assistance Program
  • PCC — Primary Client Category
  • PD — Presumptive Disability (Title 16 only)
  • P-EBT — Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer
  • PEP — Paternity Establishment Percentage
  • PEX — Property Execution
  • PF — Putative Father
  • PFL — Paid Family Leave
  • PFR — Putative Father Registry
  • PHA — Public Housing Authority
  • PHRED — Production Hosting Reports & Enterprise Documents
  • PI — Program Integrity (OTDA)
  • PICS — Payment Issuance and Control Subsystem
  • PID — Person Identification Number in CONX
  • PII — Personally Identifiable Information
  • PIN — Personal Identification Number
  • PINS — Persons in Need of Supervision
  • PIO — Public Information Office
  • PIQ — Policy Interpretation Question
  • PIV — Personal Identity Verification
  • PLS — Parent Locator Service
  • PNA — Personal Needs Allowance
  • POC — Pending Issuance of Operating Certificate
  • POS — Paperless Office System
  • POS — Purchase of Services
  • PPI — Protected Personal Information
  • PPPL — Personal Privacy Protection Law
  • PRISM — Purchasing Receiving Inventory System Management
  • PRUCOL — Permanently Residing in the United States Under Color of Law
  • PRWORA — Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
  • PSA — Protective Services for Adults
  • PSC — Public Service Commission
  • PSHSP — Preschool Supportive Health Services Program
  • PUA — Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (COVID-19)
  • PUMS — Public Use Microdata Samples
  • PWA — Public Works Administration
  • PWP — Public Work Program

Q

  • Q5i — Quality Control Information System application
  • QA — Quality Assurance
  • QC — Quality Control
  • QCIS — Quality Control Information System
  • QER — Quarterly Expenditure Reports (submitted by State to Feds)
  • QFR — Quarterly Fraud Report
  • QMB — Qualified Medicaid Benefits
  • QR — Quarterly Report
  • QTS — Quick Turnaround System
  • QWR — Quarterly Wage Records

R

  • RA — Reasonable Accommodation
  • RAP — Refugee Assistance Program
  • RAS — Regular Arrears Supplement
  • RAW — Replenishment Agricultural Worker
  • RC — Report of Contact
  • RCA — Refugee Cash Assistance
  • RCNY — Rules of the City of New York State
  • REAPS — Recommended Appointment System
  • REB — Recovery of Equivalent Benefits
  • RF — Reimbursement Forms
  • RFC — Request for Contact
  • RFI — Request for Information
  • RFI — Resource File Integration (WMS)
  • RFMS — Recipient Fraud Matching System
  • RFP — Request for Proposals
  • RFQ — Request for Quotes
  • RGRTA — Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
  • RIME — Recipient Integrity Review
  • RIN — Recipient Identification Number
  • RMA — Refugee Medical Assistance
  • RMS — Random Moment Study (see I/CM-RMS or SRMS)
  • RMTS — Random Moment Time Study (obsolete)
  • RO — Regional Office
  • ROQCTS — Regional Office Quality Control Tracking System
  • ROS — Rest of the State
  • RRP — Recipient Restriction Program
  • RSDI — Retirement Survivors Disability Insurance
  • RSP — Rent Supplement Program
  • RSSP — Refugee Social Services Program
  • RSVP — Residences for Survivors of Violence Program
  • RTC — Refusal to Cooperate
  • RTC — Residential Treatment Center
  • RTF — Residential Treatment Facility
  • RTK — Right to Know
  • RWEB — Reflection for the Web (WMS)

S

  • SA — Specific Accommodation
  • SACC — School-Age Child Care
  • SACWIS — Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System
  • SAFARI — EBT Retailer/SLA Audit Project
  • SAM — System for Award Management
  • SAP — Substance Abuse Program
  • SAPA — State Administrative Procedure Act
  • SAU — Separate Administrative Unit
  • SAVE — Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements
  • SAW — Special Agricultural Worker
  • S/CC — Single/Childless Couples
  • SCHIP — State Children's Health Insurance Plan
  • SCR — Systems Change Request
  • SCU — Support Collection Unit
  • SDC — Staff Development Coordinator
  • SDLC — System Development Life Cycle
  • SDNH — State Directory of New Hires
  • SDU — State Disbursement Unit
  • SDVA — State Division of Veterans Affairs
  • SDVOB — Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business
  • SDX — State Data Exchange
  • SEAMC — Statement of Estimated Annual Maintenance Costs
  • SED — (NY) State Education Department
  • SEMI — TA Semi-Monthly Cash Grant Amounts
  • SEP — Support Establishment Percentage
  • SEPS — Special Exit and Prevention Supplement
  • SFARS — Specialized Fraud and Abuse Reporting System
  • S/FED — Services Financial Eligibility Display Turnaround
  • SFED/T — Services Financial Eligibility Display /Turnaround Document
  • SFRP — Specialized Fraud and Abuse Reporting System Oracle Database
  • SFS — Statewide Financial System
  • SFY — State Fiscal Year (April 1 – March 31)
  • SGA — Substantial Gainful Activity
  • SGF — State General Funds
  • SHEA — Supplemental Home Energy Allowance
  • SILP — Supervised Independent Living Program
  • SIR — System Information Request
  • SLA — Service Level Agreement
  • SLA — State Liquor Authority
  • SLEB — State Law Enforcement Bureau
  • SLMS — Statewide Learning Management System
  • SMS — Shelter Management System
  • SNA — Safety Net Assistance (formerly Home Relief)
  • SNA — Safety Net Assistance
  • SNA-FP — Safety Net Assistance — Federally Participating
  • SNAFU — System Notification Application for Faults and Updates
  • SNAP — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  • SNAP-Ed — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education
  • SNAP E&T — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training
  • SNF — Skilled Nursing Facility
  • SN-FNP — Safety Net — Federally Non-Participating
  • SN-MOE — Safety Net — Maintenance of Effort
  • SOB — Start of Business (day)
  • SOC — Shelter Oversight and Compliance (also known as DOSC)
  • SOLQ — State Online Query
  • SORA — Sex Offender Registration Act
  • SPARCS — Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System
  • SOS — Sidney on SQL (Sequel Query Language)
  • SOTA — Special One-Time Assistance Program
  • SPC — State Processing Center (OTDA SNAP)
  • SPLS — State Parent Locator Service
  • SRB — Standardized Restored Benefit
  • SRM — System Reference Manual
  • SRMS — Services Random Moment Survey
  • SRO — Single Room Occupancy Dwelling
  • SRO — Syracuse Regional Office
  • SS — Social Services
  • SSA — Social Security Act
  • SSA — Social Security Administration
  • SSBG — Social Services Block Grant (Title XX)
  • SSD — Social Services District
  • SSDI — Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits
  • SSF — Solely State Funded
  • SSHSP — School Supportive Health Services Program
  • SSI — Supplemental Security Income benefits (Federal Welfare Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled, replaces AABD)
  • SSL — Social Services Law
  • SSN — Social Security Number
  • SSP — Separate State Program
  • SSP — State Supplement Program
  • SSPNA — State Supplement Program Personal Needs Allowance
  • SSR — Self-Support Reserve
  • SSRR — Social Services Reporting Requirements (now known as Services RMS in Mid-1990’s)
  • SSRS — Social Statistics Reporting System
  • STARS — Statewide Automated Trainee Registration System
  • STEHP — Solutions to End Homelessness Program
  • STROP — State Tax Refund Offset Program
  • SUA — Standard Utility Allowance
  • SVC — Replacement for the HSEN Network
  • SVES — State Verification Exchange System
  • SWIB — State Workforce Investment Board
  • SYEP — Summer Youth Employment Program

T

  • TA — Temporary Assistance
  • TA — Trust Account
  • TALX — Equifax (The Work Number)
  • TAMA — Training and Management Analysis (now known as Training and Staff Development — TSD)
  • TANF — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  • TANF-EAF — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families — Emergency Assistance to Families
  • TANF-MOE — Temporary Assistance to Needy Families — Maintenance of Effort
  • TAP — Teenage Parent Day Care
  • TASA — Teenage Services Act
  • TASB — Temporary Assistance Source Book
  • TASC — Test Assessing Secondary Completion — formerly high school equivalency (HSE)
  • TCSE — Tribal Child Support Enforcement
  • TCF — TANF Contingency Funds
  • TEAP — Transitional Employment Advancement Program (formerly Training and Employment Assistance Program)
  • TEM — Temporary Form
  • TFP — Thrifty Food Plan
  • THA — Temporary Housing Assistance
  • TIPS — Telephone Interview Processing Services
  • Title II — SSA — Retirement, survivors, disability, etc. through the Social Security Administration trust fund
  • Title IV-A — Part of the federal Social Security Act related to block grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  • Title IV-D — Part of the federal Social Security Act related to the establishment of the Child Support Enforcement Program
  • Title IV-E — Part of the federal Social Security Act related to federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance
  • Title XVI — SSI — Retirement and disability through Supplemental Security Income
  • Title XIX — Part of the federal Social Security Act related to grants to states for Medical Assistance programs
  • Title XX — Social Services Block Grant (Federal funding for services)
  • Title XX Below 200% — TANF Funds transferred to Title XX for families with income below 200% of the federal poverty level (allowed by federal law, state option)
  • TMA — Transitional Medicaid
  • TOP — Transitional Opportunity Programs
  • TOP — Treasury Offset Program
  • TOSS — Technology and Office SharePoint Services
  • TPHI — Third Party Health Insurance
  • TPR — Third Party Resource
  • TRACS — Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Reporting and Control System
  • TSA — Technical Systems Audit (OTDA)
  • TSD — Training and Staff Development (formerly known as TAMA)
  • TSO — Targeted SNAP Outreach
  • TSP — Transitional Supports and Policy
  • TTSS — Transaction Terminal Security System
  • TTSS AFTR — Terminal Transaction Security System Application Function Transaction Reference
  • TWN — The Work Number

U

  • UIB — Unemployment Insurance Benefits
  • UIFSA — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  • URA — Unreimbursed Assistance
  • UREMP — Unaccompanied Refugee/Entrant Minors Program
  • URESA — Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act
  • URM — Unaccompanied Refugee Minor
  • USB — Upstate System Bureau
  • USCIS — United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
  • USPA — United States Public Data Records
  • UTC — Unable to Complete
  • UTX — Utility Tape Exchange

V

  • VA — Veterans Administration
  • VA — Voluntary Agency
  • VA — Veterans Assistance
  • VAPS — Voucher Approval Processing System
  • VAWA — Violence Against Women Act
  • VDI — Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (for Telecommuting)
  • VDV — Victim of Domestic Violence
  • VED — Verified Employment Data
  • VIEWS — Voucher Import Export Web System
  • VITA — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
  • VOC — (Lean) Voice-of-the-Customer
  • VPN — Virtual Private Network (for Telecommuting)
  • VR — Vendor Receivable
  • VR — Vital Records
  • VRWS — Voluntary Reduction in Work Schedule

W

  • WARD — Work Activities Reporting Database
  • WBT — Web-based Training
  • WCB — Workers Compensation Board
  • WDOC — WRTS Documentation Inquiry System
  • WE — Work Exempt
  • WEI — Work Eligible Individual
  • WEP — Work Experience Program
  • WFW — Wheels for Work
  • WIA — Workforce Investment Act
  • WIC — Women, Infants and Children
  • WIOA — Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
  • WIP — Work-in-Progress
  • WLM — Workload Management
  • WMS — Welfare Management System
  • WPR — Work Participation Rate
  • WRA — Welfare Reform Act of 1997
  • WRAP — Weatherization Referral and Packaging
  • WRM — Worker's Reference Manual
  • WRR — Worker Recruitment and Retention
  • WRS — Wage Reporting System
  • WRTS — Welfare Reporting and Tracking System
  • WSP — Wage Subsidy Program
  • WSP — Work Supplementation Program
  • WTI — Working Toward Independence
  • WtW — Welfare to Work
  • WtWBG — Welfare to Work Block Grant
  • WTWCMS — Welfare to Work Caseload Management System

Y

  • YIP — Youth Internship Program
  • YOP — Youth Opportunity Program
  • YRO — Yonkers Regional Office
  • YWS — Youth Work Skills Program

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