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• B
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• D
• E
• F
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• W
• Y

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