APPENDIX 1: ACRONYMS page A
ACRONYM WORD, DEFINITION OR PHRASE
AA Alcoholics Anonymous
AAC Arizona Administrative Code
AAG Assistant Attorney General
ACJS Arizona Criminal Justice System
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADCS Arizona Department of Child Safety
ADES Arizona Department of
Economic Security
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADHS Arizona Department of Health Services
ADJC Arizona Department of
Juvenile Corrections
ADCS Arizona Department of Child Safety
ADL Activities of Daily Living
ADOC Arizona Department of Corrections
AFFCF AZ Friends of Foster Care Foundation
AG Attorney General
AHCCCS Arizona Health Care Cost
Containment System
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AITI AZ Infant Toddler Institute
AKA Also Known As
ALTCS Arizona Long Term Care System
AMI Alliance for the Mentally Ill
AMA American Medical Association
AM1 Adoption Subsidy Maintenance 1
AM2 Adoption Subsidy Maintenance 2
AM3 Adoption Subsidy Maintenance 3
AM4 Adoption Subsidy Maintenance 4
(therapeutic)
A/N Abuse/Neglect
APA American Pediatric Association
or American Psychiatric Association
or American Psychological Association
APM Assistant Program Manager
APPLA Another Planned Permanent
Living Arrangement
APS Adult Protective Services
ARS Arizona Revised Statutes
ASFA Adoption & Safe Families Act
ASH Arizona State Hospital
AWA Adam Walsh Act
AWOL Absent Without Leave
ACRONYM WORD, DEFINITION OR PHRASE
AXIS I Psychiatric Diagnoses
AXIS II Developmental Diagnoses
AXIS III Physical Diseases and/or Diagnoses
AXIS IV Psychological Stress Factors
AXIS V Global functioning of psychological,
social and occupational functioning
AzAFAP Az Association for Foster and Adoptive
Parents
AzBOF Arizona Board of Fingerprinting
AzEIP Arizona Early Intervention Program
AZPS
MAPP
Arizona Partnering for Safety and
Permanence: Model Approach to
Partnerships in Parenting
BHS Behavioral Health Services
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
BX Behavior
CAP Corrective Action Plan
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocate
CBT Cognitive Behavioral Treatment
CCA Child Care Administration
CCR&R Child Care Resource and Referral
CDH Child Development Team
CFT Child and Family Team
CHILDS Children’s Information Library & Data
Source (software program for CPS)
CIT Crisis Intervention Team
CM Case Manager
CHP Mercy Care Comprehensive Health Plan
CMI Chronically Mentally Ill
COB Close of Business
COT Court Ordered Treatment
CP Case Plan
CPC Certified Professional Counselor
or Change in Physical Custody
CSRA Child Safety Risk Assessment
CSP Child Safety Plan
C2C Cradle to Crayons
DAD Deputy Assistant Director
DCS Department of Child Safety
DCSE Division of Child Support Enforcement
DD Developmental Disabilities
DDD Division of Developmental Disabilities
(DES)
DES Department of Economic Security
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APPENDIX 1: ACRONYMS page B
ACRONYM WORD, DEFINITION OR PHRASE
DHHS Department of Health & Human Services
DHSA Department of Health Services
DJC Department of Juvenile Corrections
DOB Date of Birth
DOC Department of Corrections
DOE Department of Education
DPM Deputy Program Manager
or District Program Manager
DSM 5 Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, fifth edition
DV Domestic Violence
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EPSDT Early & Periodic Screening & Diagnosis
& Treatment
ER Emergency Room
EVAL Evaluation
FAA Family Assistance Administration
FAC Family Advocacy Center
FAE Fetal Alcohol Effect
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FAS Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FC Foster Child(ren)
FCC Fingerprint Clearance Card
FCP Family Centered Practice
FCRB Foster Care Review Board
FERPA Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act
FFH Family Foster Home
FFMF Foster Care Medically Fragile Rate
FGDM Family Group Decision Making
FPPT Family Preservation Program Team
FSP Family Support Partner
FTT Failure to Thrive
GAF Global Assessment of Functioning
GAL Guardian Ad Litem
GCMS Gas Chromatography/Mass
Spectrometry
GED General Education Diploma
GOC Governor’s Office for Children
HFAz Healthy Families Arizona
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability &
Accountability Act
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HSS Human Services Specialist
HSW Human Services Worker
HV Home Visit
HX History
ACRONYM WORD, DEFINITION OR PHRASE
ICM Intensive Case Manager
ICPC Interstate Compact for the Placement of
Children
ICWA Indian Child Welfare Act
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act
IDT Interdisciplinary Team
IEP Individual Education Plan/Program
IFSP Individual Family Service Plan
IL Independent Living
ILS Independent Living Skills
ISP Individual Service Plan
ITP Individual Transition Plan
JPO Juvenile Probation Officer
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act
LAC Licensed Addiction Counselor
or Licensed Associate Counselor
LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LD Learning Disability
LMFT Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
LOC Level of Care
LOS Lack of Supervision
LPC Licensed Professional Counselor
LSAC Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor
LTC Long Term Care
LTFC Long Term Foster Care
MC Medically Complex
MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team
MGM Maternal Grandmother
MMPI Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory
MSW Master’s of Social Work
NA Narcotics Anonymous
NARBHA Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral
Health Authority
NCP Non-Custodial Parent
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OJT On the Job Training
OLCR Office of Licensing, Certification and
Regulation (DES/DD)
OLR Office of Licensing and Regulation (DCS)
OOH Out Of Home
OSI Office of Special Investigations
OT Occupational Therapy (Therapist)
PA Prior Authorization
PCP Primary Care Provider
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ACRONYM WORD, DEFINITION OR PHRASE
PFFC Professional Family Foster Care
PFH Professional Foster Home
PGF Paternal Grandfather
PHC Pre-hearing Conference
PIP Partnership In Parenting
PIP Provider Indemnity Program
PM Program Manager
PML Preferred Medication List
PO Probation Officer
POA Power of Attorney
PPC Preliminary Protective Conference
PPH Preliminary Protective Hearing
PT Physical therapy
PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PWR Placed With Relative
R&R Report & Review Hearing
RAD Reactive Attachment Disorder
RBHA Regional Behavioral Health Authority
RRT Rapid Response Team
RTC Residential Treatment Center
RX Prescribed Prescriptions
S/A Substance Abuse
SBHS Southwest Behavioral Health Services
SBS Shaken Baby Syndrome
SED Sever Emotional Disturbance
SEN Substance Exposed Newborn
SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SMI Serious Mental Illness
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (formerly Food Stamps)
SP2 Special 2 Foster Care Rate
SP3 Special 3 Foster Care Rate
SRO School Resource Officer
SS# or SSN Social Security Number
SSA Social Security Administration
or Social Security Act
SSDI Social Security Disability Income
SSI Supplemental Social Security Income
STD Sexually Transmitted Disease
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families
TASC Treatment Assessment Screening Center
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TCC Transitional Child Care
TCN Temporary Custody Notice
ACRONYM WORD, DEFINITION OR PHRASE
TCO Temporary Custody Only
TCW Temporary Custody / Ward
TDM Team Decision Making
TGH Therapeutic Group Home
THRIVE Therapeutic Help to Reach Infants Very
Early
TIC Trauma Informed Care
Title II Social Security Disability / Survivor
benefits
Title IV-B Federal Funds for Child Welfare Services
Title IV-E Federal entitlement program for Out of
Home Placement of Children
Title XIX Medicaid provision of Federal Social
Security Act
Title XVI Social Security Supplemental Income
TPR Termination of Parental Rights
TRBHA Tribal Regional Behavioral Health
Authority
TX Treatment
UCC Urgent Care Center
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
WIC Women, Infants & Children
YAP Young Adult Program
APPENDIX 2: BRIDGING THE GAP WORKSHEET page D
Based on the work of Denise A. Goodman, Ph.D., “Working with the Child’s Family.” CSO-1543 Rev 1-18
Bridging the Gap of Separation Between Children and Their Families
A Continuum of Contact for FOSTER PARENTS
Family Participation
• Attend parenting classes with birth parents
• Arrange family visits with parents
• Welcome parents into your home
• Include birth parents in farewell activities
• Serve as support to family following reunification
• Foster parents provide respite care to birth family after
reunification
Mentoring Contact
• Invite child’s family to attend school programs
• Give parents verbal progress reports
• Ask parents to come to appointments
• Review child’s visit with parents
• Take/pick-up child to/at parents’ home
• Foster parents transport birth parents to meeting
• Assist in planning child’s return to birth home
• Serve as parents’ mentor
Supportive Contact
• Attend training to learn how to work directly with birth
parents
• Have a non-threatening attitude
• Meet child’s family at placement
• Talk with parent at visit
• Encourage parents to phone child
• Refer to child as “your child” to birth parents
• Share child’s life book with parents
• Learn about, understand & respect the birth parents’
culture
• Help birth parents find community resources
• Transport child to visit
• Share parenting information
• Attend staffings, status reviews
• Encourage/reassure reunification
Minimal Contact
• Have positive view of child’s family
• Talk openly with child about family
• Dress up child for visit
• Exchange letters with child’s family via case manager
• Foster parents hosts/arranges sibling visits
• Call child’s parents on phone
• Brag to parent about child
• Request pictures of child’s family to display in child’s
room
• Give parents pictures of child
• Share copies of homework & report cards with family
• Send snack/activity for visit
• Encourage parent’s progress
• Provide written information for status reviews
• Share monthly progress reports with birth parents
• Request cultural info from birth parents
APPENDIX 2: BRIDGING THE GAP WORKSHEET
APPENDIX 3: FOSTER HOME PAYMENT MATRIX page E
APPENDIX 3: FOSTER HOME PAYMENT MATRIX
APPENDIX 3: FOSTER HOME PAYMENT MATRIX page F
APPENDIX 3: FOSTER HOME PAYMENT MATRIX page G
