Acronyms and initializations

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ACE: Adverse Childhood Experience

ADAI: University of Washington Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute

AESD: Association of Educational Service Districts. See also: Educational Service District (ESD)

AGO: Attorney General’s Office

ALTSA: Aging & Long-Term Support Administration

APP: Associate Prevention Professional. See also: Certified Prevention Professional (CPP)

ATOD: Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs

B

BAC: Blood Alcohol Concentration

BHABehavioral Health Administration (BHA)

BHO: Behavioral Health Organizations - term replaced by Managed Care Organizations (MCO) and Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organizations (BH-ASO)

BH-ASOBehavioral Health Administrative Services Organizations (BH-ASO)

BJA: Bureau of Justice Assistance

BRFSS: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

C

CADCA: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

CAP: Corrective Action Plan 

CARF: Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. The term indicates a provider meets standards for accreditation of rehabilitation facilities set by CARF, also known as the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission.

CAT: Coalition Assessment Tool

CBA: Cost Benefit Analysis

CBO: Community-based Organization

CCSAP: College Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention

CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDP: Chemical Dependency Professional - term replaced by Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP)

CDPT: Chemical Dependency Professional in Training - term replaced by Substance Use Disorder Professional in Training (SUDPT)

CEA: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

CHARS: Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System

CLI: Coalition Leadership Institute

CM or CMASA: Community mobilization against substance abuse

CMHS: Center for Mental Health Services

COA: Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services, Inc. The term indicates the provider meets standards for accreditation of substance abuse chemical dependency programs set by the council. 

COD: Co-Occurring Disorder. The coexistence of both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder (SUD) is referred to as co-occurring disorders. Co-occurring disorders may include any combination of two or more SUDs and mental disorders identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5-TR). The term often reflects that an agency provides services for persons experiencing both mental health disorders and substance use disorders. These services have formerly been referred to as dual disorder or Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser (MICA).

COD-MHC: Co-Occurring Disorder Mental Health Condition. MHC is a broad umbrella term covering all diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorders. Adult residential treatment programs with the COD-MHC designation offer the following: 1) on-site mental health screening and assessments by a Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) contracted mental health counselor (MHC), 2) access to psychiatric medication and medication management, 3) linkage to community mental health services, and 4) on-site co-occurring education groups. See also: serious mental illness (SMI) and serious emotional disturbance (SED). 

CORE: Community Outcome Risk Evaluation. See resource: CORE GIS

CPP: Certified Prevention Professional. See also Associate Prevention Professional (APP) 

CPS: Certified Prevention Specialist or Child Protective Services

CPWI: Community Prevention & Wellness Initiative

CSAP: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

CSAT: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

CTC: Communities That Care

D

DARE: Drug Abuse Resistance Education

DASA: Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse - the functions of this division are now performed by the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA)

DAWN: Drug Abuse Warning Network

DBHR: Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery

DCA: Dedicated Cannabis Account. See also: Dedicated Marijuana Account (DMA) 

DCYF: Department of Children, Youth, and Families

DEA: Drug Enforcement Administration

DEL: Department of Early Learning (now the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families)

DFC: Drug-Free Communities

DMA: Dedicated Marijuana Account, now titled Dedicated Cannabis Account. See also: Dedicated Cannabis Account (DCA) 

DOC: Department of Corrections

DOH: Department of Health

DOJ: Department of Justice

DOSA: Drug Offenders Sentencing Alternatives

DSHS: Department of Social and Health Services

DUI: Driving Under the Influence (of alcohol or other drugs). See also: Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) 

DWI: Driving While Intoxicated. See also: Driving Under the Influence (DUI) 

E

EAP: Employee Assistance Program

EBP: Evidence Based Program. See also: Excellence in Prevention (EIP) registry

EIP: Excellence in Prevention registry. See also: Evidence Based Program (EBP) 

ESD: Educational Service District

F

FAS/FAE/FASD: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effect/Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

FPC: Family Policy Council

G

GCOSA: Governor’s Council on Substance Abuse

GOIA: Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs

H

HCA: Health Care Authority

HIDTA: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

HYS: Washington State Healthy Youth Survey 

I

IC&RC: Internal Certification & Reciprocity Consortium

ICDBIntegrated Client Database

IOM: Institute of Medicine

IOP: Intensive Outpatient Program

ITA: Involuntary Treatment Act

J

JCAHO: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. The term indicates the provider meets standards for accreditation of alcohol and substance abuse facilities set by the Commission.

K

L

LCB: Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, formerly the Liquor Control Board

LCM: Learning Community Meeting, now referred to as Prevention Provider Meeting (PPM). See also: Prevention Provider Meeting (PPM)

LGBTQ: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning

M

MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving

MAT: Medicated-Assisted Treatment

MAUD: Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder 

MCO: Managed Care Organization

MHBGCommunity Mental Health Services Block Grant

MHCIS: Mental Health Consumer Information System, describing secure, HIPAA-compliant, technology-driven platforms designed to collect data

MICA: Mentally III and Chemically Abusing, now referred to as Co-Occurring Disorder (COD)

MIC: Minor in Consumption

MIP: Minor in Possession

MJ: Marijuana, also called Cannabis 

MOUDMedications for Opioid Use Disorder

MSI: Montana Summer Institute

MTF: Monitoring the Future. Monitoring the Future is a national survey of American secondary school students conducted annually in the spring of the year by University of Michigan scientists and sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. A nationally representative sample of students in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades is studied. In 1999, more than 45,000 students in 433 schools across the nation participated.

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NASADAD: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors

NCA: National Coalition Academy

NCADI: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, formerly coordinated by SAMHSA. Not to be confused with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) database

NIAA: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

NIDA: National Institute of Drug Abuse

NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health

NPN: National Prevention Network

NSDUH/NHSDA: National Survey on Drug Use & Health, formerly National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

NW PTTC: Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center. See also: PTTC

O

OIP: Office of Indian Policy

OJJ: Office of Juvenile Justice

OJJDP: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

OJP: Office of Justice Programs

ONDCP: Office of National Drug Control Policy

OSPI: Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

OTA: Office of Tribal Affairs

OUD: Opioid Use Disorder

P

P&I: Prevention & Intervention

PFS: Partnerships for Success

PMP: Prescription Monitoring Program

PPM: Prevention Provider Meeting

PRI: Prevention Redesign Initiative. This initiative was implemented by DBHR in 2011 to directing funding that would better target and leverage limited prevention resources to higher-need communities. The goal was to support proven strategies that have long-term, positive impacts, and ultimately led to the creation of today's CPWI program. See also: CPWI

PSCBW: Prevention Specialist Certification Board of Washington

PTTC: Prevention Technology Transfer Center. See also NW PTTC

Px: Prevention, abbreviation used in shorthand communication

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R

RCW: Revised Code of Washington

RFP: Request For Proposal

RSAT: Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

RUaD: Washington State Coalition for Reducing Underage Drinking, now titled Washington Healthy Youth Coalition (WHY). See also: WHY

S

SABG: Substance Abuse Block Grant, now titled Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUBG). See also: SUBG

SADD: Students Against Destructive Decisions

SAFTYE: Stop Auto Fatalities Through Youth Efforts, a term used to describe initiatives seeking to reduce teen driving crashes

SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

SAP: Student Assistance Professional. See SAMHSA's Student Assistance: A Guide for School Administrators

SAPISP: Student Assistance Prevention and Intervention Services Program, also referred to Student Assistance Program, or School-based Services

SAPST: Strategic Prevention Framework Application for Prevention Success Training. Previously referred to as Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training

SBIRT: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

SDFC: Safe and Drug-Free Communities Unit, now called Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Program. See also: Drug Free Communities (DFC) 

SDFS: Safe and Drug-Free Schools, now called Safe and Supportive Schools

SED: Serious emotional disturbance. See also: serious mental illness (SMI) 

SEOW: State Epidemiology Outcome Workgroup. For a list of current workgroups, visit the State Prevention Enhancement (SPE) page

SIG: State Incentive Grant

SIRT: Statewide Incident Response Team, now restructured into Washington State Patrol's Toxicology Laboratory Division

SOR Grant: State Opioid Response Grant

SMI: Serious mental illness. See also: series emotional disturbances (SED). 

SPE: State Prevention Enhancement Policy Consortium

SPF: Strategic Prevention Framework

SPTAC: Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center 

STR Grant: State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grant

SUBG: Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant

SUD: Substance Use Disorder

SUDP: Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP)

SUDPT: Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP) in Training

T

TARGET: Treatment and Assessment Reports Generation Tool

Tx: Treatment

U

UW: University of Washington

V

W

WAC: Washington Administrative Code

WAPC: Washington Poison Center

WASAVP: Washington Association for Substance Abuse & Violence Prevention

WASPC: Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs

WHY: Washington Healthy Youth Coalition

WIN: Washington Interagency Network on Substance Abuse, established over 25 years ago to engage representatives from various agencies engaged in substance use disorder prevention. This group is now called Strategic Prevention Enhancement (SPE) Policy Consortium. See also: Strategic Prevention Enhancement (SPE)

WSIPP: Washington State Institute of Public Policy

WSP: Washington State Patrol

WSU: Washington State University

WTSC: Washington Traffic Safety Commission

X

Y

YCCTPP: Youth Cannabis and Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program (YCCTPP). See also: YMPEP

YMPEP: Youth Marijuana Prevention & Education Program, now titled Youth Cannabis and Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program (YCCTPP). See also: YCCTPP

Z