COC/CMIS Acronym Guide

COC/CMIS Acronym Guide

INTRODUCTION.

This abbreviation/acronym guide has been compiled by Housing Alliance Delaware's CMIS program as a reference to commonly-used acronyms used while talking about our work. Many of these acronyms are used nationwide, while some are specific to Delaware's homeless response system.

The goal of this document is to be expanded to cover terms used by all CoC-funded programs: Community Management Information System (CMIS), Centralized Intake (CI), and the Continuum of Care (COC) itself.
Definitions will be added as needed or as time allows.

Submit requests to Housing Alliance Delaware at any time for further clarification.

COC/CMIS ACRONYM GUIDE (BY FIRST LETTER).

A

AA 

Annual Assessment 

AHAR 

Annual Homeless Assessment Report 

AIDS 

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 

AMI 

Area Median Income 

ARPA 

American Rescue Plan Act 

  ART
 Advanced Reporting Tool

APR 

Annual Performance Report 

B

BCP 

Basic Center Program 

BIPOC 

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color 

 BObj
 BusinessObjects 

C

CAPER 

Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report 

CDBG 

Community Development Block Grant 

CE 

Coordinated Entry 

CES 

Coordinated Entry System 

CH 

Chronically Homeless 

CI 

Centralized Intake 

CM 

Case Management/Case Manager 

CMIS 

Community Management Information System 

COC 

Continuum of Care 

COW 

City of Wilmington 

CS 

Community Services 

CSV 

Comma-separated values 

D

DOB 

Date of Birth 

DQ 

Data quality 

DQF 

Data Quality Framework 

DSHA 

Delaware State Housing Authority 

DV 

Domestic violence 

E

e-snaps 

Electronic Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Application and Grants Management System used by the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) at HUD. 

EE 

Entry/Exit 

ELI 

Extremely Low Income 

EHV 

Emergency Housing Voucher 

ES 

Emergency Shelter 

ESG 

Emergency Solutions Grant 

F

FMR 

Fair Market Rent 

FY 

Fiscal year 

G

GA 

General Assistance 

GIW 

Grant Inventory Worksheet 

GPD 

Grant Per Diem 

H

HCV 

Housing Choice Vouchers 

HEARTH Act 

Homeless Emergency and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009, 896 

HH 

Household 

HIC 

Housing Inventory Count 

HIV 

Human immunodeficiency virus 

HMIS 

Homeless Management Information System 

HOH 

Head of Household 

HOPWA 

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 

HP 

Homelessness Prevention 

HRC 

Housing Resource Coordinator 

HRS 

Homeless Response System 

HUD 

US Department of Housing and Urban Development 

I


J


K


L

LSA 

Longitudinal Systems Analysis 

M

MGH 

Maternity Group Homes (for Parenting Youth) 

MOU 

Memorandum of Understanding 

N

NCC 

New Castle County 

NIMBY 

“Not In My Backyard” 

NOFA 

Notice of Funding Announcement 

NOFO 

Notice of Funding Opportunity 

NOI 

Notice of Intent  

O

OPH 

Other Permanent Housing 

P

PATH 

Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing 

PDDE 

Project Descriptor Data Elements 

PH 

Permanent Housing 

PHA 

Public Housing Authority 

PII 

Personally Identifying/Identifiable Information 

PIT 

Point in Time (Count) 

PLE 

People with Lived Experience/Expertise 

PSH 

Permanent Supportive Housing 

Q


R

RHY 

Runaway and Homeless Youth 

ROI 

Release of Information 

RRH 

Rapid Re-Housing 

RSO 

Registered Sex Offender  

S

SAMHSA 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration 

SH 

Safe Haven 

SNAP 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 

SNAPS 

(Office of) Special Needs Assistance Programs 

SO 

Street Outreach (depending on context)

SO 

Service Only (depending on context)

SOAR 

SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery 

SPM 

System Performance Measures 

SRO 

Single Room Occupancy 

SSDI 

Social Security Disability Insurance 

SSI 

Supplemental Security Income 

SSN 

Social Security Number 

SSO 

Supportive Services Only 

SSVF 

Supportive Services for Veteran Families 

T

TA 

Technical assistance 

TANF 

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 

TBRA 

Tenant-Based Rental Assistance 

TH 

Transitional Housing 

TH-RRH 

Transitional Housing/Rapid Rehousing Joint Component 

U

UDE

Universal Data Element

V

VA

(Department of) Veterans Affairs

VASH

Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing

VAWA

Violence Against Women Act

VSP

Victim Service Provider

W

WHA 

Wilmington Housing Authority 

WIC 

(Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for) Women, Infants, and Children 

X


Y

YDHP 

Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program 

YHSI 

Youth Homelessness System Improvement 

Z


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