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 |
BCP | Basic Center Program |
BIPOC | Black, Indigenous, and People of Color |
BObj | BusinessObjects |
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 |
DOB | Date of Birth |
DQ | Data quality |
DQF | Data Quality Framework |
DSHA | Delaware State Housing Authority |
DV | Domestic violence |
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 |
FMR | Fair Market Rent |
FY | Fiscal year |
GA | General Assistance |
GIW | Grant Inventory Worksheet |
GPD | Grant Per Diem |
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 |
LSA | Longitudinal Systems Analysis |
MGH | Maternity Group Homes (for Parenting Youth) |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
NCC | New Castle County |
NIMBY | “Not In My Backyard” |
NOFA | Notice of Funding Announcement |
NOFO | Notice of Funding Opportunity |
NOI | Notice of Intent |
OPH | Other Permanent Housing |
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 |
RHY | Runaway and Homeless Youth |
ROI | Release of Information |
RRH | Rapid Re-Housing |
RSO | Registered Sex Offender |
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 |
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 |
UDE |
Universal Data Element |
VA |
(Department of) Veterans Affairs |
VASH |
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing |
VAWA |
Violence Against Women Act |
VSP |
Victim Service Provider |
WHA | Wilmington Housing Authority |
WIC | (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for) Women, Infants, and Children |
YDHP | Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program |
YHSI | Youth Homelessness System Improvement |