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-related programs, for shared definitions to increase cross-program language:
  1. Community Management Information System (CMIS),
  2. Centralized Intake (CI), and
  3. the Continuum of Care (COC) itself.
Definitions will be added as needed or as time allows, or can be provided as requested. 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

APR

Annual Performance Report

ART

Advanced Reporting Tool

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
CHO
Contributing HMIS Organization

CI

Centralized Intake

CM

Case Management/Case Manager

CMIS

Community Management Information System

COC

Continuum of Care

COW

City of Wilmington
CPD
(HUD Office of) Community Planning and Development
CRS
Contracted Residential Service

CS

Community Services

CSV

Comma-separated values (format often used to exchange data between systems)

D

DOB

Date of Birth

DPH

Department of Public Health

DQ

Data quality

DQF

Data Quality Framework

DSHA

Delaware State Housing Authority

DSS

Department of Social Services

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
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FTP/SFTP
(Secure) File Transfer Protocol

FY

Fiscal year

G

GA

General Assistance
GIS
Geographic Information System

GIW

Grant Inventory Worksheet

GPD

Grant & Per Diem

H

HAP
Housing Assistance Plan

HCV

Housing Choice Vouchers

HEARTH Act

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

HH

Household
HHS
(US Department of) Health and Human Services

HIC

Housing Inventory Count
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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

NbN

Night-by-Night (Shelter)

NCC

New Castle County

NIMBY

“Not In My Backyard”

NOFA

Notice of Funding Announcement

NOFO

Notice of Funding Opportunity

NOI

Notice of Intent

O

OCS
Office of Community Services
OMB
Office of Management and Budget

OPH

Other Permanent Housing

P

PATH

Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing

PDDE

Project Descriptor Data Elements

PH

Permanent Housing

PHA

Public Housing Authority
PHI
Protected Health Information

PII

Personally Identifying/Identifiable Information

PIT

Point in Time (Count)

PLE

People with Lived Experience/Expertise

PSH

Permanent Supportive Housing

Q


R

RFI
Request for Information
RFP
Request for Proposals

RHY

Runaway and Homeless Youth

ROI

Release of Information

RRH

Rapid Re-Housing

RSO

Registered Sex Offender

S

SAGE
HUD HMIS Reporting Repository

SAMHSA

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
SDOH
Social Determinants of Health

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

SSC

State Service Center

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
UIUser Interface
UX
User Experience

V

VA

(US 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

YAB

Youth Advisory Board

YDHP

Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

YHSI

Youth Homelessness System Improvement

Z




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