JJDP - Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention
JRF - Jewish Renaissance Foundation
JRMC - Jewish Renaissance Medical Center
LACADA - Local Advisory Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
LCADC - Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor
LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LGBTQ - LGBTQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer. It is also used as a shorthand for longer acronyms like LGBTQ2SIA, which includes people who identify as queer or questioning, two-spirit, intersex, and asexual.
LIHEAP - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
LOA - Letter of Agreement
LOI - Letter of Intent
MAPS - Municipal Alliance Prevention Summer Day Camp
MCAT - Middlesex County Area Transit
MCBOSS - Middlesex County Board of Social Services
MCFOODS - Middlesex County Food Organization & Outreach Distribution Services
MCHC³ - Middlesex County Housing Continuum of Care Committee
MCVAC - Middlesex County Veterans Advisory Council
MEDICAID - Medical Insurance – Means Tested
MEDICARE - Medical Insurance – Elderly and Disabled (Social Security)
MFSC - Mobile Family Success Center
MHB - Mental Health Board
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
NAMI - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NASW - National Association of Social Workers
NBT - New Brunswick Tomorrow
NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health
NJ 211 - Portal for Information & Referral for Health & Human Services
NJAC - NJ Association on Correction
NJAMHAA - NJ Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies
NJID - NJ Institute for Disabilities
NJOJJDP - NJ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
NJPA - NJ Psychological Association
NOFA - Notice of Funding Availability
OEM - Office of Emergency Management
OHS - Office of Human Services
PAC - Professional Advisory Committee (Mental Health)
PACADA - Providers Advisory Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
PATH - Programs for Assistance in the Transition from Homelessness
PHA - Public Housing Authority
PLWH/A - People Living with HIV/AIDS
PRAHD - Puerto Rican Association for Human Development
PRC - Proposal Review Committee
PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
RBMC - Raritan Bay Medical Center
RFP - Request for Funding Proposal
RTC - Residential Treatment Center (Children’s Behavioral Health)
RWJUH - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
S+C - Shelter Plus Care
SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (Federal)
SECTION 8 - Federal Housing Subsidies
SHP - Supportive Housing Program
SHSAC - [NJ] State Human Services Advisory Council
SNAP - Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (Formerly Food Stamps)
SRAP - State Rental Assistance Program
SRC - Systems Review Committee (Mental Health)
SSBG - Social Services Block Grant
SSD - Social Security Disability
SSH - Social Services for the Homeless
SSI - Social Security Income
TANF - Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
TGA - Transitional Grant Area (Ryan White)
TIGS - Teen Institute of the Garden State
TLC - Traumatic Loss Coalition
UBHC - University Behavioral Health Care
UWCJ - United Way of Central Jersey
VA - Veterans Administration // Veterans Affairs
VASH - Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD, VA Federal)
