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ACCESS Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Supports
ACF Administration for Children and Families
ACYE Administration for Children, Youth and Families
ADAP AIDS Drug Assistance Programs
AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AHCP Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AIDS Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome
AoA Administration on Aging
AODA Alcohol and Other Drugs of Abuse
APGs Ambulatory Patient Groups
ART Assisted Reproductive Technology
ASPE (Office of the) Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
ATOD Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BHPr Bureau of Health Professions
BRTA Business Responds to
AIDS
CAAS Community Action Agencies
CARE Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act
C.A.R.E. Cognitive Activity and Reimbursement Effectiveness
CBWI Capitalizing the Bridge from Welfare to Independence
CCAPP Community Coalition Acting for Positive Parenting
CCCANC Cumberland County Child Abuse and Neglect Council
CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CD-PAS Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CHC Community Health Centers
CHIC C. Everett Koop Community Health Center
CHIP Community Health Improvement Project
CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
CLP Community Lifeline Programs
CMHS Community Mental Health Services
CNOs Community Nursing Organizations
CONQUEST Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System
CPS (a) Child Protection Services
CPS (b) Current Population Survey
CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
CSE (Study for the Impact of the) Child Support Enforcement
CSLA Community Supported Living Arrangement
CTS Center for Substance Abuse Prevention National Training System
DOT Division of Organ Transplants
DPP (a) Demonstration Partnership Program
DPP (b) Disabilities Prevention Program
DTEP Drug Treatment Enrichment Program
DUR Drug Utilization
Review
EACH-RPCH Essential Access Community Hospital/Rural Primary Care Hospital
EMPOWER Evaluation of Arizona Employing and Moving People off Welfare and Encouraging Responsibility Program
EMAs Eligible Metropolitan Areas
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPIC Evaluation of Practice in Care
EPOC Evaluation Policy Oversight Committee
EPSDT Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
FACE Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
FDP Faculty Development Program
FAP Family Advocate Plan
FAS Freely Associated States
FCC Family Care Connection
FCCTF Franklin County Children's Task Force
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FETP Field Epidemiology Training Program
FFS Fee-For-Service
FIA Family Investment Agreement
FIP Family Investment Program
FLAPS Food Label and Package Survey
FP/FS Family Preservation/Family Support
FTP Florida Family
Transition Program
GAIN Evaluation of Los Angeles Job-First
GE Government Entity
GIT GPRA Implementation Team
GPCIs Geographic Practice Cost Indexes
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
HAACP Survey of Current Hazard Assessment Quality Control Points
HBCUs Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HCBS Home Care and Community-Based Service
HCD Human Capital Development
HCFA Health Care Finance Administration
HCPPs Health Care Prepayment Plans
HHA Health-Health Analysis
HHS (Department of) Health and Human Services
HIV Human Immunovirus
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
HSHC Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities Program
HSEES Hazardous Substance
Emergency Events Surveillance
ICBG International Cooperative Biodiversity Group
ICD Institute, Centers, and Divisions
IHS Indian Health Service
IIS Immunization Information Systems
IRP Intermural Research Program
IRPPC Intermural Research Program Planning Committee
ISO Intermediary Service Organization
I/T/U Indian Tribal Urban
JOBS Job Opportunity and Basic Skills
JOLI Job Opportunity for
Low-Income Individuals
KDA
Knowledge, Development, and Application
LAAM Levo-Alpha-Acetylmethadol- Hydrochloride
LBP Limited Benefit Plan
LEAP Learning, Earning, and Parenting
LFA Labor Force Attachment
LIHEAP Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
LRDs Living Related
Donations
MAF Medical Assistance Facility
MCOs Managed Care Organizations
MEDTEP Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program
MFIP Minnesota Family Investment Program
MFS Medicare Fee Schedule
MNT Medical Nutrition Therapy
MQSA Mammography Quality Standards Act
NBCCEDP National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
NCCAN National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCI National Cancer Institute
NETSS National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance
NEXT Nationwide Evaluation of X-Ray Trends
NHLBI National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NHSC National Health Service Corps
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NIGMS National Institute of General Medical Sciences
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
NIS National Immunization Survey
NLM National Library of Medicine
NLFSI North Lawndale Family Support Initiative
NLTN National Laboratory Training Network
NTIES National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study
NTIS National Technical Information Service
NRSA National Research Service Award
NSF National Science Foundation
ODE Office of Device Evaluation
OIG Office of Inspector General
OPHS Office of Public Health and Science
OPH-SOPER Office of Public Health, Staff Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Research
OPPE Office of Program Planning and Evaluation
ORT Operation Restore Trust
OSP Office of Strategic
Planning
PACE Program of All-Inclusive Care for Elderly Demonstration
PARE Physical Abuse and Neglect Reduction Effort
PAS Personal Assistance Services
PDQ Physician Data Query
PDUFA Prescription Drug User Fee Act
PET Persistent Effect of Treatment Studies
PFP/SSF Pay for Performance/Self-Sufficiency First
PHLIS Public Health Laboratory Information System
PHS Public Health Service
PIC Policy Information Center
PMA Premarket Approval
PMI Prevention Marketing Initiative
PORTS Publication of the Patient Outcome Research Teams
PPGs Public Health Performance Partnership Grants
PPP Parent Partner Programs
PRWORA Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
PSOs Provider-Sponsored Organizations
PUD Peptic Ulcer Disease
RCM Research Centers in Minority Institutions
RDCRD Rare Disease Clinical Research Database
RDUs Relative Value Units
RFA Request for Applications
RPRC Regional Primate Research Centers
RTC Regional Treatment Center
RRM Resource Requirement
Methodology
SIPP Survey of Income and Program Participation
SPO Sponsored Program Office
STC State Training Cooridinators
STD Sexually Transmitted Disease
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TB Tuberculosis
TBI/SCI Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury
TEEM Training, Education, Employment, and Management
TEHIP Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program
TMRC Technical Merit Review
Committee
USDA United
States Department of Agriculture
WRP Welfare
Restructuring Project
YETI Youth Employment and Training Initiative
YRBS Youth Risk Behavior Study