ACRONYMS

Amended February 2009

AC – Attendance Centre
ADMH – Addictions and Mental Health
BCHS – Brant County Health Services
BOT - Back on Track
BSR - Buffalo Street Residence
CAMH - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
CAPS – Community Annual Planning Submission
CAS - Children’s Aid Society
CCYDS – Council for Children, Youth and Developmental Services
CDS – Common Data Set (LHIN client data)
CFT - Cross Functional Team
CHC – Community Health Centre
CHEO – Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
CMHA - Canadian Mental Health Association
CMHC - Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation
CMHO - Children’s Mental Health Ontario
CPRI - Child and Parent Resource Institute (London)
CRC- Career Resource Centres
CSC - Correctional Services of Canada
CSMD – Client Service Manager (database)
CSO - Community Service Order
CSR – Chatham Street Residence
CYSC - Children’s & Youth Services Council
DSCIF – Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund
DUNN - Dunnville Employment Centre
EAS - Employment Assistance Services
ED - Executive Director
EJM – Extrajudicial Measures
EJS – Extrajudicial Sanctions
FCC - Family Counselling Centre
FRC - Family Resource Centre
GEDSB – Grand Erie District School Board
GELA - Grand Erie Learning Alternative
GETAB - Grand Erie Training and Adjustment Board
GRASP – Grand River Addiction System Providers
GRCHC – Grand River Community Health Centre
GREAT - Grand River Employment and Training
HPS – Homelessness Partnership Strategy
HSP – Health Service Provider
JCP – Justice Community Programs
JET - Job Evaluation Team
LHIN – Local Health Integration Network
M-SAA – Multi Year – Service Accountability Agreement
MAG – Ministry of Attorney General
MCSCS – Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services
MCSS – Ministry of Community and Social Services
MCYS – Ministry of Children & Youth Services
MHCS – Mental Health Crisis Support
MIS – Management Information System
MOHLTC - Ministry of Health & Long Term Care
MTCU - Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities
MV – MotherVoice
NEER – New Experiment Experience Rating
NPAAMB - Niagara Peninsula Aboriginal Area Management Board
NPB - National Parole Board
NSAP – National Substance Abuse Program
OARTY - Ontario Association of Residences Treating Youth
OAYEC – Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres
OCGA – Ontario Charitable Gaming Association
OHHA - Ontario Halfway House Association
ONPHA - Ontario Non Profit Housing Association
OTF – Ontario Trillium Foundation
OW – Ontario Works
OYAP - Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
PASP - Parent Adolescent Support Program
PHIPA – Personal Health Information Privacy Act
PIPEDA – Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
PMAB - Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behaviour
PWR - Peter Willis Residence
RBC – Royal Bank of Canada
RFP - Request for Proposal
RPAC - Residential Placement Advisory Committee
RWH – Roy Walsh Home
SC – Service Canada
SCPI - Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative
SCRIP - School and Community Retail Incentive Program
SNAP™ - Stop Now and Plan (for under12’s)
TCA - Temporary Care Agreement (through CAS)
TPAR – Transfer Payment Annual Reconciliation
VH – Varency Home
WSIB - Workplace Safety Insurance Board 
YAC – Youth Action Centre
YALT – Youth and Animals Learning Together
YART – Youth and Art
YCJA - Youth Criminal Justice Act
YCSO - Youth Community Service Order
YEC - Youth Employment Centre
YJC – Youth Justice Committee
YJO – Youth Justice Ontario
YRC - Youth Resource Centre
YSP – Youth Support Program
YVIP –Youth Violence Intervention Program

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