HMIS 101: What are the Commonly Used Acronyms Used by Funders and Providers?

Federal Government and Other Important Entities

• CPS - Child Protective Services
• DOJ - Department of Justice
• FYSB - Family and Youth Services Bureau
• HHS - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• HUD - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• SNAPS - Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
• SNAPS - Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
• VA - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• VAMC - Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• VASH - Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing    

Commonly-Requested Data / Reports

• AHAR - Annual Homeless Assessment Report
• APR - Annual Performance Report
• CAPER - Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
• HIC - Housing Inventory Count
• LSA - Longitudinal Systems Analysis
• PIT - Point in Time Count
• SPMs - System Performance Measures

Funding Sources

• AHFC - Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
• AMHTA - Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
• ARP - American Rescue Plan
• BCP -- Basic Center Program
• BHAP - Basic Homeless Assistance Program
• CDBG - Community Development Block Grant
• CoC - Continuum of Care
• ESG - Emergency Solutions Grant
• ESG RUSH - Emergency Solutions Grant Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing
• ESG CV - Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act
• GPD - Grant and Per Diem
• HOPWA - Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
• HUD-VASH - Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing
• MGH - Maternity Group Homes for Parenting Youth
• MOA - Municipality of Anchorage
• PATH - Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
• PFS - Pay for Success
• RHY - Runaway and Homeless Youth S
• SSVF - Supportive Services for Veterans Families
• YHDP - Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project

Project Types

• CE - Coordinated Entry
• ES - Emergency Shelter
• HP - Homelessness Prevention
• PSH - Permanent Supportive Housing
• RRH - Rapid Rehousing
• SH - Safe Haven
• SO - Street Outreach
• SSO - Supportive Services Only
• TH - Transitional Housing

Other

• AMI - Area Median Income
• CH - Chronically Homeless
• CM - Case Management
• COBRA -Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (Continuation of health coverage)
• CRS - Contract Residential Services
• CSL - Community Service Learning
• CSV - Comma-Separated Values
• DOB - Date of Birth
• DV - Domestic Violence
• E/E - Entry/Exit Shelter
• EBT - Electronic Benefits Transfer
• EHV - Emergency Housing Voucher
• FY - Fiscal Year
• GA - General Assistance
• GED - General Educational Development Test
• HCHV - Health Care for Homeless Veterans
• HCV - Housing Choice Voucher
• HEARTH - Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act
• HIC - Housing Inventory Count
• HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• HMIS - Homeless Management Information System
• HoH - Head of Household
• HSV - Housing Stability Voucher
• NOFO - Notice of Funding Opportunity
• OMB - Office of Management Budget
• OTH - Other Than Honorable Discharge Conditions
• PDDE - Project Descriptor Data Elements
• PH - Permanent Housing
• PHA - Public Housing Agency
• PIH - Public and Indian Housing
• SOAR - SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery
• SRO - Single Room Occupancy
• SSDI -Social Security Disability Insurance
• SSI - Supplemental Security Income
• SSN - Social Security Number
• STD - Sexually Transmitted Disease
• STI - Sexually Transmitted Infection
• STRMU - Short-Term Rent, Mortgage and Utility
• TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
• TBRA - Tenant Based Rental Assistance
• TFA - Temporary Financial Assistance
• VAWA - Violence Against Women Act
• VSP - Victim Service Provider
• WIC - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
• XML - Extensible Markup Language