GOVERNMENT BENEFITS ABBREVIATIONS

Government abbreviations and acronyms related to benefits, disability and special needs.

Aged, Blind and Disabled

Affordable Care Act a/k/a Obamacare

Americans with Disabilities Act

Aid to Families with Dependent Children, replaced by TANF, Temporary Aid to Needy Families

Adjusted Gross Income (line 38 of IRS Form 1040; line 22 of IRS Form 1040EZ)

Adult Protective Services, part of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Admission, Review and Dismissal meeting in connection with an Individual Education Plan for a K-12 special education student

Breast and Cervical Cancer Program

Child Disability Benefits a/k/a Dependent Adult Child, for a person disabled before and after age 18 as determined by the Social Security Administration (apply before age 22)

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Code of Federal Regulations

Children’s Health Insurance Program

Crisis Intervention Training

Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, a federal agency CPI Consumer Price Index; the CPI-Urban is currently used to make annual cost of living adjustments to Social Security benefits

Child Protective Services, part of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Cost Sharing Reductions

Disabled Adult Child a/k/a Child Disabled Benefits, for a person disabled before and after age 18 as determined by the Social Security Administration (apply before age 22)

Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Durable Medical Equipment

U.S. Department of Labor

Texas Department of State Health Services a/k/a “Dishes”

Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act

Federally Facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace

Federal Poverty Level

Flexible Savings Account

Home and Community-Based Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Health Reimbursement Account

Health Savings Account

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Insurance Affordability Programs

Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

Intellectually or Developmentally Disabled

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Individual Education Program

Internal Revenue Code

Internal Revenue Service

In-Kind Support and Maintenance

Modified Adjusted Gross Income

Metropolitan Area Physicians Service

Managed Care Organization

Medically Dependent Children Program

Maintenance of Effort

Physician’s Certificate of Medical Examination

Person-Centered Planning

Program Operations Manual System of the Social Security Administration

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act a/k/a the Affordable Care Act a/k/a Obamacare

Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals Program

Qualified Individuals Program

Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program

Substantial Gainful Activity

Special Low Income Medicare Beneficiary

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