Continuum of Care Acronyms
The list below outlines commonly used Continuum of Care acronyms. View the how to print frequently asked question to learn more about your print options for this list.
Acronym | Associated Term |
|---|---|
| AES | Adaptive Enterprise Solutions (Adsystech) |
| AH | Affordable Housing |
| AHAR | Annual Homeless Assessment Report |
| AIRS | Alliance of Information and Referral Systems |
| AMI | Area (Annual) Median Income |
| APR | Annual Performance Report |
| ARD | Annual Renewal Demand (formerly called HHN) |
| CDBG | Community Development Block Grant |
| CES | Coordinated Entry |
| CH | Chronic Homeless |
| CHAP | Community Homeless Assistance Providers |
| CHO | Contributing HMIS Homeless Organization |
| CIS | Community Information Systems |
| CMS | Client Management System (our local HMIS) |
| CoC | Continuum of Care |
| Coord. I & A | Coordinated Intake & Assessment |
| CSBG | Community Services Block Grant |
| DV | Domestic Violence |
| EHIC | Electronic Housing Inventory Chart |
| ES | Emergency Shelter |
| ESG | Emergency Solutions Grants |
| esnaps | Electronic data system for SNAP (see SNAP) |
| FAQ's | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standards Codes for States, counties, and named populated places. |
| FMR | Fair Market Rent |
| FPL | Federal Poverty Level |
| HEARTH | Homeless Emergency and Rapid Transition to Housing |
| HHN | Hold Harmless Need Amount (now called ARD) |
| HIC | Housing Inventory Chart |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
| HMIS | Homeless Management Information Systems |
| HPRP | Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program |
| HUD | United States Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| I & R | Information and Referral |
| JT-TH/RRH | Joint Transitional Housing and Rapid Rehousing |
| NOFA | Notice of Funding Availability |
| PATH | Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness |
| PHI | Protected Health Information |
| PII | Personal Identifiable Information |
| PIT | Point In Time |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PPI | Personal Protected Information |
| PRN | Pro Rata Need Amount |
| PSH | Permanent Supportive Housing |
| QPR | Quarterly Performance Report |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RHYMIS | Runaway & Homeless Youth Management Information System |
| RRH | Rapid Rehousing |
| ROMA | Results-Oriented Management and Accountability |
| S+C | Shelter Plus Care (former PSH program for chronic homeless) |
| SA | Substance Abuse |
| SH | Safe Haven |
| SHP | Supportive Housing Program (includes TH, S+C, SPC and SRO) |
| SNAP | Special Needs Assistance Programs |
| SNAP | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps) |
| SOAR | SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery Program |
| SRO | Single Room Occupancy |
| SSDI | Social Security Disability Income |
| SSI | Supplemental Security Income |
| SSO | Supportive Services Only |
| SSVF | Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program |
| SuperNOFA | Super (Consolidated) Notice of Funding Availability |
| TA | Technical Assistance |
| TANF | Temporary Assistance to Needy Families |
| TH | Transitional Housing |
| USICH | U.S. Inter-agency Council on Homelessness |
| VASH | HUD-VA Supportive Housing Program |
| VAWA | Violence Against Women Act |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |