GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

AE	Automated Eligibility
AFDC	Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AS	Adoption Subsidy or Support
CFS	Division of Children and Family Services.
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CINC	Child in Need of Care - Judicial determination that a child has been abused or neglected in some manner.
CINC/NAN	Child in Need of Care/Non Abuse Neglect
CPS	Child Protective Services
CSE	Child Support Enforcement
CW/CBS	Child/Welfare/Community Based Services
EATSS	Easy Access to Social Security - Provides SRS with online inquiry access to social security benefit data.
EES	Economic Employment Support - The division in SRS responsible for determining client financial eligibility for child care, food stamps, cash & medical assistance.
FACTS	Family and Child Tracking System An automated system designed to collect and maintain CFS case information.
FARMS	Finance, Accounting, & Reporting Management System - Is a major system used for tracking non-Medicaid payments made by SRS.
FFP	Federal Financial Participation
GAL	Guardian Ad Litem
ICAMA	Interstate Compact on Adoption & Medical Assistance
ICPC	Interstate Compact on Placement of Children
JJA	Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority
JO	Juvenile Offender
KAECSES	Kansas Automated Eligibility and Child Support Enforcement System - The computerized system which contains EES, CSE and CFS case data. KAECSES is used to register all foster care and adoption support cases.
KANPAY	A sub-system of KAECSES which creates an on-line eligibility process for the vendor payments system for social service programs.
K.A.R.	Kansas Administrative Regulations: Contains written rules and regulations governing all State agencies.
KBH	Kan Be Healthy. This is the Kansas name for the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program. Kan Be Healthy is a preventive health screening program for Medicaid recipients under age 21. All children who are eligible for Medicaid and are receiving services through CFS may be enrolled in the Kan Be Healthy program and receive screens.
KDHE	Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KEESM	Kansas Economic and Employment Support Manual
K.S.A.	Kansas Statutes Annotated : Kansas law books containing all State laws. CFS laws are covered under the Kansas code for care of children at K.S.A. 38-134; 38-1501 through 38-1598.
iC-MMIS	InterChange-Medicaid Management Information System
PCA	Program Cost Account- PCA codes are used to code payments and to have funding drawn from the proper source.
PPM	The Children and Family Services Policy and Procedure manual which provides guidelines to social workers.
RCS	Regional Contract Specialist. (Formerly ACS-area contract specialist).
REST	Random Employee Sampling Technique - A sampling of cases to see how much time regional office staff spend administering different programs and especially to record case eligibility, funding sources.
RMS	Random Moment Sample - A sampling of cases to see how much time C/W CBS staff spend administering IV-E child welfare cases.
SGF	State General Fund The amount of State generated funds use to pay expenses for clients and services. Usually federal funds pay for a percent of expenses (FFP) and the State picks up the remainder.
SRS	Kansas Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services
SS	Social Security
SSA	Social Security Administration benefits for the child from either a disabled, retired or deceased parent.
SSI	Supplement Security Income: income received for the child due to being financially needy, blind or disabled including behavioral or emotional disabilities.
SSN	Social Security Number
TAF	Temporary Assistance to Families (also known as TANF, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) TAF is a state/federal program which provides food stamps, cash or medical support to financially eligible Kansas residents.
Title IV-A	This federal program provides assistance to needy children who live at home.
Title IV-B	This federal program provides funding to assist State programs for Family Preservation, Reunification and Adoptive Family support.
Title IV-D	This is the federal program for Child Support Enforcement.
Title IV-E	This federal program provides assistance to children who are placed into the State’s custody and removed from their homes. Title IV-E pays foster care maintenance and adoption subsidy for eligible children. Title IV-E also provides funding to states for administrative, staffing and training costs.
Title XIX	Federal Medicaid program.
Title XXI	Federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) which is part of HealthWave21 inKansas.
TPL	Third Party Liability - Private health insurance provided by parent or other source in addition to Medicaid.
VenPay	Vendor Payment System - FARMS sub-system for client specific payments.