Term or Abbreviation | Definition or Description | Expansion |
| X-118 | Office of Personnel Management Handbook X-118; contains qualification standards for all civilian employee jobs | |
| WWW.DOIM.MIL | DEPT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | |
| well-being 101 briefing | introduction on well-being | |
| WBLO | Army Well-Being Liaison Office (WBLO) assists The Army Leadership with its constituent communities [Soldiers (Active, Guard and Reserve), Retirees, Veterans, Civilians and Family Members] to ensure the effective delivery of Well-Being programs by providing focused representation of constituent perspective through its core functions of liaison, outreach, feedback, evaluation , and advisement. | |
| VOLUNTEER | Personnel recruited, screened, trained, and supervised in accordance with Standard A-29. | |
| VICTIM AND WITNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (VWAP) | Applies in all cases in which criminal conduct adversely affects victims or in which witnesses provide information regarding criminal activity.4 | |
| VICTIM | An individual who is the subject of maltreatment. | |
| USAFE | United States Air Force Europe | |
| UNSUBSTANTIATED-UNRESOLVED | Determination made by the FMCMT when information exists to support an allegation of maltreatment but the information is not sufficient to substantiate an incident. | |
| UNSUBSTANTIATED DID NOT OCCUR | Determination made by the FMCMT when information does not exist to support an allegation of maltreatment. | |
| UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE (UCMJ) | Uniform Code of Military Justice. Federal laws of conduct applicable to members of the military service. | |
| UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice | |
| TEAMWORK | Cooperative efforts by members of a group directed toward a common goal. Shared vision and mission, and clear roles and communication facilitate teamwork. | |
| TEAM | A group of people with a high degree of interdependence working toward the achievement of a shared/common goal. Different teams need different strategies to work effectively. | |
| TDY | Temporary Duty away from your home station | |
| TAPS | Last call of the day | |
| TA50 | Field gear | |
| SURE PAY/DIRECT DEPOSIT | Soldier's or civilian employee's guaranteed check to bank | |
| SUBSTANTIATED | Determination made by the FMCMT when a preponderance of information exists to support an allegation of family maltreatment. | |
| SUBSISTENCE | Food allowance | |
| SUBSEQUENT INCIDENT | Another maltreatment incident has occurred to a victim by the same offender in an existing, open case | |
| St. Louis, Washington | Looking for army military base location in the State of Washington, Tacoma or Seattle. | |
| SRP | The Soldier Readiness Processing | |
| SQUAD | Smallest tactical unit in the Army | |
| SPOUSE | A married individual who is married and i.e., either (1) a service member, (2) employed by DoD and eligible for care through DoD medical treatment programs, or (3) a civilian who is eligible for care through DoD medical treatment programs because of marriage to a service member, or to an employee of DoD who is eligible for care through DoD medical treatment programs. This includes a married individual who is under 18 years of age. | |
| SPONSOR | Person who is salaried by the Government | |
| SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES (SES) | Educational requirements outside the normal scope of "mainstream" classes that are strictly educational and which include personnel with specialized training or certification. | |
| SPACE A | Space available | |
| SOFA | Status of Forces Agreement | |
| Silver Star | emblem for service members over seas | |
| SICK CALL | Specific block of time for medical attention | |
| SHORT TOUR | Unaccompanied tour | |
| SHORT TIMER | Person with short time left to serve on active duty | |
| SHARED SERVICE PLAN | A prevention plan developed jointly by the HOMES team and family to guide intervention(s). | |
| SG | Surgeon General | |
| SEVERITY/RISK/COOPERATION CODES | Codes assigned IAW FAP Standard M-11. | |
| SEPARATION PAY | Pay for unaccompanied duty | |
| SENSITIVE DUTY PROGRAM | SDP documentation accomplished IAW AFI 36-2104. Includes PRP | |
| SECONDARY PREVENTION PROVIDERS | Any FAP staff providing prevention services, on a voluntary basis, to individuals, families, and groups with identified risk factors for family maltreatment. | |
| SAF | Secretary of the Air Force. | |
| RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES | Musical honor for general officers and equivalent ranking officials | |
| ROSTER | List of members | |
| RISK FACTORS | Elements that increase the likelihood of an event or problem. Community risk factors can include availability of drugs, availability of firearms, community disorganization or low neighborhood attachment. | |
| RISK ASSESSMENT | A clearly-defined process that uses interviews, observations, and evidence to develop an accurate, reliable, understanding (and written description) of whether or not the victim is safe and unlikely to be harmed by the offender(s) in the near future. The risk assessment cannot definitively predict behavior, but can reduce errors in judgment and may be studied over time to lend more accuracy to predictions. Risk assessment will identify strengths as well as problems and limitations. | |
| RISK | The potential for harm of the victim or potential victim of abuse; imminent, threatened or otherwise, without regard to whether maltreatment allegations are or can be substantiated. | |
| REVEILLE | Bugle call ceremony at beginning of day | |
| RE-UP | Reenlist | |
| reunion | soldiers returning home from Iraq | |
| RETREAT | Bugle/flag ceremony at end of day | |
| Retirement while on active duty | retirement | |
| RESILIENCY | The ability of a system to recover, spring back, or return to previous circumstances after encountering problems or stresses. A factor to assess in planning micro-or macro-system interventions. | |
| RESERVES | U.S. Army Reserve | |
| RESERVE COMPONENT | Army and Air National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve (and equivalent in other Services) | |
| requesting your les statement | les from previous months. | |
| RE-OPENED CASE | A term no longer used to refer to any new allegation(s) occurring following case closure. These are now considered new incidents. | |
| RELATED INCIDENT | An incident in an open case with the same sponsor and a different victim, offender, or both. | |
| REGRETS ONLY | Respond only if not attending | |
| REFERRAL LOG | A mechanism(s) to track and record data pertaining to referrals made to FAP components (Maltreatment, EFMP, HOMES, and Nursing). | |
| RECIDIVISM | A repeat incident of substantiated maltreatment by the same offender that occurs anytime after closure of a prior substantiated case. | |
| RECANTATION | The victim of maltreatment (or any person professing to have observed the maltreatment) retracts or disavows his or her previous statement on the occurrence of the maltreatment. | |
| REASONABLE SUSPICION | Available information is sufficient to cause an objective individual to believe that maltreatment may have occurred by acts of commission or omission. | |
| RANK | Official title of soldier (also, relative position within a military grade such as sergeant or captain) | |
| QUARTERS | Government housing for married soldiers | |
| QUALITY MANAGEMENT (QM) | A generic term that refers to establishing, and enhancing quality of services and the processes used to provide them. May be referred to as CQI, QI, TQM. A process of monitoring and collecting data to improve program management. QM includes quality assurance (QA), continuous quality improvement (CQI or QI), and total quality management (TQM). | |
| PSYCHOSOCIAL | Attending to both psychological and social dimensions when assessing or intervening with a client | |
| PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL | Programs and services, which involve both psychological and social skills information, delivered in a didactic or tutoring format. | |
| PRP- PERSONAL RELIABILITY PROGRAM | Cases with sponsors on PRP must be case managed IAW AFI 36-2104. | |
| PROTOCOL | Customs and courtesies | |
| PROTECTIVE FACTORS | Elements that promote positive behavior, health, well-being and system success. Protective factors include positive social orientation, resilient temperament, positive community norms and laws, and the psychological sense of connection to one's community. | |
| PROTECTION | Offering a form of safeguarding the victim or potential victim from physical, emotional, and sexual maltreatment, or neglect. | |
| PREVENTION SERVICES ACTION PLAN (PSAP) | A "blueprint" for a prevention activity which includes implementation procedures, goals and objectives, outlines, resources required, key contacts, and evaluation. | |
| PREVENTION ACTIVITY FOLDER | The prevention activity folder is NOT a medical record and is maintained IAW Standard P-13. Mechanism used to document secondary prevention services that require bio-psycho-social assessments and intervention plans tailored to the need of an at-risk family. | |
| PREVENTION | To avoid or inhibit negative outcomes through activities that increase education and awareness, build community cohesion and conducive culture changes, inoculate at-risk groups, and enhance autonomy or effective decision-making. Prevention includes establishing those conditions in society that enhance opportunities for individuals, families and communities to achieve positive fulfillment. | |
| POWER OF ATTORNEY | Legal document permitting a person to act on behalf of another | |
| POST EXCHANGE | Army department store | |
| POSITION OF POWER | Person has power over another person due to physical size, age, threats with the ability to carry out a threat, etc. The position of power may occur in a single incident or be a feature of an ongoing relationship. | |
| POLICE CALL | Clean up | |
| PLT | **** | |
| PLATOON | Several squads within a company | |
| PHOTO OF THOSE IN THE SERVICE FROM MOMROE | PHOTOS OF THOSE FROM MONROE | |
| PHOTO OF THOSE IN THE SERVICE FROM MOMROE | NEED PHOTOS OF THOSES FROM MONROE | |
| PACAF | Pacific Air Force | |
| OUTREACH PREVENTION LOG (OPL) | Centralized tool used by the FAP prevention team to document primary and secondary prevention activities, community organization initiatives, prevention-focused task forces, working groups, team meetings, and annual training. | |
| OUTREACH | To extend outward; to develop formal and informal networks that facilitate community cohesion and services. Includes neighborhood-based activities to bring services and information to people in their homes, at work and other usual environments. | |
| organization to support the troops | support groups | |
| ORDERS | Spoken or written instructions to Soldier | |
| ORDERLY ROOM | Company office | |
| OPENED FAP RECORD | A FAP program record opened IAW FAP Standard M-4 | |
| ON-BASE AGENCIES | Any facility or service available on-base to assist military families, such as the Medical Treatment Facility, Chapel, Air Force Aid Society, Personal Affairs, Social Actions, Family Support Center, American Red Cross, the Child Development Center, Security Forces, and Air Force Office of Special Investigations. | |
| Official Photos | shows official photos for Army chain of commands, and has them available for download. | |
| OFFENDER | Any person who causes the maltreatment of a child while in a caretaker role, or the maltreatment of their spouse, or whose act, or failure to act, substantially impaired the health or wellbeing of the victim. Exception exists in cases of child sexual maltreatment, when the alleged offender may not be in a caretaker role but was in a position of power over the victim. | |
| OCONUS | Outside the Continental United States | |
| NRO - NO RECORD OPENED | A FAP record not opened due to lack of reasonable suspicion, ineligibility for FAP services, or jurisdictional ineligibility. Formally known as NRA or no record activated. | |
| NON APPROPRIATED FUNDS (NAF) | NAFs are Government funds but are separate and apart from funds that are recorded in the books of the US Treasury. They are not appropriated by the Congress. NAFs come primarily from the sale of goods and services to Department of Defense military and civilian personnel and their families. | |
| NEW PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAM (NPSP) | A home-based family maltreatment prevention program for families at risk with infants and toddlers managed by the assigned Family Advocacy Nurse. (See Standard P-10). | |
| NEGLECT | Failure to provide needed age-appropriate care. | |
| NEEDS ASSESSMENT | The process of identifying and evaluating persons, groups, and communities to determine their needs. This may include, but is not limited to, surveys, questionnaires, and interviews of relevant individuals, groups, helping agency experts, commanders, military members in particular geographic areas or military ranks, and military members on special assignment. | |
| NATO | | |
| MWRS | : Morale, Welfare, Recreation and Services now called "Services". | |
| MULTIDISCIPLINARY | Composed or made up from several specialized branches of learning, or disciplines, for the purpose of achieving a common goal. | |
| MTF | Medical Treatment Facility | |
| MPF | Military Personnel Flight (replaces CBPO) | |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding. An umbrella agreement that defines areas of mutual understanding between two or more parties. | |
| MOTOR POOL | Area where official vehicles are kept | |
| MOA | Memorandum of Agreement with a civilian agency to provide services to military beneficiaries. An agreement that defines areas of responsibility and agreement between two or more parties, normally to document the exchange of services and resources. | |
| MICRO-SYSTEM INTERVENTION | Activities with individuals, families and small groups that ameliorate deficits, increase knowledge and awareness, and enhance autonomy and decision-making. The typical focus is on direct intervention on a case-by-case basis or in a clinical setting. Examples include parenting classes and secondary prevention psychoeducational services based on assessment of the client/family. | |
| MEDEVAC | Medical evacuation | |
| MCFAPM OR MAJCOM PROGRAM MANAGER | Major Command Family Advocacy Program Manager | |
| Marriage | Marriage | |
| maps for mannheim | maps of Germany | |
| MANDATORY MOBILITY | Civilian employee position that requires an employee to relocate | |
| MAJCOM | Major Command | |
| MACRO-SYSTEM INTERVENTION | Activities directed at affecting multi-person systems to reduce system risk factors and facilitate cohesion and culture changes that prevent negative outcomes. Examples include community organization activities, some types of political action, public education campaigning, changing cultural norms to value help-seeking behavior, or providing support and education to informal unit leaders which enhances informal unit networks. | |
| LOGISTICS | Equipment and support needed for performance | |
| LOCATION ALLOWANCE | Allowance received for PCS move | |
| locating troop | trying to find out if a troop is in Iraq | |
| LOCAL AGENCIES | Civilian agencies located in a geographic proximity to a military installation. These include community, county, state, and federal facilities or services, other than those available on the installation. | |
| LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT | A service program designed to develop the abilities and competence needed by an individual to function successfully in society. (Examples: How to find and set up an apartment or house; how to establish and maintain a checking or bank account; how to budget.) | |
| LEAVE | Approved time away from duty | |
| LATRINE | Toilet | |
| KLICK | Slang for kilometer | |
| K-9 | Military police unit with working dogs | |
| JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER | An individual under the age of 18 who commits any act of sexual maltreatment while in a caretaker role or a position of power or influence over the victim. | |
| JURISDICTION | Appropriate organization for management of maltreatment referrals IAW AFI-41-115 and AF FAP Standard A-11. | |
| JUNGLE BOOTS | Special boots for tropical climates | |
| JUMPMASTER | Person supervising paratroopers on a jump exercise | |
| JUMP PAY | Extra pay for jump status | |
| JUDGE ADVOCATE | (JA) The Wing Commander's legal advisor who represents the government on legal matters. | |
| IRR | Inactive Ready Reserve | |
| INTRAFAMILIAL | In child maltreatment cases, the offender is a parent, or has a blood or kinship relationship to the victim. In spouse maltreatment cases, the victim is married to the offender. This includes a marriage to an individual who is under 18 years of age. | |
| INTERVENTION | An action taken to promote change. Interventions may be preventive, or treatment, for safety or provide and represent all aspects of care. | |
| INTERSERVICE SUPPORT AGREEMENT (ISSA) | A Memorandum of Understanding with other Uniformed Services agencies. | |
| INTERDISCIPLINARY | Team intervention or collaboration on behalf of a specific client which involves different professions or disciplines. | |
| installations | Hotels | |
| INSIGNIA | Indicates branch of soldiers | |
| INFORMED CONSENT | The granting of permission by the client to the social worker and agency or other professional person to use specific intervention, including diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and research. This permission must be based on full disclosure of the facts needed to make the decision intelligently. Informed consent must be based on knowledge of the risks and alternatives. | |
| INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM (IEP) | A written education service plan statement for a child with special educational needs developed by the Case Study Committee and implemented according to Public Law. | |
| INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATION REVIEW: ISDR | A process to review an incident status determination once certain requirements have been met. (See Standard M-11). | |
| INCIDENT | A single report of one or more alleged acts of child or spouse maltreatment that occurred in close proximity of time. An incident refers to one victim and may include more than one alleged offender. | |
| IMS | Index of Marital Satisfaction. A paper and pencil inventory used to measure partners' perceptions regarding their marriage. | |
| IMPT | Innovation Model Prevention Team: A one-year demonstration program in which selected installation FAP's develop and implement an innovative project aimed at enhancing community resilience. | |
| IDS | Integrated Delivery System is a multidisciplinary team of helping professionals representing six matrixed base agencies, collaborating to provide seamless prevention and quality of life services to Air Force families and the community. | |
| ID CARD | Identification card issued to legally recognized members of America's Army family | |
| IAW | An abbreviation that means "In accordance with " | |
| HSI | Health Services Inspection. The AF Medical Inspection Team (IG) from Kirtland AFB NM. Inspects and rates all AF medical treatment facilities to insure compliance with Air Force directives. Works jointly with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. | |
| HRVRT | (High Risk For Violence Response Team) A multidisciplinary team established by the FAC to manage potentially dangerous situations involving FAP clients. (See Standard M-3). | |
| HQ | Home of Record | |
| HOUSING OFFICE | Where you check in for housing | |
| HOR | Home of Record | |
| HOMES | Home-based Opportunities Make Everyone Successful - A prevention program utilizing a team approach that provides services in the home to families at risk for maltreatment. The team is comprised of a FAN, FATM, and FAPA. | |
| HIGH INTEREST CASE | A case of significant interest due to level of risk, high dangerousness/lethality potential, or political ramifications; or a case that resulted in death and/or multiple victims. | |
| HHC/HHD | Headquarters & Headquarters Company/Detachment | |
| HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY | Extra pay for duty in hostile area | |
| HAWC | Health and Wellness Center. | |
| HASH MARKS | Stripes for enlisted members' time in service | |
| HARDSHIP TOUR | Unaccompanied tour of duty | |
| GUIDON | Unit identification flag ("Flag that troops rallied 'round.") | |
| GUEST HOUSE | Temporary living quarters | |
| GUARD MEMBER | Military member of the Army or Air National Guards | |
| GSA | General Services Administration | |
| GS | General Schedule (Government civilian employee pay grades) | |
| GREEN BERETS | Special Forces | |
| GRADE | Corresponds to pay level of soldier or civilian employee (e.g., E-3, 0-1, or GS-4) | |
| Go No-Go | The condition or state of operability of a component or system: "go," functioning properly; or "no-go," not functioning properly. Alternatively, a critical point at which a decision to proceed or not must be made. | |
| GO | General Officer | |
| GI PARTY | Clean up duty | |
| GI BILL | Education entitlement | |
| GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES (GMS) | Exceptional medical conditions that require active medical management by a subspecialty (not simple consultation). | |
| GED | General Equivalency Diploma | |
| GEAR | Equipment used by soldiers or civilian employees | |
| GARRISON | Post or community | |
| FYI | For Your Information | |
| FY | Fiscal Year | |
| FTX | Field Training Exercise | |
| FSA | Family Separation Allowance | |
| FRUIT SALAD | Ribbons and medals worn on uniform | |
| FROCK | Assume next higher grade without pay | |
| FRO | Family Readiness Officer | |
| FRL | Family Readiness Liaison | |
| FRG | Family Readiness Group | |
| FPC | Family Program (Guard) | |
| FP | Family Program | |
| FOUO | For Official Use Only | |
| fort carson housing | military housing | |
| FORSCOM | Forces Command | |
| FORMATION | Gathering of soldiers in a prescribed way | |
| FM | Family Member/Field Manual | |
| FLO | Family Liaison Office | |
| finance and administration | divorce retirement benefits | |
| FIELD GRADE | Majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels | |
| FIELD DAY | Designated day for military displays | |
| FES | Family Environment Scale; one of the standardized instruments used in the assessment of FAP clients. | |
| FDU | Full Dress Uniform | |
| FCP | Family Care Plan | |
| FAP CLINICIANS | Clinical social workers who have been privileged through the medical facility to perform clinical work. | |
| FAP | Family Advocacy Program | |
| FAMNET | (Formerly known as FAMINFO) The computerized program developed for use by Family Advocacy and Family Support Center staff to communicate important news from AFMOA/SGOF and MAJCOM Program Managers, and among installation FAPs. | |
| FAMILY VIOLENCE | A generic term for all forms of intrafamilial maltreatment. | |
| FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: (FSC) | An Air Force installation agency that offers a variety of support services for military families (e.g., financial counseling, life skills, relocation and transition assistance, Air Force Aid). | |
| family student funds | funds,loans or student financials aid for wives | |
| FAMILY READINESS GROUP | Organization of family members, volunteers, and soldiers/civilian employees belonging to a unit or organization that together provide an avenue of mutual support and assistance and a network of communication among the family members, the chain of command, | |
| FAMILY PROGRAM COORDINATOR | Provides family support services to Reserve Component members and families; active duty members and civilian employees see Army Community Service | |
| FAMILY MEMBER RELOCATION CLEARANCE | (Formerly known as DRC). The process of screening military family member's for needed medical services prior to overseas travel, and clearing EFMP families for overseas or CONUS travel. | |
| FAMILY MALTREATMENT CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM (FMCMT) | A multidisciplinary team appointed by the FAC Chairperson to participate in the case management process. The team makes incident status determinations and key case management decisions on all referrals for alleged maltreatment. | |
| family locator | finding where family members are stationed | |
| family leave | time away from duty | |
| FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME (FCCH) | Formerly referred to as family day care. A home day care business operated on DoD property, with oversight by the installation through the Child Development Center. | |
| FAMILY CARE PLAN | Written instructions for care of family members while sponsor is away from duty station (can include provisions for finances, wills, and guardianship | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY STAFF TRAINING (FAST) COURSE | A joint-Service, multidisciplinary training course for entry level FAP staff conducted several times a year. The Army is Executive Agent and the course is conducted by the Academy of Health Sciences. Oversight responsibility rests with the DoD Family Advocacy Committee Training Subcommittee. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM RECORD | A 6-part folder opened when REASONABLE SUSPISCION exists that a maltreatment incident has occurred | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM MANAGER (FAPM) | An individual designated by the Secretary of the Military Department to manage, monitor, and coordinate the Family Advocacy Program at the Service headquarters level. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM (FAP) | A program designed to address prevention, identification, clinical assessment, treatment, and follow-up evaluation for family maltreatment. In the Air Force the EFMP is a part of the FAP. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY OFFICER (FAO) | A credentialed and privileged social worker designated to manage, monitor, and provide staff supervision of the Family Advocacy Program at the base level. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY NEEDS ASSESSMENT (FANA) | The process of identifying and evaluating persons, groups, and communities to determine their needs. This may include, but is not limited to, surveys, questionnaires, and interviews of relevant individuals, groups, helping agency experts, military members in particular geographic areas or military ranks, and military members on special assignment. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (FAC) | The policy-making, coordinating, recommending, and overseeing body for the installation FAP, or equivalent committee. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY | Program that assists with child and spouse abuse problems | |
| FADAP | Family Advocacy Data Automation Program | |
| FACAT | Family Advocacy Command Assistance Team | |
| FAC | Family Advocacy Committee. Oversees, develops, and manages the local policy of the Family Advocacy FMCMT and IDS. | |
| EXTRAFAMILIAL CAREGIVER/POWER ROLE (DoD Non-Sanctioned) | This category is for extrafamilial caregivers where there are allegations of major physical injury, death due to maltreatment, or child sexual abuse AND the caregiver was not in a DoD sanctioned role or activity. Also included are extrafamilial offenders where there are allegations of child sexual abuse, the offender was in a position of power over the alleged victim, AND the offender was not in a DoD-sanctioned caregiver role or activity. Caregivers may be active duty members or their family members, retirees or their family members, or civilians. When there are allegations of minor physical injury, emotional maltreatment, and neglect where there is no serious injury, alleged victims and their families may receive services, but no record would be activated and no information about the incident would be reported to AFMOA Family Advocacy Division. | |
| EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT (ENA) | The assessment performed to determine eligibility for EFMP services. | |
| EXCEPTIONAL NEED | A medical, psychological, or educational condition of a chronic nature, which requires active management by a medical subspecialty, or a special education program.. A general rule of thumb for determining whether a condition constitutes an "exceptional need" should include the question; "Is there a need for special assignment consideration to assure availability of required medical, psychological, or educational services?" | |
| ETS | Expiration of Term of Service | |
| ESPRIT DE CORPS | Morale within unit or organization | |
| ESGR | Employer support of the Guard and Reserve | |
| EQUIVALENT COMMITTEE | A committee that serves the same purpose as another committee. | |
| EN | Enlisted | |
| EM | Enlisted Member | |
| ELIGIBILITY | Suitability to receive services in Military Medical Treatment facilities IAW current DEERS guidelines and AFI 41-115. | |
| EFMPO | Exceptional Family Member Program Officer. A designated military officer, a clinical military social worker, where available, tasked with assessing and managing cases involving families with exceptional needs, and assisting in determination of assignment actions. | |
| EFMP TEAM | Exceptional Family Member Program Team. An ad hoc multidisciplinary team whose members serve as resources and consultants to the EFMP Officer. | |
| EFMP SERVICE PLAN | A plan for the delivery of intervention services designed to treat or remediate the exceptional need and/or help the family in coping with it. Military and civilian services are utilized. | |
| EFMP SERVICE NEEDS | Categories of specialized treatment or intervention to address exceptional needs: General Medical Services (GMS), Medically-related Services (MRS), Special Educational Services (SES), and Early Intervention Services (EIS). Some individuals may require more than one type of service. | |
| EFMP RECORD | A folder containing EFMP forms, medical and educational information, and case management notes. | |
| EFMP | Exceptional Family Member Program | |
| EFMP | Exceptional Family Member Program. AF program that identifies eligible DoD families with exceptional medical, mental health, or educational needs, assists those families in obtaining required services and verifies the availability of required services at the time of reassignment. | |
| EFM | Exceptional Family Member. A family member who has special physical, mental health, or educational needs. | |
| EER/OER | Enlisted/Officer Evaluation Report | |
| EE | Emergency Essential | |
| EDUCATIONALLY BASED-PROGRAM | Those programs whose intent is to convey information and awareness without focusing on individual or group dynamics. Such programs provide practice exercises to increase self-awareness, but are not aimed at developing psychological insights. | |
| EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL INTERVENTION SERVICES (EDIS) | Clinics overseas that are part of the MTF to provide Early Intervention and Medically Related Services (previously known as AFSEC). | |
| EDRE | Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise | |
| EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES (EIS) | A multifaceted program mandated by Public Law 102.119 to identify and provide services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. Each state is mandated to have an Early Intervention Program. Military medical facilities are responsible for the program where there are DoDEA overseas or Section 6 schools in CONUS. Services are provided by EDIS clinics overseas. | |
| DUTY ASSIGNMENT | Job/place while on active duty | |
| DSN | Defense Switched Network (current term for Autovon) | |
| DSM IV | Current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. | |
| Drill Pay | Pay that is received for weekend drills. | |
| DRESS MESS | Formal attire; short jacket equivalent to "white tie and tails' | |
| DRESS BLUES | Informal attire with four-in-hand tie/formal attire with bow tie | |
| DRAGON SLAYER | A guide published by AFMOA/SGOF to assist social work officer's in coping with their daunting job in as practical, time-conscious and efficient manner as possible. | |
| DPW | Director of Public Works | |
| DPP | Deferred Payment Plan | |
| DPCA | Director of Personnel and Community Activities | |
| DP | Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel | |
| DOR | Date of Rank | |
| DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | Typically refers to spousal abuse. Sometimes used to refer to in a broader context for abuse of children, older people, spouses, and others in the home, usually by other members of the family or other residents. The social problem in which one's property, health, or life are endangered or harmed as a result of the intentional behavior of another family member. | |
| DOIM | Director of Information Management | |
| DOGTAGS | Identification tags worn by Soldiers | |
| DODI | Department of Defense Instruction | |
| DoDEA | Department of Defense Education Agency. DoDEA operates schools for eligible military and civilian children, overseas and in some stateside locations. | |
| DoDDS | Department of Defense Dependent Schools, located in overseas areas. | |
| DoDD | Department of Defense Directive | |
| DoD FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM MANAGER | The individual appointed by the Department of Defense to oversee all the military Services' Family Advocacy Programs. | |
| DoD FAMILY ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (DoD FAC) | A body of representatives from all military service Family Advocacy Programs (including the Coast Guard) and other designated members chaired by Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense/Force Management & Personnel (OASD/FM&P) or designee. | |
| DoD ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES | Those individuals who are authorized services in a Military Medical Treatment Facility IAW current guidelines for DEERS Eligibility. | |
| DoD | Department of Defense | |
| DOB | Date of Birth | |
| DO | Duty officer | |
| DITY MOVE | Self-movement of household goods | |
| DISCHARGE | Departure from active duty | |
| DIRECTIVE | DoD Order, Regulation, or Instruction of the Military Service, major command and/or claimant, or installation. | |
| DIRECT SERVICE | Identification, diagnosis, treatment, counseling, rehabilitation, follow-up, and other services given directly to maltreatment victims and offenders and their families. These services are determined locally by a multidisciplinary case management team established to assess incidents of alleged abuse, make substantiation determinations, and formulated and monitor intervention plans | |
| DIRECT DEPOSIT/SURE PAY | Soldier's or civilian employee's guaranteed check to bank | |
| DINING OUT | Formal social gathering with spouses | |
| DINING IN | Formal social gathering for soldiers only | |
| DI | Drill instructor | |
| DFAS | Defense Finance Accounting System | |
| DEROS | Date of estimated return from overseas | |
| DEPLOYMENT | When a Soldier is called to duty somewhere other than the home station without his or her family members | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (DHS) | A generic term to describe civilian social service agencies with child protection responsibilities mandated by law. | |
| DENTAC | United States Army Dental Activity | |
| DEH | Director of Engineering & Housing | |
| DEERS | Defense Eligibility Enrollment System A central system to identify those eligible to receive services in a military treatment facility. | |
| DeCA | Defense Commissary Agency | |
| DDRP | Drug Demand Reduction Program | |
| DCII | Defense Clearance and Investigations Index. The central Department of Defense record of investigative files and adjudicative actions such as clearances and access determinations, revocations, and denials concerning military, civilian, and contract personnel. | |
| DCA | Director of Community | |
| DAG | Deputy Adjutant General | |
| DA | Department of Army | |
| CY | Calendar year | |
| CSMRT | Child Sexual Maltreatment Response Team. | |
| CSAR | Chief of Staff - Army NG | |
| CSA | Chief of Staff, Army | |
| CS/C of S | Chief of Staff | |
| CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK | An investigation based on fingerprints and other identifying information obtained by a law enforcement officer and conducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Identification Division (FBI-ID) of all States. An employee or prospective employee must list current and former residences on an employment application initiated through the personnel programs of the applicable Federal Agencies, as defined in Public Law 101-647 or through the personnel program of a given government contractor. All employees and DoD contract personnel involved in the provision of child care services to children who are under 18 years of age must undergo a criminal history background check. "Child care services" is defined as child protective services, social services, health and mental health care, child (day) care, education whether directly or indirectly involved in teaching, foster care, residential care, recreational or rehabilitative programs, and detentional, correctional, or treatment services. | |
| CQ | Charge of quarters | |
| CPX | Command Post Exercise | |
| CPS | Child Protective Services. A generic term to describe civilian social services mandated by law with child protection responsibilities. May also be referred to as "Child Protection and Regulatory Services." | |
| CPO | Civilian Personnel Office | |
| CP | Commercial Plane; concurrent process
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| CONUS | Continental United States | |
| CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR) | The person who is appointed in writing by the Contracting Officer to assist in the administration of contracts by monitoring daily activities of contractors or contractors' employees. This person is normally the FAO. The COR is a very important member of the contract administration team whose efforts are to obtain quality services under the contracts issued. | |
| COMPUTER PROFICIENCY | Having the knowledge and skill to be able to carry out all assigned FAP duties in a timely manner on an automated system. | |
| COMMUNITY RESILIENCE | The ability of a community to achieve better-than-expected outcomes in the face of adversity. Community cohesion and social capacity enhance resilience. Community cohesion involves individual identification with a sense of psychological connection to others in the community. Social capacity is a community's ability to bring members together and create a psychological sense of connection in order to develop resources and opportunities for meeting the individual and collective needs and goals of members. | |
| COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION | An intervention process to help individuals, groups, and collectives of people with common interests or from the same geographic areas to deal with social problems and to enhance social well-being through planned collective action. Methods include identifying problem areas, analyzing causes, formulating plans, developing strategies, and mobilizing necessary resources, identifying and recruiting community leaders, and encouraging interrelationships among them to facilitate their efforts. | |
| COMMUNITY | A network of informal relationships between people connected to each other by kinship, common interest and/or beliefs, geographic proximity, friendship, occupation, or giving and receiving services-or various combinations of these. The Air Force community includes all associated or identified with the Air Force while a base community is a segment of the Air Force community aligned with a specific location at a particular time. The unit community is a segment of the base community aligned with a specific unit and mission at a particular time. Communities often share a common history, memory, culture and norms. Dimensions of Community include its infrastructure, sociodemographic make-up, institutions, and social capacity. | |
| COMMANDER (CC) | Commander, or designee. | |
| command sponsorship | Army pays to move family to service members duty station | |
| COLLABORATION | The procedure in which two or more professional's work together to serve a given client (individual, family, group, community, or population). The professionals may work relatively independent of one another but communicate and coordinate their respective efforts to avoid duplication of services, or they may work as members of a single helping team. | |
| COLA | Cost of Living Allowance | |
| COB | Close of business | |
| COAD | Continuation on Active Duty | |
| co | Company | |
| CO | Commanding officer | |
| CNGB | Chief, National Guard Bureau | |
| CLINICALLY-BASED PROGRAMS | Those programs that are intended to address and effect change for specific problems. Such programs are based on the accepted conceptual frameworks for understanding and treating psychological and psychosocial issues through behavioral, cognitive, systems, and/or psychodynamic approaches, or their offshoots. These programs are much less didactic than educationally based programs and provide deeper emotional experiences and understanding of the nature of abusive and violent behavior. | |
| CINC | Commander in Chief | |
| CID | Criminal Investigation Division | |
| CHILD SEXUAL MALTREATMENT RESPONSE TEAM (CSMRT) | An ad hoc committee that meets, at the call of the FAO, in response to an allegation of child sexual maltreatment. | |
| CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE (CPS) | A generic term to describe civilian social service agencies mandated by law with child protection responsibilities. | |
| CHILD | An unmarried person under the age of 18 who is eligible for care through a DoD medical treatment program and for whom a parent, guardian, foster parent, caregiver, employee of a residential facility, or any staff person providing out-of-home care is legally responsible. The term "child" means a biological child, adopted child, stepchild, foster child, or ward. The term also includes an individual of any age who is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity and for whom care in a military medical treatment program is authorized. | |
| CHIEF, NGB | Chief, National Guard Bureau | |
| CHAMPUS/TRICARE (OR EQUIVALENT)/TRICARE (OR EQUIVALENT) | The third party medical insurance contractor covering services for military families currently utilized in a region. | |
| CHAMPUS | CHAMPUS is a health benefits program that covers medical necessities only providing authorized in-patient and out-patient care from civilian sources on a cost-sharing basis. Retired military and dependents of active-duty, retired and deceased military are eligible. | |
| CGSC | Command and General Staff College | |
| CG | Commanding General | |
| CENTRAL REGISTRY | A central management information system maintained by each branch of the Service for identifying and recording information on incidents of child and spouse maltreatment. The Air Force Family Advocacy Central Registry is located at AFMOA/SGOF, Brooks AFB, TX. | |
| CDS | Child Development Services | |
| CDR | Commander | |
| casualty assistance office | veterans funneral sevices | |
| CASE STUDY COMMITTEE (CSC) | A multidisciplinary team consisting of educators, medically-related service providers and parents who determine the eligibility of the student for special education and formulate an Individual Education Program (IEP) based upon the assessment of special needs conditions of school-aged children in public schools. | |
| CASE MANAGER (CM) | The FAP staff member with primary responsibility for coordination of treatment and services provided to families from entry into and exit from the FAP system. | |
| CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM (CMT) | An installation level, multidisciplinary team tasked with the evaluation, case status determination, and management of cases of family maltreatment. Named Case Review Committee (CRC) in the DoD Standards (Complete title: Family Maltreatment Case Management Team) | |
| CASE | One or more alleged or substantiated incidents of child or spouse maltreatment pertaining to the same victim. A maltreatment allegation, with reasonable suspicion that maltreatment occurred, concerning an individual that meets the eligibility for FAP involvement. | |
| CASCOM | Combined Arms Support Command | |
| CARETAKER | Someone in a position of responsibility on a temporary basis for a child or other individual requiring supervision. | |
| CAR | Chief of Army Reserve | |
| CAP | Child Abuse Potential Inventory, developed by Joel Milner, PhD and also referred to as "Milner Questionnaire" | |
| CAIB | Community Action Information Board. A committee at base level that looks at "people" needs and directs/recommends actions. Works for the installation commander (Formerly the FAIB) | |
| BOQ | Bachelors Officers' Quarters | |
| BNCOC | Basic NCO Course | |
| BN | Battalion | |
| birth certificate | certificate of birth | |
| BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SURVEY | A formal research tool developed by the Johnson Institute and used to assist in designing more effective health and wellness programs tailored to the needs of specific squadrons. | |
| BDU | Battle dress uniform | |
| BDE | Brigade | |
| BCT | Basic combat training | |
| BC | Battery/Brigade/Battalion Commander | |
| BAS | Basic Allowance for Subsistence | |
| BAQ | Basic Allowance for Quarters | |
| BAH | Basic Allowance for Housing | |
| AWOL | Absent With Out Leave | |
| AWHONN | Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses | |
| AVN | Aviation | |
| AUSA | Association of the United States Army | |
| ATC | Air target chart; Air Threat Conference; air traffic control; air transportable clinic (USAF)
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| AT | Annual Training | |
| ASSESSMENT | Application of diagnostic methods to evaluate, analyze critically, and judge definitively the nature, significance, status or merit, importance or size of a need, problem, or issue. A biopsychosocial clinical assessment is accomplished through interviews, questionnaires, and reliable collateral information | |
| ASAP | As soon as possible | |
| Article 15 disciplinary action defined | Specifically define the entire scope of this term...is it subjective to those in a higher position to play out oppressiveness? | |
| ARTICLE 15 | Disciplinary action | |
| ARPERCEN | Army Reserve Personnel Center | |
| ARNG | Army National Guard | |
| Army Community Service | Provides family support services on installation for active duty members and retirees, civilian employees, and their families; Reserve Component members see Family Program Coordinator | |
| ARCOM | Army Reserve Command/
Army Commendation Medal | |
| AR | Army Reserve/Army Regulation/ Armor | |
| APO | Army post office | |
| APFT | Army Physical Fitness Test | |
| APF | Appropriated funds | |
| APC | Armored personnel carrier | |
| AO | Area of operations | |
| ANONYMOUS REPORTER | The individual reporting suspected maltreatment chooses to be unidentified.(Note: Therefore, NO IDENTIFYING information on the reporter shall be annotated on an intake form or in the log.) | |
| ANG | Air National Guard | |
| ANCOC | Advanced NCO Course | |
| ANA | American Nurses' Association | |
| AMMO | Ammunition | |
| AMC | Army Materiel Command | |
| AMC | Air Mobility Command | |
| ALLOWANCE | Pay and special compensation | |
| ALLOTMENT | Designated payment by soldier or civilian employee to bank or individual | |
| ALLEGATION | A report claiming that maltreatment may have occurred | |
| ALERT | Emergency call to be ready | |
| AIT | Advanced Individual Training | |
| Air Force FAP Manager | An individual designated by the secretary of the AF to manage, monitor, and coordinate the FAP at the headquarters level. | |
| Aid and Attendance | See VA definition | |
| AGR | Active Guard and Reserve | |
| AG | Adjutant General | |
| AFTB | Army Family Team Building | |
| AFSPC | Air Force Space Command | |
| AFSF | Air Force Security Forces | |
| AFSC | Air Force Specialty Code | |
| AFRTS | American Forces Radio/TV Network | |
| AFPC | Air Force Personnel Center | |
| AFOSI | Air Force Office of Special Investigation | |
| AFN | Armed Forces Network | |
| AFMOA/SGOF | Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Office of the Surgeon General | |
| AFMC | Air Force Material Command. | |
| AFLO (See WBLO) | The Army Family Liaison Office (AFLO) acts as the honest broker for the Army family. It is a customer service organization dedicated to Army family well-being; serving as the Ombudsman, and communicating with the greater Army. (Has transformed into the Army Well-Being Liaison Office.) | |
| AFLO | Army Family Liaison Office | |
| AFI | Air Force Instruction (formerly known as AFR, AF Regulation) | |
| AFAP | Army Family Action Plan | |
| AFA | Air Force Academy | |
| AF/SG | Air Force Surgeon General. The highest-ranking medical officer in the Air Force. | |
| AF Family Advocacy Program Standards | Specific standards of practice that implement the DoD Family Advocacy Program Standards and the AF FAP. Air Force Standards set minimum requirements for program implementation. They offer a basis for evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of FAP services. | |
| AETC | Air Education Training Command | |
| AER | Army Emergency Relief | |
| ADVANCED PAY | Payment before [duty performed] actually earned | |
| ADSW | Active Duty for Special Work | |
| ADJ | Adjutant | |
| ADAF | Active Duty Air Force | |
| ADAF | Active Duty Air Force | |
| AD HOC | A committee called when needed | |
| AD | Active Duty | |
| ACTIVE ARMY | On active duty | |
| ACS/FPC | Army Community Service/Family Program Coordinator | |
| ACS | Army Community Service | |
| ACES | Army Continuing Education System | |
| Accompanied Tour | Tour of duty with family members | |
| ACC | Air Combat Command | |
| ACAP | Army Career Alumni Program | |
| AAFES | Army and Air Force Exchange Service | |
