Part 4: Appendices: Glossary of Services, Acronyms, Sample Letters

ABD: Aged, Blind, or Disabled

ADHC: Adult Day Healthcare Center

ADL: Activity of Daily Living

ABA: Applied Behavior Analysis

ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder

BCBA: Board Certified Behavior Analyst

BSP: Behavior Support Plan

CC: Community Choices (waiver through DHHS)

CLTC: Community Long Term Care (division of DHHS)

CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CRCF: Community Residential Care Facility

CTH: Community Training Home

CS: Community Supports (waiver through Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, formerly known as DDSN)

DHHS: The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

DDSN: Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in SC Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, formerly known as The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs

DMH: Office of Mental Health, in SC Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, formerly known as The South Carolina Department of Mental Health

DME: Durable Medical Equipment

DSNB: Disabilities and Special Needs Board (Prior to 4-28-25, the state agency directing  the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs which is now within the SC Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.)

EI: Early Intervention

EPSDT: Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment

FFS: Fee for Service

HCBS: Home and Community Based Services

HASCI: Head and Spinal Cord Injuries

IADL: Incidental Activity of Daily Living

ICF/IID: Intensive Care Facility for People Intellectual Disabilities (also called a “regional center” in South Carolina)

ID: Intellectual Disability

LOC: Level of Care

MCO: Managed Care Organization

MHC: Mental Health Center

MCC: Medically Complex Children

NEMT: Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

NF: Nursing Facility

OCR: Office of Civil Rights

PCA: Personal Care Aide

PRTF: Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility

RD: Related Disability

SCI: Spinal Cord Injury

SD: Similar Disability (related to either a Spinal Cord Injury or a Traumatic Brain Injury)

SLP: Supervised Living Placement

TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury