Commonly Used NWD Network Acronyms

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Below is a list of commonly used acronyms that the NWD Advisory Committee has agreed to allow to be used in Committee meetings and materials. Other acronyms not included in this list should be spelled out each time they are used. 

If there are acronyms that you would like to include on this list, please email andrew@hcbs.info so that it can be brought to the attention of the Committee.

• AAA- Area Agency on Aging

• ACL- Administration for Community Living

• ADRC- Aging and Disability Resource Center

• AMHD- Adult Mental Health Division

• CIL- Centers for Independent Living

• CMS- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• CSHNB- Children with Special Health Needs Branch

• DD- Developmental Disabilities

• DDC- Development Disabilities Council

• DDD- Developmental Disabilities Division

• DHS- Department of Human Services

• DOH- Department of Health

• DVR- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

• EOA- Executive Office on Aging

• HCBS- Home and community based services

• HHS- Health and Human Services

• ID- Intellectual Disabilities

• I/DD- Intellectual and Developmental disabilities

• IST- Infrastructure Support Team

• LTSS- Long term supports and services

• MQD- Med-QUEST Division

• NWD- No Wrong Door

• OVS- Office of Veterans' Services

• QI- QUEST Integration

• SAAC- Self Advocacy Advisory Council

• SILC- Statewide Independent Living Council

• UH-CDS- University of Hawaii, Center on Disability Studies

• VA- Veterans Affairs

• VHA- Veterans Health Administration