AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics
ABE: Adult Basic Education
ACDS: Apprenticeship for Child Development Specialist
ACES: Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
AHT: Abusive Head Trauma
ASQ: Ages and Stages Questionnaires
AWARE: Advancing Wellness and Resilience Education (Project AWARE)
BCF: Bureau for Children and Families
BBHHF: Bureau of Behavioral Health and Health Facilities
BOE: Board of Education
BPH: Bureau for Public Health
CAC: Child Advocacy Center
CAPTA: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocate
CCR&R: Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
CDA: Child Development Associate
CHIP: Children’s Health Insurance Program
COIIN: Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network
CQI: Continuous Quality Improvement
CPS: Child Protective Services
DHHR: Department of Health and Human Resources (State)
DHS: Department of Human Services (Federal)
ECE: Early Care and Education
ECPTF: Early Childhood Planning Task Force
EHS: Early Head Start
FACTS: Families And Children Tracking System
FRC: Family Resource Center
FRN: Family Resource Network
FQHC: Federally Qualified Health Center
HAPI: Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents & Infants Project
HARC: Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative
HFA: Healthy Families America
IHFE: In-Home Family Education
IPV: Intimate Partner Violence
LAUNCH: Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health (Project LAUNCH)
LIA: Local Implementation Agency
MIECHV: Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting
MIHOW: Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker
NEAR: Neuroscience, Epigenetics, ACEs, Resilience
OMCFH: Office of Maternal, Child Family Health
PAT: Parents As Teachers
PBS: Positive Behavior Support
PiCO: Partners in Community Outreach
PRAMS: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
PRSI: Prenatal Risk Screening Instrument
PURPLE: Peak of crying, Unexpected, Resists Soothing, Pain-like face, Long lasting, Evening
RFTS: Right From the Start
SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
STARS: State Training and Registry System
SUIDS: Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Syndrome
TEACH WV: Teacher Education and Compensation Helps West Virginia
Triple P: Positive Parenting Program
WATCH: Working in Appalachia to Identify At-Risk Infants, Critical Congenital Heart Disease and Hearing Loss (Project WATCH, formerly WV Birth Score)
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