A

Abandonment -

Abide by -

Able and Available Spouse -

Able-bodied Adults -

ABAWD Able-bodied Adult, Aged 18-50, without Dependents - 18-50

Abolish -

Above Mentioned -

Absent Parent -

Abuse -

Accident Insurance -

Accommodations -

Accordance - ;

Accrue -

Acknowledge -

Acknowledge Receipt Requested -

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome -

Acquittal - ;

Act - ;

Acting -

Action for Civil Judgment -

Actual -

Acute care -

Acute Care Facility -

Adequate care -

Adequate Consideration -

Adequate notice -

Adjourn - ;

Adjusted Gross Income -

Adjustment -

Adjustment to Order -

AAD Administrative Adjudications Division -

ADH Administrative Disqualification Hearing -

Administrative Disqualification Hearing Waiver -

AE Administrative Error -

Administrative Error Overpayment -

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ALJ Administrative Law Judge -

Admissible - ;

Admit -

Admonition - ;

Adopted Child -

Adopted Decision -

Adoptee -

Adopting Parent -

AAP Adoption Assistance Program -

Adoptions Information Act -

Adoptive Parent -

Adult Adoptee -

Adult Aid Programs -

Adult Basic Education -

Adult Caretaker Relative -

Adult -

Adult Protective Services -

Adult Residential Homes -

Advanced Earned Income Credit -

Advisor -

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices -

Advocacy - ;

AIMB AFDC Information and Measurement Branch -

Affidavit -

Affiliation -

Aforementioned -

Aforesaid -

Aforethought -

Aged -

ABD Aged, Blind or Disabled -

ABD-MN ABD-Medically Needy - -

Agency -

Agency Adoption -

Agenda -

Aggravating Circumstances -

Agnos Act -

Agreement -

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Aid -

APP Aid Paid Pending -

Aid Payment -

AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children -

AFDC-FG AFDC - Family Group - -

AFDC-FC AFDC - Foster Care - -

AFDC-MN AFDC - Medically Needy - -

AFDC-U AFDC - Unemployment - -

AB Aid to the Blind -

Alaskan Native -

Alcohol and Drug Program -

Alcoholic Rehabilitation and Treatment Center -

Alias -

Alien -

Alien Registration Card -

Alien Status -

Alimony -

ACL All County Letter -

Allegations -

Alleged -

Alleged Father -

Alleviate -

Allocation -

Allotment -

Allowable Deductions -

Allowance -

A.K.A. Also Known As -

Alternate Decision -

APP Alternative Payment Program -

AWEX Alternative Work Experience -

Ambulate -

Amendment -

American Academy of Family Physicians -

American Academy of Pediatrics -

American Indian (Native American) -

ARC American Red Cross -

American Sign Language -

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American Social Health Association -

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act -

Amnesty -

Annual Review Period -

Annuity -

Annulment -

Antecedent -

Appeal -

Appeals Worker -

Appear -

Appellant -

Appellee -

Appliances - ;

Applicable -

Applicant -

Application, new -

Application of law -

Application process -

Apply - ;

Appoint - ;

Appraisal -

Appraisal Value -

Apprehend - ;

Apprise - ;

Arraignment - ;

Arrearage payment -

Arrearages -

Arrest -

Arrival-Departure Card - -

Artificial -

Assault - ;

Assembly Bill -

Assert - ;

Assessed Value -

Assessment -

AMS Asset Match System -

Assets -

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Assign -

Assignee -

Assignment -

Assignment of Support Right -

AU Assistance Unit -

Assistant Provider -

Asylee -

ARCCP At Risk Child Care Program -

Attachment -

Attempted Felony -

Attendance -

Attorney/client Privilege -

Attorney General's Office -

Authentic -

ATP Authorization to Participate -

AR Authorized Representative -

Award (Court Award for Injuries) -

Award Letter -

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B

Background -

Back Pay -

Bail -

Bailiff - ;

Balance -

Balancing -

Bank Book -

Baptismal Certificate -

Bar Association -

Basic Education Services -

BSAC Basic Standard of Adequate Care -

Basis - ;

Basis of Deprivation -

Be Advised -

Behalf (on) -

Bending - ;

Beneficiary -

BIC Benefits Identification Card -

BRU Benefits Review Unit -

Best of My Ability and Knowledge -

Bias -

Bill -

Binding -

Birth Certificate -

Block Grant -

Block Grant (Child Care) -

Board - ;

Board and Care -

Board of Equalization -

Boarder -

Boarding House -

Bond -

Bonus Value - SSI

Bowel and Bladder Care -

Brief -

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Budget Computation -

Burden of Proof -

Business and Professions Code -

BIA Business of India Affairs

Bylaws - ;

page 7

C

Cal-Learn -

Calendar Days -

Calendar Year -

CAC California Administrative Code -

CAAP California Alternative Assistance Program -

CCS California Children Services -

CCWRO California Coalition of Welfare Rights Organizations -

CCR California Code of Regulations -

CDE California Department of Education -

CDHS California Department of Health Services -

CDSS California Department of Social Services -

CETA California Education and Training Act -

California Family Code -

CFAD California Food Assistance Program -

California Health and Safety Code -

CPLS California Parent Locator Service -

California Relay Service -

CalTAP California Temporary Assistance Program -

CalWORKs California Work Opportunity and Responsibilityto Kids Program -

CWPDP California Work Pays Demonstration Project - CamperCancelled checkCapability - Capable - Capitation (grant) -

Car Pool -

Care Home, Licensed -

C/O Care of -

Caregiver -

Caretaker Relative -

Case Management Services -

Case Manager -

Case Plan -

Case Record -

Case Worker -

page 8

Cash Aid /Cash Grant -

Cash Aid General Assistance Program -

Cash Aid-based Medi-Cal -

CAPI Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants -

Cash Refund -

Cash Surrender Value -

Cash Value -

Cashier's Check -

Casual Income -

Casualty - ;

Catheter -

CIP/CIU Center Intake Point/Center Intake Unit -

CDC Center for Disease Control -

CP Cerebral Palsy -

CD Certificate of Deposit - ;

Certification Period -

Certified Copy -

Certified Family Home -

Certify -

Character References -

Charge Account -

Checking Account -

Child Abuse -

Child Abuse Index Check -

CCDBG Child Care and Development Block Grant -

Child care center -

Child Care Resource and Referral Program -

Child Care Trustline Registry System -

Child Day Care Services -

CHDP Child Health and Disability Prevention Program -

CPS Child Protective Services -

Child Support -

Child Support State Licensing Matching System -

Child Welfare Services/Case Management System -

Chore Services -

Citation -

page 9

Citizenship -

CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services - Claimant - Class Action Suit -

Clearance (tuberculosis) -

Clerical Error -

Closing Cost

Co-Licensee -

Code - ;

CFR Code of Federal Regulations -

Codefendant -

Cohabitation -

Collateral - ;

Collector's Office -

Color of Law -

Commission -

Commission on Teacher Credentialing -

Commit -

Common Law Marriage -

Communal Dining Center -

Communal Dining Facility -

Community Care Facility -

CCL Community Care Licensing -

Community Property -

Community Service/Work Experience Activities -

Community Work Experience Program -

Companion Appeal -

Compensate -

Competence -

Complaint -

Complaints & Case Review Unit -

Compliance - ;

CETA Comprehensive Employment and Training Act -

Compulsory - ;

Computation -

Conceal -

Concurrent Budgeting -

page 10

Conditional Entrant -

Conditional withdrawal -

Confinement -

Congress (House of Representatives & Senates) -

Conjugal - ;

Consecutive Interpretation -

Consultative Exam -

CPI Consumer Price Index -

Contempt -

Contempt Hearing -

Contend - ;

Contest - ;

Continuance -

Continued Absence -

Contracting Rural County -

Controlled Substance -

Controversy -

Convalescent -

Convalescent Home -

Convey -

Convict -

CARE Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education -

Correction Facility -

Corporation -

Cost of Avoidance -

Cost of Living -

COLA Cost of Living Adjustment -

Council -

Councilman -

Counsel -

County Board of Supervisors -

County Clerk -

County Facilities -

CMSP County Medical Services Program -

County Position Statement -

County Recorder -

County Registrar of Vial Statistics -

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County Representative -

County Seat -

CWD County Welfare Department -

Court Award -

Court Clerk -

Court Commissioner -

Court Cost -

Court Order -

Court Settlement -

Court Trustee -

Coverage -

Credit Reporting Agency -

Credit Union -

Criminal Prosecution -

Criteria -

Critical Need -

Cross Examine -

Cuban Refugee Assistance Program -

CHEP Cuban/Haitian Entrant Program -

Curio Cabin -

Current -

Current Income -

Current Support Payment -

Custodial Parent -

Custodial Parent or Custodial Party -

Custody -

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D

Database -

Date Stamped -

Day Care Center -

Deadline -

Deaf-blind -

Debt -

Declaration of Paternity -

Decline -

Decree -

Deductible -

Deed - ;

Deeds of Trust

Deemed - ;

Defamatory -

Default - ;

Default Judgment -

Defendant/Respondent -

Defer -

DEFRA Deficit Reduction Act -

Defraud -

Demand for Repayment -

Denial -

Denial Issue -

Denti-Cal Dental Assistance Program - California -

Dentures -

Department of Agriculture, United States -

DDS Department of Developmental Services -

DHHS Department of Health and Human Services -

DHS Department of Health Services -

HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development -

DMV Department of Motor Vehicles -

DPA Department of Public Assistance -

DSS Department of Social Services -

Dependent Care Earned Income Disregard -

Dependent Care Expense Disregard -

Dependent of the Court - page 13

Depo-Provera

Deposition -

Deprivation -

Deputy District Attorney -

Detention Order -

Detriment -

Developmental Disability -

Device -

Direct Payment System (Child Care) -

Disability -

DED Disability Evaluation Division -

DIB Disability Insurance Benefits -

Disability-based Unearned Income -

Disallowance -

DAC Disaster Assistance Center -

DRS Disaster Response Services -

Discharge - ;

Disclosure Statement -

Dismiss - ;

Disregard -

Disregard, Standard Work Expense -

DA District Attorney -

Diversion Payment -

Divorce Decree -

Dollar for Dollar

Domestic Violence -

Down Payment

Due Consideration -

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E

Earned Income -

EIC Earned Income Credit -

EITC Earned Income Tax Credit -

Earnings -

Earnings Assignment -

Educational Loans -

Effective Date -

Elective State Disability Insurance -

e-mail Electronic Mail -

EAS Eligibility and Assistance Standards -

Eligibility and Assistance Standards Manual -

Eligibility and Income Report -

EW Eligibility Worker -

Eligible Facility -

Eligible Legal Non-citizen -

Emergency Assistance -

EAP Emergency Assistance Program -

Emergency Disaster Plan -

EFAP Emergency Food Assistance Program -

ELP Emergency Loan Program -

EMT Emergency Medical Technician -

ERP Emergency Response Program -

Emergency Shelter -

Employee Deferred Compensation -

Employee Earnings Record -

Employer -

Employer Lockout -

Employment Counseling -

EDD Employment Development Department -

ETS Employment Training Services -

Encumbrances -

Enforcement - ;

ESL English-as-a-Second-Language - -

Entitle -

Entitlement Program -

ECA Entrant Cash Assistance - page 15

Environment Quality Act -

Equal Access -

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity -

Equitable Estoppel -

Equity -

Escrow -

Establishment of Paternity -

et seq (Latin) -

Evidentiary -

Examination - ;

Excess Payment -

Excess Shelter -

Excess Shelter Deductions -

EVH Excess Value Home (Program) -

Exempt Child Care -

Exemption -

Exhibits - ;

ES Expedited Service -

Extenuating Circumstances - ;

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F

Facility - ;

Facts -

Failure - ;

Fair Employment and Housing Act -

Fair Hearing -

Fair Market value -

Family and Medical Leave Act -

FBU Family Budget Unit -

Family Day Care -

Family Fee -

FG Family Group -

Family Home -

Family Need Standard -

Family Reunification Services -

Family Support Act -

FSD Family Support Division -

Family Support Office -

FHA Farmers Home Administration -

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation -

FBI Clearance -

Finger Print Image

Federal Disaster Relief Act -

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency -

Federal Financial Participation -

Federal income tax -

Federal Income Tax Return -

FPLS Federal Parent Locator Service -

Federal Poverty Level -

Federal Privacy Act -

Federal Waiver -

Fee Schedule -

Felony -

Field Service Branch -

File a Complaint -

File a Request -

Filing Date - page 17

Filing of Tax Return -

Financial Aid -

Financial Eligibility -

Find -

Fine -

Fingerprint Imaging Pilot Program -

Fire Insurance -

Fiscal Year -

Flat Amount -

Follow up -

FCS Food and Consumer Service -

FNS Food and Nutrition Service -

Food Coupons -

FS Food Stamps -

Food stamp Allotment -

FSET Food Stamp Employment and Training -

Food Stamp Household -

FSOLIS Food Stamp On-Line Issuance System -

Food Stamp Program -

Foreclose - ;

Forfeit - ;

Forgery -

Form -

Formal LGrievance Process -

Forward Adjustment -

FC Foster Care -

Foster Care Facility -

Foster :Home -

Foster Parent -

FTB Franchise Tax Board -

Fraud -

Fraud & Audits Bureau -

Fraud Prevention & Investigation Section -

Fringe benefits -

Full Faith and Credit Act -

Full Service (adoption agency) -

Full-time Employee -

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Full-time Student -

Funds -

Furnish -

Future Payment -

page 19

G

Gainful Employment -

Garnishment -

GED General Education Development -

GED Certificate -

GA/GR General Assistance/General Relief -

Genetic Background -

Give Notice -

Give up -

GI Bill -

Good Cause -

Good Faith -

Good Reason -

Government Bonds -

Grade -

Graduation Equivalency Diploma -

Grant -

Grant Adjustment -

Grant Computation -

Grant Diversion -

GAIN Greater Avenues for Independence -

Gross Earnings -

Group Hearing -

Group Home -

Guardian -

Guardianship -

Guide Dog Special Allowance -

Guide Dog Special Allowance Program -

Guidelines -

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H

Handicap -

Hardship -

Hardship Supplemental Payment -

Head of Household -

Head Start Program -

Headquarters -

HHS Health and Human Services -

Health Care -

Health Facility -

Health Insurance -

HIC Health Insurance Claim -

Health Insurance Coverage Assignment -

HMO Health Maintenance Organization -

Health Recovery Bureau -

HSA Health Services Area -

HWA Health & Welfare Agency -

Hearing -

Hearing Device -

Hearing Officer -

Hearing Request -

Hearings and Complaints Specialist -

Hearsay Testimony -

History (Medical) -

Home and Community-based Care Services -

HA Homeless Assistance -

Homeless Aid/Assistance -

Homemaker Chore Services -

HR House of Representatives -

Houseboat

Household -

Household Maintenance -

Housing -

HIV Human Immune Deficiency Virus -

Hunger Prevention Act -

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I

IOU I Owe You -

I-688 -

Illegal Alien -

Immediate Assistance -

Immediate Care - ;

Immediate Need -

INS Immigration and Naturalization Service -

IRCA Immigration Reform & Control Act -

Immunization -

Impact -

Impairment -

Impairment Related Work Expenses -

Implementation -

Implication -

In Effect -

(In the) Best Interest of - ...IHMC In-Home Medical Care -

IHMC In-Home Medical Care Program -

IHSS In-Home Supportive Services -

In-kind Income -

In-take Unit -

In-take Worker -

Inadequate Notice -

Inadmissibility -

IHE Inadvertent Household Error -

Incapacity -

Income -

IEVS Income and Eligibility Verification System -

IMU Income Maintenance Unit -

Income Tax Refund -

Income Tax Return -

Income Tax Withholding Form (W-4) -

Incompetence -

Inconclusive -

Inconsistent -

Increase - page 22

Independent Adoption -

ITJP Indian Tribal Jobs Program -

Indigent -

IFGP Individual and Family Grant Program -

IHDDS Individual Hospital Discharge Data Summary -

Individual Income Tax -

IPP Individual Program Plan

IRA Individual Retirement Account -

IRAP Indochinese Refugee Assistance Program -

IAP Ineligible Alien Parent -

Infant -

Information and Referral -

Information Practices Act -

Inheritance - ;

Injury -

Inpatient Hospital Care -

Inquest -

Installments -

Insurance -

Insurance Policy -

ICNN Intensive Care Newborn Nursery -

IPV Intentional Program Violation -

ICT Inter County Transfer -

Intercept -

Intercept Collection -

Intercountry Adoption -

Intercounty Adoptions -

Interest - ;

Interim Assistance -

ICF Intermediate Care Facility -

IRS Internal Revenue Service -

Interpreter - ;

ICPC Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children -

Interstate Collection -

Intracounty Collection -

Intra Status Change -

Intrauterine Device -

page 23

Invalidate -

Inventory

Involuntary Deductions -

Involve -

Irrevocable -

Issuance -

Issue - ;

Itemized Deductions -

page 24

J-K

Jail -

Jet Skis -

Job Club -

Job Developer -

Job Development -

Job Placement -

Job Search -

Job Search Services -

Job Search Workshop -

Job Services -

Job Skills -

Job Termination Notice -

JTPA Job Training Partnership Act -

Judgement -

Judicial Officer -

Jurisdiction -

Jurisdictional and Dispositional Orders -

Just Cause -

Juvenile Center/Hall -

Juvenile Court -

Keogh Plan -

KIN-GAP Kinship-Guardianship Assistance Payment -

Knowingly -

page 25

L

Labor -

Labor Force -

Lack of Knowledge -

Law Enforcement -

Lawful Permanent Resident -

Lawfully Admitted -

Lay Off -

Lease -

Legal Advisor -

Legal Aid -

Legal Father -

Legal Guardian -

Legal Settlement -

Legal Status -

Legally Present -

Legislature -

Legitimate - ;

Levy -

Liability - ;

Liaison -

Libelous -

LVN Licensed Vocational Nursing -

License -

Licensed Care Home -

Licensed Center Care -

Licensed Family Day Care Homes -

Licensee -

Licensing -

Licensing Agency -

Licensure - ;

Lien - ;

Life Estate

Life Expectancy -

Life Insurance Policy -

Life Threatening Situation -

Limitation - page 26

Linked Benefits - ...Liquid Resources -

Liquidate - ;

Liquidated Sum -

Liquidation - ;

Litigate -

Living Expenses -

Long Range -

LTC Long Term Care -

Long-arm Statute -

Long-term Care Patient -

Long-term Prep -

Low Income Family -

Lump Sum -

Lump Sum Income -

page 27

M

Maiden Name -

Mailed -

Mailing Address -

Maintenance Need -

Maintenance of Effort -

Managed Care Plan

Mandatory Deductions -

Mandatory Payroll Deductions -

MPP Manual of Policies and Procedures -

Marital Status -

Mark Up -

Market Price -

Market Value -

Marriage Certificate -

Marriage Penalty -

Match -

Maternity Home -

Matter -

MAP Maximum Aid Payment -

MIL Maximum Income Level -

MFG Maximum Family Grant -

Maximum Relocation Grant -

Meals-on-Wheels -

Medi-Cal -

Medi-Cal Card -

MFBU Medi-Cal Family Budget Unit - Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal Only - Medi-Cal

Medicaid - Medi-Cal

Medical Facility -

Medical Out-of-Home Care Facility -

Medical Support -

MI Medically Indigent -

Medically Indigent Adult -

MISP Medically Indigent Services Program -

MN Medically Needy -

Medically Needy Only - page 28

Medicare -

MCCA Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act -

Medigap (Medicare Supplemental Insurance) -

Meet or exceed the listings - DED

Meet the Criteria -

Mental Alertness -

Mentally ill -

Mentally Retarded -

Military Allotment -

MBSAC Minimum Basic Standard of Adequate Care -

Minor Parent -

Misdemeanor -

Misrepresentation -

Mobile Home -

Modification -

Money Management -

MMA Money Market Account -

Money Order -

Monthly Eligibility Report -

Monthly Income -

Monthly Payments -

Mortgage -

Mortgage Interest -

Mortgage Payment -

Motion -

Moving Expenses -

Multipurpose Senior Service Program -

Municipal Court -

Mutual fund

Mutual Fund Shares -

page 29

N

Namely -

Native American Reservation -

Natural Parent -

Naturalized Citizen -

Needs Assessment -

Needs Standard -

Needy -

Net Income -

Net Nonexempt Earned Income -

Net Nonexempt Income -

Newly Discovered Evidence -

NET Non-GAIN Education and Training Program - GAIN

Nonadopting Stepfather's Income -

NAFS Nonassistance Food Stamp -

Nonassistance Household -

Noncitizen -

Noncustodial Adoption Agency -

Noncustodial Parent -

Nonemergency Medical Transportation -

Nonexempt Income -

Nonfraudulent Overpayment -

NMOHC Nonmedical Out-of-Home Care -

Nonneedy -

Nonprofit Agency -

Nonrecurring -

Nonrecurring Lump-Sum Payment -

Nonseverely Impaired -

Nonwillful Failure to Report -

Norplan -

Note - ;

NOA Notice of Action -

Notice of Adverse Action -

Notice of Eviction -

Notice of Intended Action -

Notify -

page 30

Nursing Facility or Home (skilled) -

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O

Oath -

Obligate -

Obligated Parent -

Obligation -

Odd Jobs -

Off the Record -

Office of Emergency Services -

OFA Office of Family Assistance -

OCALJ Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge -

OCR Office of the Chief Referee -

Office of Vital Records -

Offset -

Old Age Exemption -

Old Age Pension -

OASDI Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance - SSA

Omnibus Reconciliation Act -

OJT On-the-Job Training -

OLT-HA Once in a Lifetime Homeless Assistance -

Operating Cost -

Order -

OSC Order to Show Cause -

Ordinance -

Ordinary -

OAB Organization of Area Boards

Orientation

Other PA -

Out-of-Home Care for Adults -

Overdue -

Overissuance -

Overpayment -

Overtime -

Owner -

Ownership -

page 32

P

Palimony -

Pamphlet -

Paper work

Paramedic -

Pardon -

Parolee -

Part-Time Employee -

Part-Time Student -

Particulars -

Partnership -

Party - ;

Pass-On Payment -

Passbook (savings acct.) -

Paternity Judgment -

POP Paternity Opportunity Program -

Pay Stub -

Payee -

Payroll -

Payroll Deductions -

Payroll Office -

Penal Institution -

Penalty -

Pension Fund -

POI Period of Ineligibility -

Perjury -

Permanent Housing aid -

Permanent Placement Services -

Permanent Resident Alien -

PRUCOL Permanently Residing Under Color of Law -

PCSP Personal Care Services Program -

Personal Counseling -

Personal Exemptions -

Personal Property -

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act -

Petition for a Hearing -

page 33

Petition for a Rehearing -

Petitioner -

Petitioner or Plaintiff -

Physical Disability -

Picket -

Placement -

Placement Agency -

Plaintiff -

Plaintiff or Petitioner -

PACT Planning, Access, Care and Treatment -

Plastic Issuance Card -

Poison Control -

Policy -

Policy Number -

Political Affiliation -

Political Asylum -

Position Statement -

Poster -

Postmark Date -

Postponement -

Potential Caregiver -

Precedent -

Preclude - ;

PREP Preemployment Preparation -

PPO Preferred Provider Organization (Medical) -

Prejudice -

Preliminary -

Premium -

PHP Prepaid Health Plan -

Preplacement Preventive Services -

Preponderance -

Prescription Drug -

Present - ;

Presumption -

Presumptive Eligibility -

Pretext -

Prevent -

page 34

Primary - ;

PCCM Primary Care Case Management -

PWR Primary Work Registrant -

PDG Principal Diagnostic Group -

Principal Earner -

PWE Principal Wage Earner -

Print -

PMB Prior Month Budgeting -

Priority -

Private -

Private Adoption -

PIC Private Industry Council -

Probation - ;

Probation Officer -

Procedure -

Process - ;

Profit -

Profitable -

Promissory Note - ;

Promote - ;

POE Proof of Eligibility -

Property -

Property Holdings -

Property Reserve -

Property Tax -

Proposed Decision -

Proration -

Prosecute -

Prospective Budgeting -

Prosthesis -

Protective Adults Services -

Protective Payee -

Protective Payments -

Protective Services -

Provider -

Provision -

Provisional -

page 35

Proxy - ;

PHF Psychiatric Health Facility -

PA Public Assistance -

Public Assistance Household -

Public Assistance Recipient -

Public Child Care Institution -

Public Health Nurse -

PIAR Public Inquiries and Response

Punishment -

Pursuant -

page 36

Q

Qualified -

QMB Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program -

QC Quality Control -

Quality Control Review -

page 37

R

R (Resource) & R (Referral) Agency -

Railroad Retirement -

Random Selection -

Rates - ;

Ratification - ;

Real Estate or Real Property -

Reapplication -

Recertification -

Recipient -

Recompense -

Record - ;

Recoupment - ;

Recovery -

Recurring -

Redetermination -

RISP Reduced Income Supplemental Payment -

Refer - ; ;

RCA Refugee Cash Assistance -

RDP Refugee Demonstration Project -

Refugee Education Assistance Act -

RRP Refugee Resettlement Program -

Refund -

Refusal -

Regardless -

Region

Register -

Register for Work -

Registered Value -

Registrar -

Registrar of Births and Deaths -

Registrar of Mortgages -

Registrar Office -

Registration -

Regulations -

Regulatory Authority -

Rehabilitation Center - page 38

Rehearing -

Reimbursement -

Reinstate - ; ;

Related Benefits -

Related Services -

Relationship -

Relative -

Relative Caretaker -

Relay Services -

Release - ;

Relevant - ;

Relief -

Relinquish - ;

Relinquished Child -

Relinquishment Adoption (Agency) -

RFG Relocation Family Grant -

Remand - ;

Remanded (the case is ) -

Remedy -

Reminder - ;

Removal - ; ;

Remunerate -

Render - ;

Renewal - ;

Renounce -

Rent -

Rental Income -

Reopen a Case -

Repayment -

Repeal -

Replacement Cost -

Report Card -

Representative -

Reputable -

Request -

Requirements -

Rescind -

page 39

Rescission -

Residence -

Residential Facilities for the Elderly -

RFC Residual Functional Capacity -

Resolution -

Resources -

Respite Care -

Respondent -

Responsible Relative Program -

Responsive Pleading -

Restaurant Meal Allowance -

Restitution -

Restoration -

Restraining Order -

Restricted Medi-Cal -

Restricted State CMSP - State CMSP

Resulting -

Retention Services

Retirement -

Retirement Funds -

RSDHI Retirement, Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance -

Retroactive Child Support -

Retrospective Budgeting -

Return Receipt Requested -

Revenue -

Review -

Revision -

Revocable -

Reward -

Right - ;

Room and Board -

Roomer -

Round Trip -

Rounded Down to the Next lower Whole Number

Routine Bed Baths -

Rule -

Ruling -

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S

Safely -

Safety Net -

Salary -

Sales Tax -

Sanction -

Savings Account -

Savings Bond -

Savings Certificate -

Schedule -

Scholarship -

School Attendance -

School District -

School Grant -

Scope -

Screen -

Search Warrant -

Second Parent -

Section 8 -

Securities -

Security - ;

Self Initiated Programs -

Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope -

Self-Employed -

Self-Referral -

Senate Bill -

SCPTP Senior Citizens Property Tax Postponement -

SAU Separate Administrative Unit -

Serve -

Service Plan -

Services for Children with Special Problems -

Set Aside -

Settlement -

Severance -

Severely Impaired -

Sewage -

SOC Share of Cost - page 41

Shelter - ;

Sheriff -

Short-Term Prep -

Simultaneous Interpretation -

Skilled Nursing Facility -

Skilled Nursing Home -

Sliding Fee Scale -

SBA Small Business Administration -

Smoke Detector -

Snowmobile

SSA Social Security Administration -

SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance -

SSN Social Security Number -

Social Services -

Social worker -

Source -

Special Circumstance Allowance Program -

Special Circumstances Program -

Special Diet Allowance -

SIU Special Investigative Unit -

Special Needs Children Adoption -

SLMB Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary -

Speech Impediment -

Spend Down -

Spenddown -

Spokesperson -

Sponsor -

Sponsor's Statement of Facts, Income and Resources -

Sponsored Alien -

Spousal Support -

Standard -

SUA Standard Utility Allowance -

Standard Work Expense Disregard -

State -

State CMSP -

State Compensation Insurance Fund -

SCO State Controller's Office -

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SDX State Data Exchange -

SDHS State Department of Health Services -

SDSS State Department of Social Services -

State Disability Indemnity -

SDI State Disability Insurance -

State Disability Insurance Benefits -

State Fire Marshal -

State Hearing -

SHSS State Hearing Support Section -

Statement -

Statement of Position -

SACSS Statewide Automated Child Support System -

SAWS Statewide Automated Welfare System -

Status - ;

Status Report -

Stay of Deportation -

Step-Parent -

Step-Parent Adoption -

Stepdaughter -

Stepfather Questionnaire -

SU Step-Parent Unit -

Step-Siblings -

Stepson -

Stillborn -

Stipulation -

Stocks -

Stooping -

Strike Benefits -

Strike Fund -

Student Loan -

Stuffer -

Sublease -

Submit - ;

Subpoena -

Subsidize - ;

Subsidized Child Care -

Substantial Gainful Activity -

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Substantiate -

Suit -

Summary Interpretation -

Summer Cabin -

Superior Court -

Supersede -

Supervised Job Search -

SCC Supplemental Child Care Program -

SSI/SSP Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment Program -

SSI/SSP linked Medi-Cal - SSI/SSP Medi-Cal

Support -

Support Payments -

Supported Work -

Supportive Services -

Surname -

Surrender - ;

Survivor -

Suspend - ;

Suspense Month -

Sustain - ;

Sustenance - ;

Swear -

SAVE Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements -

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T

Table

Tariff - ;

Task Force -

Tax Assessor -

Tax Dependency Statement -

Tax Refund -

Tax Return -

Tax Tables -

Tax Year -

Taxpayer -

Teenage Pregnancy Disincentive -

TDD Telecommunication Device for the Deaf -

TTY Teletypewriter -

TANF Temporary Assistance For Needy Family -

TDI Temporary Disability Insurance -

THP Temporary Housing Program -

I-188 Temporary Residence Card -

Temporary Restraining Order -

TS Temporary Shelter -

Temporary Shelter Aid -

TWC Temporary Worker's Compensation -

Tenant -

Term - ;

Test -

Testify -

Testimony - ;

Thrifty Food Plan -

Time Sheet -

Time Slot

Timely Manner -

Timely Notice -

Timely Request -

Tip - ;

Title - ;

Title XX -

Tools - page 45

Trailer

Transitional Medi-Cal -

Trafficking -

Training Allowance -

Transcript -

Transfer - ;

Transient -

TCC Transitional Child Care Program -

Transitional Employment -

Translation -

Translator -

Transmit -

Transmittal - ; ;

Treatment - ;

TAR Treatment Authorization Request -

Trial Bike

Tribunal - ;

Trust Account -

Trust Deed -

Trust Fund -

Trustee -

Trustline (Registry) -

Trustor -

Tuition -

Two-Party Check -

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U

U.S. Consulate General Office -

Unbiased -

Unborn Child -

Uncollectible -

Under Color of Law -

Under Docket Control -

Under Oath -

Under Order of Deportation -

Under Penalty of Perjury -

Underhanded - ;

Underissuance -

Underpayment -

Undertaking - ;

Undervalue -

Undocumented Alien -

Unearned Income -

Unemployment Assistance Benefits -

UIB Unemployment Insurance Benefits -

Unfit - ;

Uniform Interstate Family Support Act -

Uniform Parentage Act -

URESA Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act -

Union Dues -

UCI Unique Client Identifier -

USDA United States Department of Agriculture -

Unqualified -

Unreadable -

Unreasonable -

Unrecorded -

Unrefundable -

UAM Unrelated Adult Male -

Unrestricted -

Unserved - ;

Unsupervised Job Search -

Untransferable -

Upfront job search - page 47

V-W

Validity - ;

Van

Vendor Payment -

Verification -

Veterans Administration -

Veterans Benefits -

VEAP Veterans' Educational Assistance Program -

Visitation -

Vital Statistics -

Vocational English-as-a-Second-Language - -

Voluntary Cash Recovery -

Voluntary Departure -

Voluntary Grant Offset -

Voluntary Placement Agreement -

VITA Volunteer Income Tax Assistance -

VISTA Volunteers in Service to America -

Voucher -

Voucher Payment -

Wage and Tax Statement -

Wage Assignment -

Wage Assignment Order -

Wage Earner -

Wage Stub -

Waive - ;

Waiver -

Waiver of Right to an Administrative Disqualification Hearing -

Ward - ;

Warrant - ;

Wedfare -

Welfare Department -

Welfare Fraud & Audits Bureau -

WFP&I Welfare Fraud Prevention & Investigation -

W&IC Welfare & Institutions Code -

Welfare Rights Office -

WTW Welfare to Work - page 48

Widow Pension -

Will -

Willful Failure to Report -

Windfall Money -

Withdrawal -

Witness -

WIC Women, Infants and Children -

Women, Infants, and Children, Supplemental - Food Program -

WIAWork History -

WIN Work Incentive Program -

Work Pays Program -

Work Readiness Screening -

Work Release Program -

Work Study Program -

Work-Related Expenses -

Worker Number -

Workfare -

Worksheet -

Workshop -

Writ -

Writ of Execution -

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X-Y-Z

Yield -

YMCA Young Men's Christian Association

YWCA Young Women's Christian Association

ZBG Zero based grant - Medi-Cal

Zip Code -

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