Definition List

• ACT
  Assertive Community Treatment - Definition


• ART
  Advanced Reporting Tool - Definition


• Case Management - Definition


• CCEH
  Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness - Definition


• CDBG
  Community Development Block Grant - Definition


• CHFa
  Connecticut Housing Finance Authority - Definition


• Chronic Homelessness
  Chronic Homelessness - Definition


• Co-occurring Disorders
  Co-occurring Disorders - Definition


• CoC
  Continuum of Care - Definition


• Consolidated Plan
  Consolidated Plan - Definition


• CSH
  Corporation for Supportive Housing - Definition


• CT Housing Coalition
  CT Housing Coalition - Definition


• CTWorks
  CTWorks - Definition


• DCF
  Department of Children and Families - Definition


• DECD
  Department of Economic and Community Development - Definition


• Discharge Planning
  Discharge Planning - Definition


• DMHAS
  Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services - Definition


• DOL
  Department of Labor - Definition


• DSS
  Department of Social Services - Definition


• Dually-diagnosed
  Dually-diagnosed - Definition


• e-SNAPS
  e-SNAPS - Definition


• Flexible Childcare Assistance Fund
  Flexible Childcare Assistance Fund - Definition


• FUSE
  Frequent Users’ Service Enhancement Program - Definition


• Harm Reduction
  Harm Reduction - Definition


• HDX
  Homeless Data Exchange - Definition


• HEARTH
  Homelessness Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act - Definition


• HFF
  Housing First for Families - Definition


• HMIS
  Homeless Management Information System - Definition


• Homeless Persons
  Homeless Persons - Definition


• Housing First
  Housing First - Definition


• HPRP
  Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program - Definition


• HUD
  Housing and Urban Development - Definition


• HUD HRE
  The Homelessness Resource Exchange - Definition


• JFES
  Jobs First Employment Services - Definition


• LGBT
  Lesbian Gay Bi-Sexual and Transgender - Definition


• Literally Homeless
  Literally Homeless - Definition


• LMHA
  Local Mental Health Authority - Definition


• Long Term Homelessness
  Long Term Homelessness - Definition


• LWIB
  Workforce Investment Board-Local - Definition


• McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
  McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act - Definition


• NAEH
  National Alliance to End Homelessness - Definition


• Next Step Initiative
  Next Step Initiative - Definition


• NHCHC
  National Health Care for the Homeless Council - Definition


• NLCHP
  National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty - Definition


• No Wrong Door
  No Wrong Door - Definition


• Prevention
  Prevention - Definition


• Rapid Re-Housing
  Rapid Re-Housing - Definition


• Re-Entry Housing
  Re-Entry Housing - Definition


• Reaching Home Campaign
  Reaching Home Campaign - Definition


• Scattered-site Housing
  Scattered-site Housing - Definition


• Section 8
  Section 8 - Definition


• Service Plans
  Service Plans - Definition


• Shelter Plus Care
  Shelter Plus Care - Definition


• Single-site Housing
  Single-site Housing - Definition


• SRO
  Single Room Occupancy Building - Definition


• SSBG
  Social Services Block Grant - Definition


• SSDI
  SSDI - Definition


• SSI
  Supplemental Security Income Program - Definition


• Stakeholders
  Stakeholders - Definition


• Supportive Housing
  Supportive Housing - Definition


• TANF
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - Definition


• TANF Emergency Contingency Fund
  TANF Emergency Contingency Fund - Definition


• Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness
  Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness - Definition


• Transitional Housing
  Transitional Housing - Definition


• Under-Employed
  Under-Employed - Definition


• USICH
  United States Interagency Council on Homelessness - Definition


• VASH
  Veterans Administration Supportive Housing - Definition


• Vulnerability Index
  Vulnerability Index - Definition


• Work Incentives
  Work Incentives - Definition


• Workforce Investment Act-WIA
  Workforce Investment Act-WIA - Definition


• Wrap-around Services
  Wrap-around Services - Definition