Terms & Abbreviations

Question 1

Two Six

Answer 1

366.26 hearing

Determines a permanent plan for the child when reunification services are terminated to
the parents

Question 2

6 MR

Answer 2

6 Month Review Hearing (Reunification)

Question 3

12 MR

Answer 3

12 Month Review Hearing (Reunification)

Question 4

18 MR

Answer 4

18 Month Review Hearing (Reunification)

Question 5

Detention

Answer 5

Initial hearing within 72 hours of being removed or petition filed

Question 6

J/D or Juris/Dispo

Answer 6

Jurisdiction and Disposition Hearing

They usually occur back to back

Question 7

Review

Answer 7

Review hearing

The child is returned to a parent but there are still issues necessitating dependency
jurisdiction (Reunification)

Question 8

PPR

Answer 8

Permanency Planning Review

Hearing for a child in LTFC/APPLA or on an adoption/guardianship track

Question 9

PPNM

Answer 9

Permanency Planning Non-Minor

Hearing for a Non-Minor Dependent

Question 10

AS

Answer 10

Advocacy Supervisor

Question 11

APM

Answer 11

Assistant Program Manager

Question 12

CG

Answer 12

Caregiver

Question 13

FA

Answer 13

Father

Question 14

FM

Answer 14

Foster Mother

Question 15

FF

Answer 15

Foster Father

Question 16

MI

Answer 16

Minor

Question 17

PM

Answer 17

Program Manager

Question 18

NMD

Answer 18

Non-Minor Dependent – The child is over 18 and opts to stay in foster care

Question 19

NREFM

pronounced Na-ref-em

Answer 19

Non Related Extended Family Member

Question 20

APPLA

Answer 20

Another Permanent Planned Living Arrangement

the child will be in foster care until they age out of the system (same as LTFC)

Question 21

ASFA

Answer 21

Adoption and Safe Families Act

Question 22

CAH

Answer 22

Child Abuse Hotline

Question 23

CAP

Answer 23

Case Assessment Program (at VFC) – children in foster care who are not assigned a CASA

Question 24

CL

Answer 24

Case Liaison

Question 25

CFT Meeting

Answer 25

Child and family team meeting

Question 26

CSEC pronounced see-seck

Answer 26

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Question 27

DDC

Answer 27

Date Declared Dependent Child – Found in the Minute Orders either at theJurisdiction/Disposition hearing or following this hearing under “The Court Orders” section.

Question 28

DSEP

Answer 28

Developmental Screening and Enhancement Program: DSEP addresses the developmental and social-emotional needs of children birth to 5 years, 11 months upon entry into the child welfare system. DSEP’s developmental specialists provide services at Polinsky Children’s Center and in the homes of foster parents or relative caregivers.

Question 29

DV

Answer 29

Domestic violence