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 - ;

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 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 Responsibility
to Kids Program -
CWPDP California Work Pays Demonstration Project -
Camper
Cancelled check
Capability -
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 -
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 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 -

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 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 -
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 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 -
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 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 -
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 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 -
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 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 -

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 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 -
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 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 -

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Invalidate -
Inventory
Involuntary Deductions -
Involve -
Irrevocable -
Issuance -
Issue - ;
Itemized Deductions -

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 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 -

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 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 -
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 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 -

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 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 -
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 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 -

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 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 -

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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 -

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 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 -
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 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 -

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 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 -

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 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 -

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 Q
Qualified -
QMB Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program -
QC Quality Control -
Quality Control Review -

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 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 -
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 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 -

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 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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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 -
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 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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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 -
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 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.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 -
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 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 -
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 Widow Pension -
Will -
Willful Failure to Report -
Windfall Money -
Withdrawal -
Witness -
WIC Women, Infants and Children -
Women, Infants, and Children, Supplemental -
Food Program -
WIA
Work 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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