Alphabet Soup: Acronyms You Should Know

Mar 06, 2020

By Tara Jensen

Do you ever get confused about all of the acronyms MBPC (aka the Montana Budget & Policy Center) uses? To help clear things up, we put our 50 most common acronyms in one place. ABAWD            Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents ACA                   Affordable Care Act ACS                    American Community Survey ANB                   Average Number Belonging ARM                  Administrative Rules of Montana BBA                    Balance Budget Amendment BIA                     Bureau of Indian Affairs BRFSS                Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System CBO                   Congressional Budget Office CFS                    Child and Family Services CHAP                Community Health Aide Program COPP                 Commissioner of Public Practices CTC                    Child Tax Credit DOC                   Department of Corrections DOJ                    Department of Justice DOR                   Department of Revenue DPHHS              Department of Public Health and Human Services EBT                     Electronic Benefits Transfer EITC                   Earned Income Tax Credit EPP                      Executive Planning Process FDPIR                Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations FMLA                  Family Medical Leave Act FTE                      Full-Time Equivalent FY                        Fiscal Year HMK                   Healthy Montana Kids HUD                    Housing and Urban Development ICWA                  Indian Child Welfare Act IHS                      Indian Health Service IRS                      Internal Revenue Service LFD                     Legislative Fiscal Division LIEAP                 Low Income Energy Assistance Program LIHTC                Low Income Housing Tax Credit LOST                   Local Option Sales Tax MUS                    Montana University System OBPP                  Office of Budget and Program Planning OPA                    Office of Public Assistance OPI                     Office of Public Instruction OTO                   One-Time-Only RFP                     Request for Proposal RIC                     Revenue Interim Committee RMTLC              Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council SALT                   State and Local Tax Deduction SCOTUS             Supreme Court of the United States SNAP                  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SSA/SSI/SSDI     Social Security Administration/Social Security Insurance/Social Security Disability Insurance TABOR               Tax Payers Bill of Rights TANF                  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TIF                       Tax Increment Financing UI                         Unemployment Insurance WIC                     Women Infant and Children