Federal Activities Addressing Violence in Schools
Abbreviations Guide
ACF
Administration on Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services
www.acf.dhhs.gov
ATF
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Department of Treasury
www.atf.treas.gov
BJA
Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, Department of
Justice
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA
BJS
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, Department of
Justice
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
www.cdc.gov
CMHS
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/
COPS
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/cops/home.htm
CPSC
Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov/
CSAP
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
www.samhsa.gov/csap
CSAT
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
www.samhsa.gov/csat/csat.htm
DASH
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Department of Health and Human Services
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash
DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov
DOJ
Department of Justice
www.usdoj.gov
DOL
Department of Labor
www.dol.gov
DOT
Department of Transportation
www.dot.gov
ED
Department of Education
www.ed.gov
EMSC
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Department of Transportation; Maternal
and Child Health Bureau/Health Resources and Services Administration; Department
of Health and Human Services
www.ems-c.org
ETA
Office of Policy and Research, Employment and Training Administration, Department
of Labor
www.doleta.gov
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.fema.gov
HRSA
Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services
www.hrsa.gov
HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing,
Office of Public and Assisted Housing Delivery, Community Safety and Conservation
Division
www.hud.gov
IHS
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services
www.ihs.gov
MCHB
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services
www.mchb.hrsa.gov
NCES
National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education
nces.ed.gov
NCHS
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Department of Health and Human Services
www.cdc.gov/nchs
NCI
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of
Health and Human Services
www.nci.nih.gov
NCIPC
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
www.cdc.gov/ncipc
NHTSA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
www.nhtsa.dot.gov
NIAAA
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes
of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
www.niaaa.nih.gov
NICHD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes
of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
www.nichd.nih.gov
NIDA
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Department
of Health and Human Services
www.nida.nih.gov
NIDCD
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
www.nidcd.nih.gov
NIGMS
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health,
Department of Health and Human Services
www.nigms.nih.gov
NIH
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
www.nih.gov
NIJ
National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Department of
Justice
www.ojp.usdoj.gov
NIMH
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department
of Health and Human Services
www.nimh.nih.gov
NINR
National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Department
of Health and Human Services
http://www.nih.gov/ninr/index.html
NIOSH
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
www.cdc.gov/niosh
NSF
National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov
NTAC
National Threat Assessment Center, US Secret Service, Department of the Treasury
www.treas.gov/usss/
OBSSR
Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, National Institutes of
Health, Department of Health and Human Services
www1.od.nih.gov/obssr/obssr.htm
OJJDP
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice
Programs, Department of Justice
ojjdp.ncjrs.org
OJP
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
www.ojp.usdoj.gov
ONDCP
Office of National Drug Control Policy
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
OVC
Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc
SAMHSA
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services
www.samhsa.gov
SDFS
Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, Department of Education
www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS
TREAS
United States Treasury
www.treas.gov