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National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

A Federal resource for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people.

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