Acronyms
Acronym |
What the Acronym Stands For |
AAA |
Area Agency on Aging |
ACL |
Administration for Community Living |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
AG |
Attorney General |
ALL |
Abuse in Later Life |
APG |
Agency Priority Goals |
APS |
Adult Protective Services |
APS TARC |
Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center |
AUSA |
Assistant U.S. Attorney |
BEC |
Business Email Compromise |
CFPB |
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
COACH |
Comprehensive Older Adult and Caregiver Help |
COPS |
Community Oriented Policing Services |
CPB |
Consumer Protection Branch (Civil Division) |
CRT |
Civil Rights Division |
DOJ |
Department of Justice |
EAGLE |
Elder Abuse Guide for Law Enforcement |
EAPPA |
Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017 |
EJA |
Elder Justice Act |
EJCs |
Elder Justice Coordinators |
EJCC |
Elder Justice Coordinating Council |
EJI |
Elder Justice Initiative |
E-MDTs |
Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams |
EOUSA |
Executive Office for United States Attorneys |
FASTs |
Financial Abuse Specialist Teams |
FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FBIHQ/CID/ FCS/ECU |
FBI Headquarters/Criminal Investigative Division/Financial Crimes Section/Economic Crimes Unit |
FINRA |
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority |
FTC |
Federal Trade Commission |
HHS |
Health and Human Services |
IACP |
International Association of Chiefs of Police |
IADLEST |
International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training |
IC3 |
Internet Crime Complaint Center |
IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
JOA |
Justice for Older Adults |
MDT TAC |
Multidisciplinary Team Technical Assistance Center |
MDTs |
Multidisciplinary Teams |
MFCU |
Medicaid Fraud Control Units |
MLARS |
Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (Criminal Division) |
NAAG |
National Association of Attorneys General |
NACJD |
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data |
National Center |
National Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Team Training and Technical Assistance Center |
NCALL |
National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life |
NCEA |
National Center on Elder Abuse |
NCJRS |
National Criminal Justice Reference Service |
NCSC |
National Center for State Courts |
NCVC |
National Center for Victims of Crimes |
NIA |
National Institute on Aging |
NIJ |
National Institute of Justice |
NIPEA |
National Institute on the Prosecution of Elder Abuse |
NSA |
National Sheriffs’ Association |
NW3C |
National White Collar Crime Center |
NASAA |
North American Securities Administrators Association |
OJP |
Office of Justice Programs |
OVC |
Office for Victims of Crimes |
OVC TTAC |
Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center |
OVW |
Office on Violence Against Women |
PII |
Personal Identifying Information |
PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
POA |
Power of Attorney |
POST |
Peace Officer Standards and Training |
PSA |
Public Service Announcement |
SAA |
State Administering Agencies |
SAFE |
Safe Accessible Forensic Interviewing for Elders |
SAFTA |
Senior Abuse Financial Tracking and Accounting |
SALT |
Seniors and Law Enforcement Together |
SDOH |
Social Determinants of Health |
SRT |
Supervised Release Term |
USAO |
United States Attorney’s Office |
USPS-OIG |
U.S. Postal Service – Office of Inspector General |
USTP |
U.S. Trustee Program |
VWC |
Victim-Witness Coordinator |
WEAAD |
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |