Below is a list of frequently used acronyms used throughout the Juvenile Justice system.
AOIC – Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
APPA – American Parole & Probation Association
ART – Aggression Replacement Training
BARJ – Balanced and Restorative Justice
BYSDP – Bureau of Youth Services and Delinquency Prevention
CAB – Child Advocacy Board
CAC – Child Advocacy Center
CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocate
CCBYS – Comprehensive Community Based Youth Services
CFY – Communities for Youth
CMO – Chief Managing Officer (Same as CPO)
CPO – Chief Parole Officer (Same as CMO)
CraWaLa – Crawford Wabash and Lawrence Counties Volunteers in Probation
DI – Delinquency Intervention
DJJ/IDJJ – (State of Illinois) Department of Juvenile Justice
DMC – Disproportionate Minority Contact/Confinement
DOC – (State of Illinois) Department of Corrections
DOJ – (U.S.) Department of Justice
DP – Delinquency Prevention
EBP – Evidence Based Practices
ERC – Evening Reporting Center
FFT – Functional Family Therapy
IAJJC – Illinois Association of Juvenile Justice Councils
IIJIS – Illinois Integrated Justice Information System
IJDAI – Illinois Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
IJJC – Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission
ISBE – Illinois State Board of Education
IST – Instructional Support Team
JAC – Juvenile Action Committee
JJDP(A) – Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Act)
JJC – Juvenile Justice Commission
JJI – Juvenile Justice Council
JJMHI – Juvenile Justice Mental Health Initiative
JMIS – Juvenile Monitoring Information System
JSO – Juvenile Sex Offender
JWATCH – (Illinois Juvenile Supervision Database)
MDT – Multi-Disciplinary Team
MHP – Mental Health Professional
MRAI – Minors Requiring Authoritative Intervention
MST – Multi-Systemic Therapy
OJJDP – (U.S.) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
PYD – Positive Youth Development
QMHP – Qualified Mental Health Professional
RGC – Restorative Group Conferencing
RHYA – Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
RHYTTAC – Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Centers
RIOB – Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board
RUR – Release Upon Request
SAMHSA – (U.S.) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SASS – Screening Assessment and Support Services
SOC – System of Care
TAOEP – Truants Alternative & Optional Education Program
TASC – Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
TLP – Transitional Living Program
TRB – Truancy Review Board
UDIS – Unified Delinquency Intervention Services
VOM – Victim Offender Mediation
WAIT – Washington Aggression Interruption Training
YASI – Youth Assessment Screening Instrument
YS – Youth Services