A Australia
ACT Australian Capital Territory
ACTCOSS ACT Council of Social Service Inc
AFHO Australian Federal of Homelessness Organisations
AHO Aboriginal Housing Office
AHURI Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
BAG W Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Wohnungslosenhilfe e.V (National Federal Association of Homeless Assistance)
BAWO Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Wohnungslosenhilfe
B&B Bed and Breakfasts
BME Black and Minority Ethnic Groups
CACH Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness
CAD National SAAP Coordination and Development Committee
CAP Crisis Accommodation Program
CECODHAS European Liason Committee for Social Housing
CHIP Changing Homelessness in Practice - Scotland
CPD Community Planning and Development
CSH Corporation for Supportive Housing
CSHA Commonwealth State Housing Agreement
DCHV Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans
DECS Department of Education and Community Services
DEWRSB Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DTLR Department of Local Government and the Regions
EAPN European Anti Poverty Network
ESG Emergency Shelter Grant
EU European Union
FACS Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services, formerly known as Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services
FEANTSA Fédération Européenne d’Associations Nationales Travaillant avec les Sans-Abri (The European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless)
FIOpsd Italian Federation of Organisations Working with the Homeless
FRSP Family Relationships Services Programs
GAO General Accounting Office
GDP Gross Domestic Product
HAT Homelessness Action Team
HCH Health Care for the Homeless
HCHV Health Care for Homeless Veterans
HFH Homes for the Homeless
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HLM Organismes d’habitations à loyer modéré
HMG Homelessness Monitoring Group
HMIS Homeless Management Information Systems
HTF Homeless Task Force
HUD US Department of Housing and Urban Development
ICH Interagency Council on the Homeless
INSEE French National Institute for Statistical and Economic Research
JSCI Job Seeker Classifi cation Instrument
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NAEH National Alliance to End Homelessness
NAK Nationale Armutskonferenz (National Conference on Poverty)
NAP National Action Plan
NCFH National Center on Family Homelessness
NCH National Coalition for the Homeless
NCHE National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE
NHCHC National Health Care for the Homeless Council
NDC National Data Collection
NGO Non-Government Organisation
NI Northern Ireland
NIHE Northern Ireland Housing Executive
NLCHP National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
NSW New South Wales
NT Northern Territory
ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
PADV Partnerships Against Domestic Violence
PAH Partnerships Against Homelessness
PHA Public Housing Agencies
PRA Project-based Rental Assistance without Rehabilitation
PRAW Project-based Rental Assistance with Rehabilitation
PSP Personal Support Program
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
RSI Rough Sleepers Initiative
RSU Rough Sleepers Unit
SA South Australia
SAAP Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
SBE Service-Based Enumeration
SCSH Scottish Council for Single Homelessness
SERC Social and Economic Research Centre
SERVE South Eastern Regional Vision for Education
SHP Supported Housing Program
SIU Social Inclusion Unit
S+C Shelter Plus Care Program
SOG Senior Officers Group
A Australia
SPNS Special Projects of National Signifi cance
SRA Sponsor-based Rental Assistance
SRO Single Room Occupancy
TILA Towards Independent Living Allowance
TRA Tenant-based Rental Assistance
UK United Kingdom
US United States
VA Veterans Affairs
VHS Victorian Homelessness Strategy
WA Western Australia
Y-Foundation Y-säätiö Foundation