Acronym City
ACS
The Administration for Children's Services
This city agency is the one in charge of maintaining Promis.
What is ACS?
This is the minimum number of casework contacts required of each case planner for one case in a month
What is two?
I only input my notes on Promis
False. Notes go on Connections.
OCFS
What is the "Office of Children and Family Services"
This type of case doesn't require notes in Connections, but will still appear on both Connections and Promis
What is an ADVOP case
If there are children under this age, case planners need to observe the children twice for that month.
What is two?
If I forget to put my contacts in Promis it won't matter because my notes are in Connections.
False. Contact need to be inputted into Promis regardless of the note in Connections.
CNNX
What is Connections?
This event is an important meeting between families, case workers and community members in order to reassess a families progress.
What is an FTC?
This is the first visit, often performed with ACS
What is a Joint Home Visit?
Promis and Connections contact dates don't need to match
False. If they don't match ACS notifies us during Safety Alerts or PAMS audits.
FASP
What is Family Assessment and Service Plan
This is where I can find my templates, forms and guidelines for writing notes and performing visits
What is the server?
AAFSC is this three word term that starts with a G...
What is a General Preventive Agency?
Promis works best on Internet Explorer
True. ACS doesn't enjoy working with modern technology.
FTC
What is Family Team Conference?
This database, named after a fruit, is internal to AAFSC.
What is Apricot?
The average lifetime for a case is around this long
What is 10-12 months?
If I say I did the FTC in my notes that's good enough.
False. The date of FTC should be logged in Promis as an FTC from the drop down menu