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TA
Technical Assistance |
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TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
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Target Populations
Groups of people with disabilities with attributes considered most in need of the services available within the system; populations as identified in federal block grant language. See also, PRIORITY POPULATIONS. |
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TASC
Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities
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TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury |
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TD
Tourette's Disorder |
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TDD
Telecommunication device for persons who are deaf or hard of haring |
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TEACCH
Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children. TEACCH is public health program available in NC for children with autism. |
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Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF)
A grant program to states that seeks to keep children in their own homes or homes of relatives; end parental dependence on welfare by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; discourage pregnancy outside of marriage, and encourage formation and maintenence of two-parent families. |
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Therapeutic Foster Care
A service which provides treatment for troubled children within private homes of trained families. The approach combines the normalizing influence of family-based care with specialized treatment interventions, thereby creating a therapeutic environment in the context of a nurturing family home. |
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Third Party Payer
A public or private organization that is responsible for the health care expenses of another entity. |
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Thomas S. Program
A court-ordered program of services for persons with mental retardation and a co-occurring mental illness or substance abuse disorder, which was created in response to a class action lawsuit. The State of North Carolina was relieved from the court-ordered program in 1999. |
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Tics
Involuntary, compulsive, stereotypic muscle movements or vocalizations that abruptly interrupt normal motor activities. These repetitive, purposeless motions (motor tics) or utterances (vocal tics) may be simple or complex in nature; may be temporarily suppressed; and are often preceded by a foreboding sensation or urge that is temporarily relieved following their execution. Simple tics include abrupt, isolated movements, such as repeated facial twitching, blinking, or shoulder shrugging, and simple sounds, including grunting, throat clearing, or sighing. Complex tics may involve more sustained, complex movements, such as deep knee bending or leg kicking, or complex vocalizations, including repeating another person's words or phrases (echolalia) or, rarely, explosive cursing (coprolalia). Tourette syndrome is defined as the presence of multiple motor and vocal tics for at least one year, changes in the nature of the tics (e.g., complexity, severity, anatomical location) during the course of the disorder, and symptom onset before age 21. |
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Tiered Co-Payment Structure
Different co-payments are set for brand and generic medications. |
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Timely Services
Access to services in a timeframe appropriate to their needs. Appointment with a physician within 72 hours of discharge from an acute psychiatric hospital unit is an example. See also, PROMPT SERVICES. |
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TIP
Treatment Improvement Protocol |
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Title XIX
Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., is the federal statute that authorizes the Medicaid program. Related titles of the Social Security Act are Title IV-A (TANF), Title IV-E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance), Title XVI (SSI), Title XVIII (Medicare), and Title XXI (CHIP). |
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Toxin
A toxin is a poisonous substance that is produced by a plant or animal |
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TPP
Therapeutic Printing Plants |
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Transfer of Assets
Refers to the practice of disposing of countable resources such as savings, stocks, bonds, and other real or personal property for less than fair market value in order to qualify for Medicaid coverage. When such transfers occur, it is usually in connection with the anticipated or actual need for long-term nursing home care. Federal law limits (but does not entirely prohibit) such transfers as a means of qualifying for Medicaid coverage. |
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Transient
Temporary; transitory; not lasting or enduring. |
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Transition
The time in which an individual is moving from one life/development stage to another. Examples are the change from childhood to adolescence, adolescence to adulthood and adulthood to older adult. An important transition in MH/DD/SAS services is from adolescent to adult. |
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Treatment
The planned provision of services that are sensitive and responsive to a patient's age, disability, if any, gender and culture, and that are conducted under clinical supervision to assist the patient through the process of recovery. |
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Tremor
Rhythmic, involuntary, oscillatory (or to-and-fro) movements of a body part. |
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Triage
One name for a process by which people are assessed to determine the type of services and level of care they will require. |
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TS
Tourette Syndrome or Tuberous Sclerosis & Thomas S. |
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TTY
Teletext Device Typewriter |
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Tx
Treatment |
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