CBRF – Community Based Residential Facility

CHAP – Community Housing Alternatives Program is a legislated program that has set aside the authority to issue tax-exempt bonds for frail elderly and persons with disabilities (CHAP bonding in State of Wisconsin Statutes 234.61)

CIP II – Community Integration Program II, a Medicaid home and community based services waivers for elderly and people with physical disabilities who are relocated or diverted from nursing homes. CIP II slots are created when a nursing home bed closes.

CMO – Care Maintenance Organization under Family Care.

COP – Community Options Program. A state-funded program that provides long term care in home and community based settings. Funds are used to pay expenses not covered by the MA home and community based services waivers and to serve clients who are not eligible for Waivers.

COP Waiver – Community Options Program Waiver, a Medicaid home and community based services waiver for elderly and people with physical disabilities.

ILU – Independent Living Unit (apartment).

LTC – Long Term Care.

MA Waiver – Medicaid home and community based services waiver. Includes the COP Waiver and CIP II. Wisconsin also has separate MA Waivers serving persons with development disabilities and brain injury.

QAP – Qualified Allocation Plan that annually states the plan for allocation of the low-income housing tax credits in the state.

RCAC – Residential Care Apartment Complex: A residential care apartment which provides room, board, and 24-hour a day care for residents who may need personal care services and medication management. RCACs are either registered or certified by the state; a certified RCACs can accept residents who have Medicaid funding.

SNF – Skilled Nursing Facility.

SSI – Supplemental Security Income.