Glossary
AAH
ACAT
AFPA
AGDREF
AMP
ANAFÉ
ANVP
APA
APIJ
ARS
ASH
ASP
ASPDRE
ASPDT
AVS
CAF
CDAPH
CAP
CARSAT
CCR
CD
CDSP
ECHR
CEF
CEL
CESEDA
CFG
CGLPL
CHG
CHS
CICI
Allowance for disabled adults (Allocation pour adulte handicapé)
Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition
de la torture)
Association for the professional training of adults (Association pour la formation
professionnelle des adultes)
Application program for the management of files on foreign nationals in France
(Application de gestion des dossiers de ressortissants étrangers en France)
Medio-psychological assistant [paramedical professional providing support in
tasks of daily living and treatment, promoting well-being and hygiene for persons
suffering from psychiatric disorders in particular ](Aide médico-psychologique)
French National Association for the Assistance of Foreigners at Borders
(Association nationale d’assistance aux frontières pour les étrangers)
French National Association of Prison Visitors (Association nationale des visiteurs de
prison)
Personal care allowance (Allocation personnalisée d’autonomie)
Public agency for real estate development for the legal system (Agence publique pour
l’immobilier de la justice)
Regional Health Agency (Agence régionale de santé)
Member of hospital staff in charge of maintenance and hygiene and sometimes
also assisting in care and socialisation of patients (Agent des services hospitaliers)
Public services and payments agency, a public corporation administrating funding
of public policies (Agence de services et de paiement) (formerly the CNASEA)
Committal for psychiatric treatment at the request of a representative of the State
(Admission en soins psychiatriques à la demande d’un représentant de l’Etat, formerly HO)
Committal for psychiatric treatment at the request of a third party (Admission en
soins psychiatriques à la demande d’un tiers, formerly HDT)
Home help and care provider (Assistant de vie sociale)
Social security office (Caisse d’allocations familiales)
Committee for the rights and autonomy of disabled people (Commission des droits et
de l’autonomie des personnes handicapées), formerly COTOREP
Sentence Board (Commission de l’application des peines)
Employment Health Insurance Fund (Caisse d'assurance retraite de la santé au travail)
(replaces the CRAM state regional health insurance offices)
Orders, behaviour, regime (Consignes, comportement, regime) (note used in the GIDE
software application)
Long-term Detention Centre (Centre de détention)
Departmental committee for psychiatric treatment (Commission départementale des
soins psychiatriques)
European Convention on Human Rights
Young offenders’ institution (Centre éducatif fermé)
Electronic liaison register (Cahier électronique de liaison)
Code for Entry and Residence of Foreigners and Right of Asylum (Code de l’entrée
et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d’asile)
School leaving certificate (Certificat de formation générale)
Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté
General Hospital (Centre hospitalier general)
Psychiatric hospital (Centre hospitalier spécialisé)
Interministerial Committee for the Management of Immigration (Comité
interministériel de contrôle de l’immigration)
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