Cooperative Extension Service Departments
Program and Staff Development
Extension Acronyms ...they can't all be about sex, drugs, and rock&Roll! Click the title for this in context of my source.
4-H 4-H Youth Development4-H CCS National 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System
AA Affirmative Action
AACD Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts
AACES Arkansas Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists
AAE4HA Arkansas Association of Extension 4-H Agents
AAFCS American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
AAFCS Arkansas Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
AALA Arkansas Association of LeadAR Alumni
AAP Affirmative Action Plan
ABIP Arkansas Beef Improvement Program
ACA Arkansas Cattlemen's Association
ADC Agricultural Development Council (part of U of A Foundation)
ADD Associate District Director
ADEQ Arkansas Department of Environment Quality
AEA Association of Extension Administrators
AG ECON Ag. Economics and Agribusiness
AGFC Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
AGLC Arkansas Grassland Council
AGRN Agronomy
AIMS Arkansas Information Management System
AMS Agricultural Marking Service
ANR Agriculture and Natural Resources
ANSC Animal Science
AOS Administrative Office Supervisor
APAC Arkansas Procurement Assistance Center
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APPA Arkansas Pork Producers Association
AREERA Agriculture Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
ARLPC Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission
ARS Agriculture Research Service
ASAS American Society of Animal Science
ASDS American Society of Dairy Science
ASPB Arkansas State Plant Board
ASRED Association of Southern Region Extension Directors
AVLA Adult Volunteer Leaders Association
BAEG Biological and Agricultural Engineering
BIF Beef Improvement Federation
BMPs Best Management Practices
BPST Base Program Strategic Team
BQA Beef Quality Assurance
CAPS Citizenship Action Provides Strength
CARET Council of Agriculture Research, Extension and Teaching
CD Community Development
CEA County Extension Agent
CEC County Extension Council
CECP Cooperative Extension Curriculum Project
CED Community and Economic Development
CES Cooperative Extension System
CES FCU Cooperative Extension Service Federal Credit Union
CFPCGP Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Union
CHPT Cow Herd Performance Testing
CIT Communications and Information Technology
CPM Cotton Pest Management
CR Civil Rights
CRD Community Resource Development
CRED Community Resource and Economic Development
CRVP Cotton Research Verification Program
CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
CTDE Communications, Technology and Distance Education
CWF 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus
CYFAR Children, Youth, and Families at Risk
DD District Directors
DF&A Department of Finance and Administration
DHIA Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DHS Department of Human Services
DSA Distinguished Service Award
ECOP Extension Committee on Organization and Policy
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EFNEP Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
EHC Extension Homemakers Club/Council
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EQIP Environmental Quality Incentive Program
ERS Economic Research Service
ES Extension Service
ESCOP Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy
FSNEP Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
ES237 Annual 4-H Statistical Report
ESP Epsilon Sigma Phi
F4HN Families, 4-H and Nutrition
FCC Family and Community Connections
FCS Family & Consumer Science
FCS Farm Credit Service
FNCS Food, Nutrition and Consumer Service
FNEP Food Nutrition Education Program
FNS Food and Nutrition Service
FQPA Food Quality and Protection Act
FSA Food Security Act
FSA Farm Service Agency
FSIS Food Safety Inspection Service
FSNE Food Stamp Nutrition Education
FSNEP Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
FTE Full-Time Equivalent
FY Fiscal Year
GAO Government Accountability Office
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
GPS Global Positioning System
HHS Health and Human Services
HR Human Resources
HRD Human Resource Development
HUD Housing and Urban Development
IFAFS Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IPOW Individual Plan of Work
IRM Integrated Resource Management
IT Information Technology
JCEP Joint Council of Extension Professionals
JOE Journal of Extension
KOMA Kansas , Oklahoma , Missouri , and Arkansas (Beef Conference)
LeadAR Lead Arkansas
LRSO Little Rock State Office
LVD Leadership and Volunteer Development
M & O Maintenance and Operations
MM Middle Management
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NACAA National Association of County Agricultural Agents
NACDEP National Association of Community Development Professionals
NAE4HA National Association of Extension 4-H Agents
NAEFCS National Association of Extension Family and Consumer Sciences
NAL National Agricultural Library
NAPIAP National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program
NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service
NASULGC National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
NCBA National Cattlemen's Beef Association
NEAFCS National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
NELD National Extension Leadership Development
NEREC Northeast Research and Extension Center
NRCS National Resource and Conservation Service
NREC Northeast Research & Extension Center
NREM National Resource and Environmental Management
NRI National Research Initiative
NSF National Science Foundation
OMK 4-H Operation Military Kids
OSLD Organizational Staff & Leadership Development
PAT Pesticide Applicator Training
PC Program Committees
PIEC Policy and Issues Education Center
PSD Program and Staff Development
PIA Pesticide Impact Assessment
PLC Program Leadership Committee
• Representatives from above PC's and representatives from ASRED and AEA
PLN Program Leadership Network
POE Program of Excellence
POW Plan of Work
RAY Raising AR Youth
RCD Rural Community Development
RDA Recommended Daily Allowance
RESQ Responsible Environmental Stewardship Quest
RFA Request for Application
RFP Request for Proposal
RREC Rice Research and Extension Center
SARE Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
SEEK Science Enrichment Education for Kids
SEMIS State Extension Management Information System
SEREC Southeast Research and Extension Center
SRDC Southern Rural Development Center
SRVLF Southern Region Volunteer Leaders Forum
SRVP Soybean Research Verification Program
SWREC Southwest Research & Extension Center
TLC Teen Leader Conference
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
UALR University of Arkansas at Little Rock
UAM University of Arkansas at Monticello
UAMS University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
UAPB University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
WHEP Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Practice
YAR Youth at Risk
YHEC Youth Hunter Education Challenge
