|
Abbreviation |
What it stands for: |
|
AFDC
(United States ) |
Aid to Families with Dependent
Children (a.k.a. "welfare") |
|
CCDBG (United States) |
Child Care and Development Block Grant
program
(Established in 1990, spends
hundreds of millions of taxpayers' dollars annually). |
|
CCB (United States) |
Child Care Bureau
(Established Jan. 1995, this
organization administers the CCDBG.
It is part of the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS],
Administration for Children & Families [ACF], Administration on Children,
Youth, and Families [ACYF] ). |
|
CCW (United States) |
Center for the Child Care Workforce
(A
project of the American Federations of Teachers Educational Foundation. The AFTEF Labor Union is a affiliate of the
AFL-CIO.) |
|
CDA (United States) |
Child Development Associate |
|
CDC |
-Child Development Center
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) |
|
CDCTC (United States) |
Child and Dependent
Care Tax Credit |
|
CCED (Canada) |
Child Care Expense Deduction |
|
CWLA (United States) |
Child Welfare League of America |
|
DCRI |
Daycare-Related Illnesses |
|
DCTC (United States) |
Dependent Care Tax
Credit |
|
DCAP (United States) |
Dependent Care
Assistance Plan |
|
ECE |
Early Childhood Education |
|
ECT (Australia) |
Early Childhood Teacher |
|
EPPE (United Kingdom) |
Effective Provision of Pre-school
Education study
(Based at University of London) |
|
NAEYC (United States) |
National Association for the Education
of Young Children
(Their affiliates often have AEYC in their names) |
|
NCDCC (United States) |
National Committee on the Day Care of
Children |
|
NICHD (United States) |
National Institute for Child Health and
Development |
|
OFSTED (United Kingdom) |
Office for Standards in Education
(England) |
|
UPK (United States) |
Universal Pre-Kindergarten (Universal
Preschool) |
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