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Glossary of Frequently Used Acronyms: A - F

A&A	Able and Available
AA	Area Administrator (In the Division of Family Supports, DWD) or Affirmative Action
AAIP	Affirmative Action Interim Program.
AAP	Affirmative Action Plan or Program
ABC	Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Inc.
ABE	Adult Basic Education
ACEA	Allied Construction Employers Association
ACF	Administration for Children and Families
ACIN	America's Career Info Net
ACL	Assistant Crew Leader
ACMS	Appeals Case Management System
ADA	Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAAG	ADA Accessibility Guidelines
ADC	Aid to Dependent Children
ADEA	Age Discrimination in Employment Act (federal) Text of the law
ADL	Activities of Daily Living
ADS	Applicant Data System
ADVETS	Assistant Director of Veterans Employment & Training Service
AFB	American Foundation for the Blind
AFDC	Aid to Families with Dependent Children - replaced by TANF
AFDC-R	AFDC payments for single parent households with children
AFDC-U	AFDC for two-parent families in which the primary wage earner is unemployed
AFL-CIO	American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations
AG	Assistance Group, Attorney General
AGC	Associated General Contractors
AIMS	Automated Information Management System
AIW	Allied Industrial Workers (see AFL-CIO)
ALC	Alien Labor Certification
ALEX	America's Labor Exchange System
ALJ	Administrative Law Judge
ALMC	Area Labor Management Council
ALMIS	America's Labor Market Information System
AMS	Automated Matching System
AMSO	Agency Management, Support and Overhead
ANSI	American National Standards Institute Code for Buildings & Facilities
AO	Administrative Office
AODA	Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse.
AOP	Annual Operating Plan
APD	Advance Planning Document
APHSA	American Public Human Services Association (previously American Public Welfare Association)
APM	Administrative Procedures Manual - Now the DWD Policy Manual - Internal DWD administrative and personnel policies
APS	Automated Personnel System
APSE	Association For Persons in Supported Employment
ARC	Association for Retarded Citizens
ARP	American Rehabilitation Program (formerly NARF)
AS&T	Administrative, Support & Technical
ASD	Administrative Services Division, DWD
ASSET	Automated System Support for Employment and Training
AT	Appeal Tribunal
ATD	Appeal Tribunal Decision
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BAA	Business Area Analysis
BAS	Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards
BAT	US Bureau of Apprenticeship & Training
BCN	BadgerNet Converged Network
BCS	Bureau of Consumer Services; Bureau of Child Support
BEL	Business Establishment Listing
BEP	Bureau of Employment Programs; Business Enterprise Program
BEST	Business Enterprise Services & Training Program
BFO	Benefit Fraud Operations
BFOQ	Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
BITS	Bureau of Information Technology Services (Administrative Services Division)
BLN	Business Leadership Network
BLS	Bureau of Labor Statistics (Federal Dept. of Labor)
BMRLS	Bureau of Migrant, Refugee and Labor Services
BMS	Bureau of Migrant Services (Division of Workforce Solutions)
BNA	Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
BOLA	Bureau of Legal Affairs (Division of Unemployment Insurance)
BOLT	Basic Occupational Literacy Test
BOP	Benefit Overpayment
BORS	Benefit Overpayment Recovery System
BPC	Benefit Payment Control
BPE	Base Period Ending
BPS	Bureau of Partner Services (Division of Workforce Solutions)
BQC	Benefits Quality Control (also called Benefits Accuracy Measurement)
BR	Benefit Rate
BRN	Business Resource Network
BST	Barrier Screening Tool
BTA	Bureau of Tax and Accounting (Division of Unemployment Insurance)
BudWeb	BudgetWeb, DWD's budget management system
BWI	Bureau of Welfare Initiatives (Division of Workforce Solutions); Bureau of Workforce Information (Division of Workforce Solutions)
BWP	Bureau of Workforce Programs (Division of Workforce Solutions)
BY	Benefit Year
BYE	Benefit Year Ending
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CAA	Community Action Agency
CAP	Community Action Program; Client Assistance Program and Corrective Action Plan
CARES	Client Assistance for Reemployment and Economic Support.
CARF	National Certification Program for Rehabilitation Facilities
CARS	Community Aids Reporting System
CATS	Comprehensive Automated Tracking System
CB	Cash Bonus
CBD	Commerce Business Daily
CBO	Community Based Organization
CC	Career Counseling Center, Child Care
CCAP	Circuit Court Automation Project
CCDBG	Child Care Development Block Grant
CCDF	Child Care Development Fund
CCH	Commerce Clearing House, Inc.
CCPC	Child Care Provider Certification
CCPI	Child Care Provider Information
CCPS	Child Care Payment System
CD	Cognitive disability; cognitively disabled
CDHH	Council For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
CEDARS	Claimant and Employer Data Analysis and Reporting System
CELS	CARES Electronic Library System
CEN	Continuously Eligible Newborn
CEP	Cooperative Education Program
CES (790)	Current Employment Statistics Program
CESA	Cooperative Educational Service Agency
CEW	Center on Education & Work (UW-Madison)
CEW (ES202)	Covered Employment and Wages Program
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CH. 47	Wisconsin State Statute re: Vocational Rehabilitation - specialized programs for persons with disabilities
CH. 49	Wisconsin State Statute re: public assistance programs
CH. 102	Wisconsin State Statute re: Worker's Compensation
CH. 108	Wisconsin State Statute re: Unemployment Insurance and Reserves
CHIS	Coordinators for Hearing Impaired Services
CHSD	County Human Services Department
CI	Critical Indicators
CIL	Center for Independent Living
CIP	Community Integration Program
CIV	Claimant Identification/Verification
CL	Crew Leader
CLMS	Caseload Management System
CM	Crew Member
CMI	Chronically mentally ill
COB	Council on Blindness; Current (Employment) Opportunity Bulletin
COC	Clerk of Courts
COP	Community Options Program
COWS	Center on Wis. Strategy
CPR	Compliance Policy Review
CPS	Computer Platform Services (in ASD Bureau of Information Technology Services)
CR	Community Reinvestment
CRC	Civil Rights Compliance; certified rehabilitation counselor
CR&D	Central Receipt and Disbursement (collection and payments for child support)
CSA	Client Services Assistant; Child Support Agency
CSAVR	Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
CSAW	Child Care Statewide Administration on the Web
CSBG	Community Services Block Grant
CSC	Community Steering Committee
CSE	Child Support Enforcement
CSOS	Child Support Online Services
CSP	Community Support Program
CVSO	County Veterans Service Officer
CWC	Combined Wage Claim (Unemployment Insurance)
CWEP	Community Work Experience Program
CWI	Council on Workforce Investment
CWLA	Child Welfare League of America
CY	Calendar Year
CYG	Community Youth Grants
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DA	District Attorney
DASD	Direct Access Storage Device
DCR	Directorate of Civil Rights (US)
DD	Developmental disability(ies); developmentally disabled; also district director
DDB	Disability Determination Bureau
DER	Department of Employment Relations
DHFS	Department of Health & Family Services
DIN	Decision Item Narrative
DJSD	District Job Service Director
DLA	Desired Level of Achievement
DLW	Dislocated Worker Program
DO	District Office
DOA	Department of Administration
DOC	Department of Corrections
DOE	Department of Education
DOH	Division of Health, Department of Health & Family Services
DOL	US Department of Labor
DOT	Dictionary of Occupational Titles or Department of Transportation
DPI	Department of Public Instruction
DRW	Disability Rights Wisconsin (formerly known as Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy)
DSS	County department of social services; same as SSD, CDSS
DSU	Designated State Unit (for vocational rehabilitation). In Wisconsin, the DSU is the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
DUA	Disaster Unemployment Assistance
DVER	Disabled Veterans Employment Representative
DVETS	Director of Veterans Employment & Training Services
DVOP	Disabled Veterans Outreach Program
DVR	Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
DW	Dislocated Worker
DWD	Department of Workforce Development
DWS	Division of Workforce Solutions
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EAP	Employee Assistance Program
EATS	Emergency Assistance Tracking System
EB	Extended Benefits (Unemployment Insurance)
EBOD	Enterprise Business Organization Database
EBT	Electronic Benefits Transfer (Wisconsin QUEST Card)
ECHO	Eau Claire Hearing Office (UI)
ECTS	Employment Competency Testing System
ED/DD	Developmentally disabled persons who are also emotionally disturbed
EDI	Electronic Data Interchange
EDP	Employment Development Plan
EDS-F	Electronic Data Systems-Federal, fiscal agent for Medical Assistance
EDWAA	Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act
EEN	Exceptional Educational Needs
EEO	Equal Employment Opportunity
EEOC	US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (federal)
EFT	Electronic Funds Transfer
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
E-mail	Electronic mail or email
EOH	End of Healing
EOS	Enterprise Output Solution
EPA	Equal Pay Act (federal); also Environmental Protection Agency
EPS	Equitable Provision of Service
ER	Equal Rights
ERD	Equal Rights Division
ERISA	Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ERO	Equal Rights Officer
ERP	Eligibility Review Program
ERS	Employer Records System
ES	Employment Service or Employment Security
ESP	Employment Search Program
ESS/UCC	ES Services to Unemployment Compensation Claimants Program
E&T	Employment and Training
ETA	US Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
ETN	Educational Teleconference Network
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FAMIS	Family Assistance Management Information System
FAO	Financial Aids Office
FAR	Functional Assessment Rating
FARS	Financial Accounting & Reporting System
FAST	Automated Forfeiture Assessment
FBO	Faith Based Organization
FEL	Fair Employment Law
FEP	Fair Employment Practices, Financial Employment Planner
FFP	Federal Financial Participation
FICR	Federal Indirect Cost Reimbursement
FLSA	Fair Labor Standards Act (federal)
FMLA	Family and Medical Leave Act (state) - federal FMLA
FN	Failure to Give Notice
FNS	Food and Nutrition Service (part of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
FPL	Federal Poverty Level
FR	Federal Register; also Failure to Report
FS	Food Stamps
FSA	Food Stamp Act/Administration
FSET	Food Stamp Employment & Training
FSR	Financial Status Report
FSS	Field Support Specialist
FTE	Full Time Equivalent (positions)
FUTA	Federal Unemployment Tax Act
FVHO	Fox Valley Hearing Office (UI - in Appleton)
FY	Fiscal Year

Updated June 12, 2008
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Glossary of Frequently Used Acronyms: A - F