Glossary

Ever wonder what all those acronyms and terms mean?
Well, here is a cheat sheet:

• CAEYC – California Association for the Education of Young Children
• Cal Labor Fed – California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO: The umbrella organization for all the AFL-CIO labor unions in California
• CARES – Compensation and Retention Encourage Stability: A stipend-based compensation initiative for child care teachers and providers in California
• CCDBG – Child Care Development Block Grant: Federal funds for child care
• CCTC – California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
• CCW – Center for the Child Care Workforce
• CCW/AFTEF – Center for the Child Care Workforce, American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation
• CDD – Child Development Division: A division of the California State Department of Education
• CDPAC – Child Development Policy Advisory Committee: Provides recommendations to the governor and legislature concerning child care and development
• CD Permit – Child Development Permit: California's credential for early childhood educators
• CD Permit Matrix – Child Development Permit Matrix: California's child care career ladder, which defines educational qualifications for center-based staff
• CDTC – Child Development Training Consortium: The organization that processes and grants the Child Development Permits in California
• CFC – Children and Families Commission: The state and county groups charged with making decisions on how to spend the Prop 10 funds for programs for children 0-5 years old. (At the state level, this is also known as the First 5 California Commission, or the State Prop 10 Commission. Many county commissions are adopting "First 5" as part of their title as well.)
• Family Child Care Provider – A person who owns and operates a family child care home
• Child Care Teacher – A person who works directly with children in a child care center
• Child Care Worker – A more general term that includes teachers and providers
• ECE – Early Childhood Education
• FCD – Foundation for Child Development: A national private philanthropy
• LEAP – Leadership Empowerment Action Project: A CCW training for helping teachers and providers find their voices and exercise their power to improve the quality of child care and child care jobs
• LPC – Local Child Care Planning Council: A county-based democratic body charged with planning child care services
• NAEYC – National Association for the Education of Young Children
• The Network – The California Resource and Referral Network: An umbrella organization for all the R&Rs in California
• PACE – Policy Analysis for California Education: An independent policy research center that is conducting the statewide evaluation of CARES for the State Children and Families Commission
• Prop 10 – Proposition 10: A voter initiative passed in California that levies a $.50/pack tax on cigarettes. The funds go to the county Children and Families Commissions, which decide how to spend the money on children 0-5 years old in their counties . The state Children and Families Commission also receives funds, which it expends on statewide research and other initiatives.
• QCA – Quality, Compensation & Affordability: A subgroup of California Association for the Education of Young Children that deals specifically with workforce issues
• R&R – Child Care Resource and Referral Agency: A county-based resource for parents and child care providers
• UWBA – United Way of the Bay Area
• W4QCC – Working for Quality Child Care
• Wages Plus Quality – A compensation initiative in San Francisco to raise wages for child care teachers and family child care providers
• Worthy Wage Coalition – A local grassroots organization of teachers and providers working to improve child care worker compensation