Common Acronyms used in Extension

As you begin your career as an Extension educator, it is important to familiarize yourself with many of the terms and acronyms. This list of terms is broken into categories to help you better identify and understand the most common terms, organizations, and programs used in Extension. Please feel free to download and print the Common acronyms used in Extension list for your convenience.

Extension Terms
AAP – Affirmative Action Plan (or Program)
AG – Agriculture (usually refers to agent title)
ADM – Administration
Agent – County Extension Agent
Agent-ANR – County Extension Agent-Agriculture
Agent-FCH – County Extension Agent- Family & Community Health
Agent-4-HYD – County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development
Agent-UYD – County Extension Agent-Urban Youth Development
CED – County Extension Director
CEP – Cooperative Extension Program
CEU – Continuing Education Unit
CORD (COORD) – Coordinator (refers to Agent title)
CSREES – Cooperative State Research, Education and Education Service
DEA – District Extension Administrator
EA-IPM – Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management
ECOP – Extension Committee on Organization & Policy
EPC – Extension Program Council
ES-237 – National 4-H Enrollment Reporting System
FCH – Family and Community Health
FDRM – Family Development & Resource Management
FN – Food and Nutrition
LAB – Leadership Advisory Board
OD – Organizational Development
PAC – Program Area Committee
PAS – Performance Appraisal System
PDC – Program Development Committee
PLA – Parent/Leader Association
PPC – Program Planning Committee
RPL-ANR – Regional Program Leader-Ag & National Resources
RPL –FCH – Regional Program Leader-Family & Community Health
TAE-4HA – Texas Association of Extension 4-H Agents
TEAFCS – Texas Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
TALL – Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership
TCAAA – Texas County Agricultural Agents Association
TEEA – Texas Extension Education Association
VLAT – Volunteer Leaders Association of Texas

Extension Programs
BLT – Better Living for Texas program
CRED – Community Resource Economic Development
CYFAR – Children, Youth and Families and Risk
CYFARnet – Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network
CWWP – Cooking Well with Diabetes
DWBW – Do Well Be Well
EDEN – Extension Disaster Education Network
EFNEP – Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
ENP-Y – Expanded Nutrition Program-Youth
FPM – Food Protection Management
FRED – Fathers Reading Every Day
IPM – Integrated Pest Management
LGEG – Learn Grow Eat Go
SALE-LE – SALE-Leadership Extension
WAT – Walk Across Texas

Organizations
ALA – Adult Leaders Association
ARS – Agricultural Research Service
ESP – Epsilon Sigma Phi
FSA – Farm Service Agency
JCEP – Joint Council of Extension Professionals
NACAA – National Association of County Agricultural Agents
NAE4-HA – National Association of Extension 4-H Agents
NEAFCS – National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
NIFA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture

Other Terms
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
SALE – San Antonio Livestock Exposition
SNAP-ED – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

University Terms
COALS – College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
PVAMU – Prairie View A&M University
SSO – Single Sign-On
TAMU – Texas A&M University
TAMUS – Texas A&M University System