- CCCC:
- Commonwealth Child Care Credential
- CCA:
- Child Care Aware
- CDA:
- Child Development Associate
- DAP:
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- DCBS:
- Department of Community-Based Services
- DCC:
- Division of Child Care
- DRCC:
- Division of Regulated Child Care
- ECDS:
- Early Childhood Development Specialist Journey Worker Credential
- ECE:
- Early Childhood Education
- ECAD:
- Early Childhood Administrator Director Journey Worker Credential
- ECED:
- Early Childhood Educator Journey Worker Credential
- ECE-TRIS:
- Early Care and Education-Training Record Information System
- ECSSS:
- Early Childhood Student Support Specialist Journey Worker Credential
- EHS:
- Early Head Start
- EPSB:
- Educational Professional Standards Board
- FCCN:
- Family Child Care Network
- GED:
- General Education Diploma
- GOEC:
- Governor’s Office of Early Childhood
- HDI:
- UK Human Development Institute
- HS:
- Head Start
- IECE:
- Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education
- KCTCS:
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System
- KDE:
- Kentucky Department of Education
- KHSA:
- Kentucky Head Start Association
- KYOSA:
- Kentucky Out of School Alliance
- LMS:
- Learning Management System
- NAA:
- National AfterSchool Association
- PAHT:
- Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
- PD:
- Professional Development
- PL:
- Professional Learning
- RTC:
- Regional Training Center
- T/TA:
- Training and Technical Assistance