Acronyms
ABC – Alcoholic Beverage Control
ABES - Anthony Burns Elementary School
ACH - Automated Clearing House
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAPT - Application Benefit Delivery Automation Project
AED - Automated external defibrillator
AFDC – Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AGWMS - A. G. Wright Middle School
ALS – Advanced Life Support
ANR – Agriculture and Natural Resources
APA – Auditor of Public Accounts which is a comparative cost report
APC – Annual Population Change (%)
ARRA – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
AVR – Assessed Value of Real Estate
B.E.S.T. (Values) Balance, Empowerment, Service, Teamwork
BLS – Basic Life Support
BPHS – Brooke Point High School
BOS – Board of Supervisors
BPOL – Business, Professional and Occupational License
BRAC – Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
BUR- Built up Roof
CAD – Computer Aided Dispatch
CAFR – Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, which shows the status of Stafford’s finances on the basis of GAAP.
CC – Circuit Court
CES – Conway Elementary School
CFHS – Colonial Forge High School
CHINS – Child in Need of Service
CIP – Capital Improvement Program
COBRA – Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
COG - Council of Governments
COL – Cost of Living
COR – Commissioner of the Revenue
CPI-U – Consumer Price Index – All urban Consumers
CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CPS – Child Protective Services
CPSE – Center for Public Safety Excellence
CR - Community Recreation
CRR – Collection Rate Real Estate
CRS – Community Rating Services
C3E - Community Cardiac Care Effort (C3E)
CSA – Community Services Act
CY – Calendar Year
DARE - Drug Awareness Resistance Education
DSMS – Dixon-Smith Middle School
DMV – Division of Motor Vehicles
DSS – Department of Social Services
DUI – Driving while Intoxicated
EAP - Employee Assistant Program
EBT – Electronic Benefits Transfer
ECC – Emergency Communications Center
EDMS – Edward E. Drew Middle School
EMD - Emergency Management Division
EDU – Equivalent Dwelling Unit
EMS – Emergency Management Systems
EMT – Emergency Medical Technician.
EOC – Emergency Operation Center
EPA- Environmental Protection Agency
EVOC – Emergency Vehicle Operator
FCS – Family and Consumer Sciences
FAMPO – Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
FAPT – Family Assessment and Planning Team
FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
FES – Falmouth Elementary School
FFES – Ferry Farms Elementary School
FLSA – Fair Labor Standards Act
FMLA – Family Medical Leave Act
FOIA – Freedom of Information Act
FRA – Fredericksburg Regional Alliance
FRED – Fredericksburg Regional Transit
FT – Full-time
FTE – Full-time equivalent position, 2080 hours, including holidays
FY – Fiscal Year
GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (uniform minimum standards for financial accounting and recording, encompassing the conventions, rules and procedures that define accepted accounting principles).
GASB – Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
GDC – General District Court
GES – Garrisonville Elementary School
GFOA – Government Finance Officers Association.
GIS (Geographic Information System) – It is an electronic library containing information about the land, its inhabitants, its physical condition, resources and legal status. It is a library that consists of information that can be used to conduct research through the collection, sorting and reordering of descriptive and pictorial information. GIS can provide information, such as maps and data reports, to help make land-use decisions.
GMC – Gari Melchers Center
GMS - T. Benton Gayle Middle School
GO – General Obligation
GVES – Grafton Village Elementary School
GWRC – George Washington Regional Commission
HES – Hartwood Elementary School
HHPMS – H.H. Poole Middle School
HOES – Hampton Oaks Elementary School
HPOF – Historic Port of Falmouth
HTE – County’s Financial System
HVAC- Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
IBNR - Incurred but not reported
IDA – Industrial Development Authority
ISO – Insurance Services Office
IT – Information Technology
J&DR – Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court
KWBES – Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School
LEAD – Leading, Educating, and Developing (professional development for local government leaders and managers
LGIP – Local Government Investment Pool
LODD - Line of Duty Death Benefit
LIP – Land Information and Permitting System
LOC – Letter of Credit
LOSAP - Length of Service Award Program
LUP – Land Use Plan
MBES – Margaret Brent Elementary School
MES – Anne Moncure Elementary School
MG – Master Gardener
MGD – millions gallons per day
MS4 - Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
MVHS – Mountain View High School
NACO – National Association of Counties
NIMS - National Incident Management System
NSF - Non-Sufficient Funds
NSHS – North Stafford High School
NPDES - National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit
NVRC - Northern Virginia Regional Commission
OCS – Officer Candidate School
O & M- Operating and Maintenance
OAIS - On-line Applicant Status and Information System
OSC – Oversite Committee
OSHA – Occupational Safety and Hazardous Act
OPEB - Other Post-Employment Benefits
PC – Population Change
PDR – Purchase of Development Rights
PE - Preliminary Engineering
PP – Personal Property
PPE - Personal Protection Equipment.
PPTA - Public-Private Transportation Act
PPTRA (Personal Property Tax Relief Act) – Established in 1998 to eliminate the tax on personal property that localities levy through state funding. The program is to be phased in over a five-year time frame.
PRCF – Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities
PRES – Park Ridge Elementary School
PRO – Positive Results of Operations
PRTC – Potomac Rappahannock Transportation Commission
PSCI- Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program
PT – Part Time
PTA – Parent Teacher Association
PTAB – Public Transportation Advisory Board
PRTC - Potomac Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC),
RRBC - Rappahannock River Basin Commission
RE – Real Estate
REMS – Rappahannock Emergency Medical Service Council
RES – Rockhill Elementary School
RRES – Rocky Run Elementary School
RFP – Request for Proposal
RRJA – Rappahannock Regional Jail Authority
RRJF – Rappahannock Regional Jail Facility
RSR – Revenue Stabilization Reserve
RTMS – Rodney E. Thompson Middle School
SAN – Storage Area Network
SASA – Stafford Area Soccer Association
SCHMS - Shirley C. Heim Middle School
SCTS- Stafford Career and Technology Center
SEI – Senior Executive Institute
SES – Stafford Elementary School
SFSF – State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
SHS - Stafford High School
SMS - Stafford Middle School
SNAP - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food stamp program)
Sq. Ft. – Square Foot/Square Feet
SRO – School Resource Officer
SWM - Storm Water Management
TANF – Temporary Aid to Needy Families
TAPP – Treasurer’s Automated Prepayment Plan
TMDL - Total Maximum Daily Load
TDR – Transfer of Development Rights
TRC – Technical Review Committee
TRE – Tax Relief for the Elderly
UMW – University of Mary Washington
USDA-ARS – U. S. Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service
UVA – University of Virginia
VACO – Virginia Association of Counties
VDOT – Virginia Department of Transportation
VEC – Virginia Employment Commission
VGFOA – Virginia Government Finance Officers Association.
VHDA – Virginia Housing Development Authority
VIEW – Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare program, that requires many recipients to find a job and work towards self-sufficiency.
VIP – Virginia Independence Program
VOIP – Voice over Internet Protocol
VML – Virginia Municipal League
VPSA – Virginia Public School Authority was created by the General Assembly of Virginia in 1962 for the purpose of supplementing the existing method of capital programs for public schools in the counties, cities and towns of the Commonwealth.
VRA – Virginia Resources Authority
VRE – Virginia Railway Express
VRS – Virginia Retirement System
VPSA – Virginia Public School Authority
WCES – Winding Creek Elementary School
WIP – Watershed Implementation Plans
WTP – Water Treatment Plant
YMCA – Young Men’s Christian Association
WWTF – Wastewater Treatment Facility
WQIF – Water Quality Improvement Fund