ABBREVIATIONS
Updated 7/5/2009
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
The following abbreviations represent agencies which have utilized an institution to assist individuals in obtaining job training.
| BIA | Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| DHR | Department of Human Resources |
| DOL | Department of Labor |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| HEW | Department of Health, Education & Welfare |
| INS | Immigration & Naturalization Service |
| JTPA | Job Training Partnership Act |
| PIC | Private Industry Council |
| SS | Social Security Administration |
| VA | Veterans Administration |
| VR | Vocation Rehabilitation |
FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
| FCWS | Federal College Work Study |
| FSLP | Federal Stafford Loan Program (Subsidized and Unsubsidized) |
| JTPA | Job Training Partnership Act |
| NDSLP | National Direct Student Loan Program (Subsidized and Unsubsidized) |
| PELL | Pell Grant |
| PLUS | Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students |
| SEOG | Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant |
Those institutions which have been accredited by an accrediting commission listed by the U.S. Office of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency under the provisions of Public Law 82-550 and subsequent legislation are designated by the uses of the following abbreviations:
| ACCSCT | Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges of Technology |
| ACICS | Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools |
| ABHES | Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (Medical Assistant) |
| COE | Commission on Occupational Education |
| DETC | Distance Education & Training Council |
| NACCAS | National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences |
| SACS | Southern Association of Colleges & Schools |
Virginia Career College Association
Mark I. Singer, Executive Director
1108 East Main Street, Suite 1200
Richmond, VA 23219
E-Mail: marksinger@va-cca.org
PH: (804) 346-2783
FAX: (804) 346-8287
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