CAPK                     Community Action Partnership of Kern

C.L.E.T.S.              California Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems

DHS                       Department of Human Services

EOC                       Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.

ETR                       Employers’ Training Resource

FLC                       Farm Labor Center

FMRs                     Fair Market Rents

FSSP                     Family Self-Sufficiency Program

GBLA                    Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance

GEAHI                   Golden Empire Affordable Housing, Inc.

HAP                      Housing Assistance Payment

HELP                    Housing Enabled by Local Partnership

HOPE                    Home Ownership Opportunities for People Everywhere

HUD                      U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

KALC                    Kern Adult Literacy Council 

KCSOS                 Kern County Superintendent of Schools

KEDC                    Kern Economic Development Corporation

Kern COG             Kern Council of Governments

LIPH                     Low Income Public Housing

MAOF                   Mexican American Opportunity Foundation

MOU                     Memorandum of Understanding

OMS                     Office of Migrant Services

PHAS                   Public Housing Assessment Systems

RCAC                    Rural Community Assistance Corporation

RHCP                    Rental Housing Construction Program

SEMAP                  Section 8 Management Assessment Program 

SRO                      Single Room Occupancy

TANF                    Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

THC                      Transitional Housing Center

URP                      Utility Reimbursement Program

USDA-RD              United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development