Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5)
Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OCC
Assistance Listings
- 93.434 -- Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) has been modified to extend the application deadline for the Northern Marianas Islands and Guam to no later than 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2018 due to the devastating effects of Typhoon Yutu.
This FOA was previously modified to extend the application deadline for North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia to no later than 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2018 due to Hurricanes Florence and Michael.
The application deadline for all other States will remain no later than 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
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in the published announcement in Section I. Project Description, with additional language added to the definition of "State entity", clarifying that a "State entity" can either be a State government agency or a non-profit, nongovernmental entity.
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in consultation with the Department of Education (ED), will be soliciting applications from eligible States and Territories to carry out the activities of the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5). The new PDG B-5 grant seeks to empower State governments to develop, update, or implement a strategic plan to facilitate collaboration and coordination among early childhood care and education programs in a mixed delivery system to prepare low-income and disadvantaged children to transition into the local educational agency or elementary school. States may pursue a range of activities as outlined in this announcement to align and strengthen existing funding streams, coordinate delivery models, improve the use of existing resources, encourage partnerships among providers and stakeholders, and maximize parental choice in a mixed delivery system.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Government
- State governments
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
All 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands are eligible.
The applicant must submit a letter on official letterhead, signed by the Governor or an authorized representative, designating the State entity that will have responsibility for execution of this grant. This letter must include a description of why the lead State entity chosen is best suited to easily and successfully oversee and manage the grant, and facilitate collaboration and coordination among the full range of programs, services, and funding streams, thereby leading to the improvement of an early childhood care and education mixed delivery system serving children from birth through age five. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Grantor contact information
Description
ACF Applications Help Desk
app_support@acf.hhs.gov
ACF Applications Help Desk
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
Archived: December 6, 2018
Award
$242,500,000
Program Funding
40
Expected awards
$500,000
Award Minimum
$15,000,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
HHS-2018-ACF-OCC-TP-1379
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Income security and social services
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
5
Posted date:
September 7, 2018
Archive date:
December 6, 2018
