Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5)

Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OCC

93.434 -- Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

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 lead the way in leveraging Federal, State and local early care and learning investments. Funds are for States to help coordinate early care and learning programs and services that already exist based on identified needs and must not be used to create new early care and learning programs.This grant seeks to assist States in providing struggling children an equal opportunity to a quality educational foundation that will prepare them to grow, learn, and succeed, and in helping improve the transitions from the early care and learning setting to elementary school. The PDG B-5 grant initiative will assist States in the coordination of their existing early care and learning services and funding streams for the purpose of providing equal access to more children birth through age five in a mixed delivery model.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Government

State governments

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 the Governor's letterhead, signed by the Governor or an authorized representative, designating the State lead agency that will have responsibility for execution of this grant. This letter must include a description of why the agency 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 a comprehensive early care and learning mixed delivery system serving children from birth through age five, and their families. 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

Gonzales Richard (202) 401-5138

Email

Richard.Gonzales@ACF.hhs.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

Archived: April 30, 2021

Application process

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Award

$242,500,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$500,000

Award Minimum

$10,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

HHS-2019-ACF-OCC-TP-1379

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Income security and social services

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

July 3, 2018

Archive date:

April 30, 2021