Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five
Overview
The Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program plays an essential role in ensuring state child care and early learning systems are as effective and efficient as possible.
States use federal PDG B-5 grants to make child care and early learning programs better, building much-needed infrastructure and aligning multiple systems and agencies.
This critical funding helps states provide millions of children and working families with access to high-quality child care and early learning that can help set them on a strong path for success.
These competitive federal grants:
- Help states improve quality and safety across child care programs.
- Improve state collaboration across multiple child care and early learning programs, systems, and agencies to identify what’s working, what’s not, and what to do about it.
- Assist states in collecting data, so they can make programs work more effectively and efficiently.
Current Funding Level: PDG is funded at $315 million for FY2024, which is level funding from FY2023.
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Resources
10 States and DC Receive New Round of PDG B-5 Grants
In September, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced the latest round of Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) grantees. Ten states and Washington, DC received 3-year …
PDG B-5: The Program Overview
The Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program is a $315 million competitive federal grant designed to improve states’ early childhood systems by building upon existing federal, state …
Blog Series: How States are Using PDG B-5 Grants
The BUILD Initiative, ZERO TO THREE, and Start Early, recently released a new set of briefs highlighting the strategies states are using to improve child care in their Preschool Development …
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Senate Appropriators Propose Increased Funding for Child Care and Early Learning Programs
WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee proposed $2.3 billion in increased funding for federal child care and early learning programs as part of their markup of the FY2025 …
STATEMENT: FFYF Statement on Proposed FY25 Funding Levels for Child Care and Early Learning Programs
WASHINGTON – This morning, the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a markup on proposed funding levels for child care and early learning …
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