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FY 2025 Preschool Development Birth Through Five Renewal Grant (PDG B-5)

ID: HHS-2025-ACF-ECD-TP-0080 • Type: Forecasted

Description

The Office of Early Childhood Development within the Administration for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services jointly with the Department of Education will be soliciting applications from eligible states and territories to carry out the Renewal Grant activities of the Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Program. The primary purpose of the Renewal Grant is birth though five early care and education systems-building and improvement. These awards will fund state and territories to conduct and/or update a comprehensive statewide birth through five needs assessment and related strategic plan to identify and address opportunities to strengthen early childhood programs in a mixed delivery system. Funds are also used to support the development and mental health of the birth through five early care and education workforce, leading to the improvement of early care and education (ECE) program quality and seamless learning experiences from birth into kindergarten. Additional efforts target increased opportunities for meaningful family engagement and access to ECE programs by means of the development of a coordinated application, eligibility, and enrollment system. Surrounding all of these efforts is an intentional focus on improving B-5 data collection, integration, and use.

Overview

Category of Funding
Income Security and Social Services
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
On 8/1/24 Administration for Children and Families forecasted grant opportunity HHS-2025-ACF-ECD-TP-0080 for FY 2025 Preschool Development Birth Through Five Renewal Grant (PDG B-5) with funding of $140.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 93.434 Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants. It is expected that 15 total grants will be made worth between $500,000 and $10.0 million.

Timing

Forecast Posted Date
Aug. 1, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Est. Application Posting Date
Feb. 28, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EST
Est. Synopsis Response Date
May 1, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT Forecasted
Last Updated
Aug. 1, 2024, 1:59 p.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
May 31, 2025

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
State governments
Additional Info
The states and territories that applied for a PDG B-5 Renewal Grant in FY2024, but were not funded, are eligible to apply again in this competition, as well as states and territories that were eligible to apply for a Renewal Grant in FY 2024, but did not apply. Specific states and territories will be identified in the NOFO. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$10,000,000
Floor
$500,000
Estimated Program Funding
$140,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
15

Contacts

Contact
Richard Gonzales

Documents

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