OPSR preschool development grant birth through five (PDG-B-5) - oklahoma's PDG B-5 project builds on years of system-building efforts to create a more coordinated and accessible early childhood system…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $14.751 million to the Oklahoma Partnership For School Readiness Foundation, Inc. on December 31, 2025, under the Every Student Succeeds Act / Preschool Development Grants program (CFDA 93.434).

The award funds Oklahoma's PDG Birth-Through-Five project to build a coordinated early childhood system serving birth-through-five children and families statewide. The project advances three integrated work areas. First, it reduces fragmentation by strengthening collaboration with the Head Start Collaboration Office, establishing a unified birth-five transitions framework with Head Start pilot projects, developing a coordinated statewide financing strategy, and launching a Head Start-led active supervision and safety alignment initiative. Second, it improves workforce stability through statewide business and financial supports, integrated workforce strategies, custom retention incentives, and strengthened community capacity for early literacy and family engagement. Third, it modernizes statewide data and navigation by unifying birth-five indicators, updating the Early Childhood Integrated Data System plan, publishing accessible data tools, and supporting the Oklahoma Department of Human Services Early Childhood Portal and unified eligibility feasibility study.

Period of performance runs from December 31, 2025 through December 30, 2026, with place of performance in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

OPSR preschool development grant birth through five (PDG-B-5) - oklahoma's PDG B-5 project builds on years of system-building efforts to create a more coordinated and accessible early childhood system for families across the state. The oklahoma partnership for school readiness (OPSR), the state's federally designated early childhood state advisory council, proposes a coordinated set of strategies to strengthen alignment, enhance existing programs, improve family navigation support, and modernize statewide infrastructure. The project will advance three integrated areas of work. First, OPSR will reduce fragmentation by strengthening collaboration with the head start collaboration office, establishing a unified birth-five transitions framework with pilot projects with head start grantees, developing a coordinated statewide financing strategy, and launching a head start-led active supervision and safety alignment initiative to ensure consistent, high-quality safety practices. Second, OPSR will improve workforce stability through statewide business and financial supports, integrated workforce strategies, custom retention incentives, and strengthen community capacity to deepen early literacy and family engagement. Third, OPSR will modernize statewide data and navigation by unifying B-5 indicators, updating the early childhood integrated data system (ECIDS) plan, publishing accessible data tools, and supporting the okdhs early childhood portal and unified eligibility feasibility study. Together, these strategies create a more effective, efficient, and family-first early childhood system that improves outcomes for young children across oklahoma.