FY 2025 Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Systems-Building Grant
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2025-ACF-ECD-TP-0016
- Agency
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Administration for Children and Families
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- $500,000 to $15,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Income Security and Social Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- State Governments
- Points of contact
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- Richard Gonzales pdgb5@acf.hhs.gov
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The FY 2025 Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Systems-Building Grant is a federal funding opportunity from the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, targeting state governments to develop comprehensive early childhood education (ECE) systems. The primary objectives include conducting statewide needs assessments, creating strategic plans to strengthen ECE programs, and improving the early childhood workforce and program quality. Key requirements include developing a coherent ECE system, creating seamless learning experiences, efficiently integrating federal/state/local resources, and maximizing family choice in early childhood education options. Evaluation criteria will focus on applicants' ability to develop a shared statewide ECE vision, build a unified ECE system, and demonstrate organizational capacity to implement proposed strategies. The application is due on December 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET, with submissions required through Grants.gov.
The grant opportunity offers a maximum award of $15 million, with individual awards ranging from $500,000 to $15 million for a one-year project period from December 31, 2025, through December 30, 2026. The total expected program funding is $222 million, with up to 25 awards anticipated for the 45 states and territories not previously awarded a PDG B-5 Renewal Grant. Applicants must demonstrate 30% cost-sharing and comply with specific administrative and reporting requirements. The place of performance will be within the applying state or territory, with the goal of improving early childhood education systems and increasing access to high-quality ECE programs for children from birth to five years old.
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Update #2 · Latest ·
This NOFO has been modified to update the scoring criteria, in Step 4, Application review. - This NOFO has been modified to update the scoring criteria, in Step 4, Application review.The Office of Early Childhood Development within the Administration for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services will be soliciting applications from eligible states and territories to carry out the Systems-Building Grant activities of the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program. These PDG B-5 awards will support states and territories to build systems that strengthen early care and education (ECE) programs and increase parent access within a mixed delivery system based on a comprehensive, statewide birth to five needs assessment and strategic plan. Funding with be targeted to maximize parent choice and knowledge of the early care and education (ECE) mixed delivery system; support sharing of best practices among ECE provider to improve collaboration and efficiency of programs; and improve the quality of ECE programs.
Update #1 ·
The Office of Early Childhood Development within the Administration for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services will be soliciting applications from eligible states and territories to carry out the Systems-Building Grant activities of the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program. These PDG B-5 awards will support states and territories to build systems that strengthen early care and education (ECE) programs and increase parent access within a mixed delivery system based on a comprehensive, statewide birth to five needs assessment and strategic plan. Funding with be targeted to maximize parent choice and knowledge of the early care and education (ECE) mixed delivery system; support sharing of best practices among ECE provider to improve collaboration and efficiency of programs; and improve the quality of ECE programs.
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