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ESSA/Preschool Development Grants Birth-5
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Section 9212 of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), PL 114-95 establishes the Preschool Development Grants (PDG). This award seeks to assist states (including territories) in helping low-income and disadvantaged children enter Kindergarten prepared and ready to succeed in school and to help improve the transitions from the early care and education setting to elementary school. The overall responsibility of the ESSA PDG is to assist states (including territories) in the coordination of their existing early childhood service delivery models and funding streams - for the purpose of serving more children birth through age five in a mixed delivery model. The ESSA PDG has three targeted purposes. It aims to: "(1) assist States to develop, update, or implement a strategic plan that facilitates collaboration and coordination among existing programs of early childhood care and education in a mixed delivery system across the State designed to prepare low-income and disadvantaged children to enter kindergarten and to improve transitions from such system into the local educational agency or elementary school that enrolls such children, by— (A) more efficiently using existing Federal, State, local, and non-governmental resources to align and strengthen the delivery of existing programs, (B) coordinating the delivery models and funding streams existing in the State's mixed delivery system; and (C) developing recommendations to better use existing resources in order to improve-- (i) the overall participation of children in a mixed delivery system of Federal, State, and local early childhood education programs; (ii) program quality while maintaining availability of services; (iii) parental choice among existing programs; and (iv) school readiness for children from low- income and disadvantaged families, including during such children's transition into elementary school; (2) encourage partnerships among Head Start providers, State and local governments, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, private entities (including faith- and community- based entities), and local educational agencies, to improve coordination, program quality, and delivery of services; and (3) maximize parental choice among a mixed delivery system of early childhood education program providers." [Note to 42 USC 9831(a)] The PDG B-5 Planning Grants are one-year awards allowing states and territories to develop and implement a comprehensive, statewide, birth through five needs assessment. States and territories then develop a related strategic plan that also addresses activities that lead to more meaningful parent engagement, the sharing of resources and best practices among the different early childhood program providers, and improvements in overall quality, specific to each state's developmental goals. The PDG B-5 Renewal Grants are three-year awards that allow states and territories to implement their strategic plans and periodically update their needs assessments and related strategic plans. The renewal recipients continue to improve their coordination and collaboration of programs, services, and systems, while focusing on data integration, ongoing monitoring and evaluation, and improvement of governance structures, policy development, and stakeholder engagement.
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47 applications were received and 46 met the minimum scoring threshold and were awarded. These States and Territories are: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington.
Six States/Territories were awarded a 1 year PDG B-5 Initial Grant. Twenty-three of 46 States/Territories with an existing Initial Grant from 2018 were awarded a 3 year PDG B-5 Renewal Grant.
Twenty (20) States received their first year of their 3 year PDG B-5 funding at the end of December 2019. These 20 States were AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, VA, and WA.
Also in December 2019, three (3) additional States (ID, WI, and WY) and 3 additional Territories (CNMI, GU, and PR) received one year PDG B-5 Initial Grants.
In April 2020, three (3) additional States - KS, NE, and SC - received the first year of their 3 year PDG B-5 Renewal Grant funding.
Twenty (20) States received their second year of their 3 year PDG B-5 funding at the end of December 2020. Also, in December 2020, five (5) States/Territories - GU, ID, PR, WI, and WY - were awarded funds for the first year of their 3 year PDG B-5 Renewal Grant. Finally, in December 2020, the PDG B-5 Initial Grant for all 46 original States/Territories came to an end with 23 Final Reports completed, and the remaining 23 scheduled to be completed by June 2021. In April 2021, three (3) additional States - KS, NE, SC - received their second year of their 3 year Renewal Grant funding.
At the end of December 2021, twenty (20) States received their third year of their 3 year PDG B-5 Renewal Grant funding. Also, in December 2021, five (5) States/Territories were awarded funds for their second year of their 3 year PDG B-5 Renewal Grant. In April 2022, three (3) additional States (KS, NE, and SC) received their third year of their 3 year PDG B-5 Renewal Grant funding. The PDG B-5 Initial Grant Final Reports for 3 of the remaining 6 States/Territories were completed before the end of FY 2022. The final 3 Initial Grant Final Reports were received between June and September 30, 2022. The original 20 Renewal Grant recipients submitted their 2021 Annual Performance Progress Report (APPR) between January and May 2022.
At the end of December 2022, ACF awarded 13 new Initial Grants, which will now be referred to as Planning Grants, which with 8 previous awards now totaled 21. Two states had never received PDG funding previously - TN and WV. In addition, ACF awarded 21 new Renewal Grants to those states and territories that have previously received an Initial Grant, but have not previously received a Renewal Grant.
In 2024, the 21 Planning Grantees received a no-cost extension allowing them additional time (between 3-12 months to complete their intended scope of work that was not completed during the previous year. In addition, the 21 Renewal Grantees received the 2nd year of their 3-year funding and they were able to carryover any year 1 unobligated funds into Year 2. We are preparing to award an additional 11 three-year Renewal Grants prior to the end of September 2024.
It is anticipated that there will be both a PDG B-5 Planning Grant and a PDG B-5 Renewal Grant competition in the Spring of 2025 with both types of new awards issued prior to the end of September 2025.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
