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Preschool Development Grant Birth Through 5 (PDG B-5) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) (administered by Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Workforce Commission). This federal grant helps states address gaps in their early childhood system and improve school readiness for children from birth through age five.
Texas utilizes this funding to support early learning initiatives, workforce development, and strategic planning.
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Texas Preschool Development Grant Birth Through 5 (PDG B-5) - Texas Workforce Commission Texas Preschool Development Grant Birth Through 5 (PDG B-5) The federal government awarded the state of Texas $16 million a year for the Preschool Development Grant Birth Through 5 (PDG B-5). The funds are from January 2023 through December 2025.
PDG B-5 funding helps states with efforts to address gaps in their early childhood system that were made worse by the COVID-19 crisis. Texas PDG B-5 Grant Contents 1. Connect Families to Services and Engage Families as Leaders Add local resources to earlychildhood.
texas. gov . Create an eligibility screener to help parents learn more about early childhood programs.
Use and expand Parent Advisory Councils across the state. Provide funding for two family engagement staff at the Texas Education Agency. Support staff in using the National Family Support Network Standards of Quality.
Develop processes to provide ongoing family feedback to the state. Provide subgrants to Prevention and Early Intervention providers for family engagement activities. 2.
Support Local Systems Building Broaden Help Me Grow Texas to help communities organize early childhood resources by: Offering help to new Help Me Grow affiliate organizations. Connecting local early childhood leaders to work and plan together. Providing subgrants to Prevention and Early Intervention providers.
3. Expand Access to High Quality Programs Improve access to child care in rural areas with Child Care Regulation Navigators. Provide training for child care staff to support young children with disabilities.
Support prekindergarten teachers through coaching and assessment tools. Expand infant and early childhood mental health consultation. Conduct studies to help the state make mental health consultations more available.
Visit the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin Early Childhood Mental Health website to learn more. 4. Strengthen and Build the ECCE Workforce Develop a pipeline of early childhood providers through many pathways.
Create a guidance document for Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs of study to help students earn a Child Development Associate (CDA). Create a landscape analysis to understand early childhood training programs and degrees. View the full landscape analysis .
View the landscape analysis summary . Offer funding to public Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to create and define clear credit pathways in the Early Childhood Field. View the Early Educators Credit Pathways Support information and application Provide incentives to Early Childhood Intervention therapists to maintain qualified staff.
Offer restorative discipline coaching to early childhood providers to address challenging behaviors. 5. Develop a Statewide Integrated Data System Develop an Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS).
Conduct a new statewide needs assessment for children birth to 5 years old. Texas Performance Evaluation: Preschool Development Grant, Birth to Five renewal grant Conduct an updated statewide needs assessment in 2025 for children birth to 5 years old.
Grant Activities and Budget Goal Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total budgeted Connect Families to Services and Engage Families as Leaders $242,700 $359,000 $450,000 $1,051,700 Support Local Systems Building $5,510,000 $5,595,452 $5,584,516 $16,689,968 Expand Access to High Quality Programs $4,600,000 $4,013,452 $1,442,577 $10,056,029 Strengthen and Build the ECCE Workforce $3,562,951 $3,720,600 $5,559,627 $12,843,178 Develop a Statewide Integrated Data System $0 $972,750 $1,200,000 $2,172,750 $1,665,400 $812,000 $900,000 $3,377,400 Other – personnel, supplies, travel, other $418,949 $526,746 $863,280 $1,808,975 Total $16,000,000 $16,000,000 $16,000,000 $48,000,000 This project was made possible by grant number 90TP0088.
Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.
Quarterly Stakeholder Webinars July 2025 – Early Childhood Workforce March 2025 – Parent Engagement December 2024 – Parent Engagement September 2024 – Early Childhood Workforce June 2024- Early Childhood Coalitions March 2023 - PDG Overview June 2023 - Early Childhood Workforce July 2023 - Early Childhood Coalitions September 2023 - Families and Data Systems PDG B-5 Grant Application Texas PDG B-5 Year One Accomplishments Texas PDG B-5 Year Two Accomplishments Texas PDG B-5 Year Three Accomplishments
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Administered by state agencies; early learning academies may be eligible through specific state-led initiatives and sub-grants funded by PDG B-5. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Preschool Development Grant Birth Through 5 (PDG B-5) is funded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) (administered by Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Workforce Commission). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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