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Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) SMART Grant
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- Funder
- Administration for Children and Families
- Deadline
- Nov 20, 2026 (20 days left)
- Posted
- Sep 21, 2026
- Award range
- $500,000 to $15,000,000
- Total program funding
- $224,000,000
- Expected number of awards
- 25
- Match or cost share
- Match required
- Who applies
- Schools
- Who benefits
- SchoolsStudents
- Eligible applicants
- Schools
- Education level
- Adult educationPre-K
- Topics
- Early childhoodFacilitiesHealthSTEMTechnology
- Geography
- National
- Assistance Listing (CFDA)
- 93.434
- Source
- Grants.gov · ID 363047
Summary
This NOFO is modified. The webinar link was changed and the ECD website address changed. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), seeks applications for the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) SMART Grant: Strategic Measurement, Analytics, and Results using Technology.
Eligibility, from the funder
Specific states and territories are eligible and 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.
Full description from the funder
This NOFO is modified. The webinar link was changed and the ECD website address changed. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), seeks applications for the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) SMART Grant: Strategic Measurement, Analytics, and Results using Technology. This funding opportunity will support states and territories to make targeted, one-year investments in statewide early care and education (ECE) technology and analytic data infrastructure that advance PDG B-5 purposes, including strengthening coordination across the mixed-delivery system, improving program quality and access, supporting informed family choice, and using data to better understand and address the needs of children from birth through age five.
Applicants will propose a focused, feasible investment that strengthens the state's ability to generate actionable information for decision-making and produces a measurable result by the end of the project period. Eligibility: Specific states and territories are eligible and 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.
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