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FY 2025 Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Systems-Building Grant

Federal funding opportunity HHS-2025-ACF-ECD-TP-0016 from Administration for Children and Families (Department of Health and Human Services).

Posted
November 18, 2025
Closed
December 1, 2025
Award ceiling
$15,000,000
Award floor
$500,000
Program funding
$222,000,000
Expected awards
25
Cost sharing
Yes
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
93.434
Category
Income Security and Social Services
Archives
December 31, 2025

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.434 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated
$307.4M
FY2026 obligated
$307.5M
FY2027 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
91

Top recipients: Indiana Family and Social Serv, Department of Education Arkansas, Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care, Arizona Department of Education, Children & Family Services, New York Office of

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

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.

Who can apply

Certain Territories are also eligible for this Systems-Building Grant. Specific states and territories 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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Agency contact: Administration for Children and Families · [email protected] · 202-690-5840

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