Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) SMART Grant

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Administration for Children and Families (Department of Health and Human Services) is accepting applications for this grant until Nov 20, 2026 (9 days left).

Individual awards range from $500,000 to $15,000,000, the agency expects to make 25 awards and estimated total program funding is $224,000,000.

Eligible applicant types include state governments, plus others described in the listing.

Cost sharing or matching is required.

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Additional eligibility information (excerpt from the listing):

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.

Excerpt from the official synopsis on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

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. …

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