Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five

Overview

The Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program plays an essential role in ensuring state child care and early learning systems are as effective and efficient as possible.

States use federal PDG B-5 grants to make child care and early learning programs better, building much-needed infrastructure and aligning multiple systems and agencies.

This critical funding helps states provide millions of children and working families with access to high-quality child care and early learning that can help set them on a strong path for success.

These competitive federal grants: 

• Help states improve quality and safety across child care programs.
• Improve state collaboration across multiple child care and early learning programs, systems, and agencies to identify what’s working, what’s not, and what to do about it.
• Assist states in collecting data, so they can make programs work more effectively and efficiently.

Current Funding Level: PDG B-5 is funded at $315 million for FY2025.