Topic: Preschool Development Grants (PDG)

• Newly Released Strategies Provide Guidance for States to Leverage PDG B-5

• ACF Releases Guidance to Increase ECE Workforce Compensation and Supports

• ACF releases New Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Funding Opportunity Announcement with a Focus on Supporting the Workforce

• FFYF’s 2022 Child Care & Early Learning State Fact Sheets

• Administration Forecasts New Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Funding Opportunities for States

• FFYF Co-Hosts Congressional Briefing Highlighting Importance of Federal ECE Funding

• Appropriations and Budget Reconciliation: Understanding Federal Early Learning & Care Funding Opportunities

• FY2022 Appropriations Omnibus Includes Increases for Existing Early Learning & Care Programs

• On Capitol Hill, Secretaries Cardona & Becerra Emphasize the Long-Term Value of Early Learning Investments

• Advocates Call for Increased FY2022 Appropriations for Early Learning and Care Programs

• FFYF Hosts Congressional Briefing on Federal ECE Programs Ahead of FY22 Appropriations

• ABCs of Federal Early Learning and Care Funding Streams

• FFYF’s Blueprint for Progress

• Biden Nominates Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary

• Xavier Becerra Nominated to be HHS Secretary, Would Oversee Critical Early Learning & Care Programs