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

Administration for Children and Families · Opportunity HHS-2026-ACF-ECD-TP-0039

Deadline November 20, 2026 58 days left

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.

Award range $500k – $15M
Total program funding $224M

≈ 25 awards expected

PostedSeptember 21, 2026

Who can apply

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.

About this opportunity

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.

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