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

Key Facts

Status: Open

Posted date: July 2, 2026

Archive date: December 17, 2026

Opportunity ID: 363047

Opportunity number: HHS-2026-ACF-ECD-TP-0039

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Administration for Children and Families

Agency code: HHS-ACF

Award floor: $500,000

Award ceiling: $15,000,000

Cost sharing required: Yes

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Income Security and Social Services
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
  • State governments
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
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  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:open
Description

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.

Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) SMART Grant
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.
Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) SMART Grant
Open
Administration for Children and Families
Income Security and Social Services
Grant
State governments
Others
2026-07-02