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PDG B-5 grantees are required to develop or revise a strategic plan that supports collaboration and coordination among existing ECE programs in a mixed-delivery system with a state or territory. The plan will focus on establishing and maintaining an ECE system designed to support all children and their families, but particularly those identified as most vulnerable by their state or territory. Each state or territory’s PDG B-5 Strategic Plan will identify goals and action steps to directly address the specific areas for improvement identified in the needs assessment and reflect a comprehensive systems-plan approach. Grantees have the opportunity to create their strategic plans in a way that best fits their needs, and should establish the strategies that fit the needs of the participants involved in the work and invested in the outcome.

The following set of resources was created to support PDG B-5 grantees in creating strategic plans for comprehensive, mixed-delivery systems for children and families.

PDG B-5 grantees are required to conduct or update a periodic, statewide birth through five (B-5) needs assessment of the availability and quality of existing programs in the state.  The following set of resources was created to support PDG B-5 grantees in their work establishing and carrying out the needs assessment process:

Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) initial grantees are required to develop program performance evaluation (PPE) plans that detail how they will self-examine the implementation, outputs, and outcomes of their PDG B-5 grant activities. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) intends for PDG B-5 grantees to use PPE to support implementation of PDG B-5 strategic plans and data-based decision making while facilitating collaboration and coordination among existing early childhood programs in a mixed delivery system (MDS). Grantees can use PPE to assess progress toward pre-established goals and objectives identified in their strategic plans, identify opportunities for continuous quality improvement and share lessons learned.This document serves as ACF’s initial PPE guidance document and includes recommendations grantees can consider as they create their PPE plan.

All grantees were required to create a Program Performance Evaluation Plan (PPEP) as part of their initial PDG B-5 grants with the intent that Grantees would continue to use and update their PPEPs throughout their grant period and in the future. This webinar  will increase Grantee knowledge and capacity for updating and using their PPEPs for continuous evaluation of their birth through five mixed delivery options within their early childhood care and education system.

This brief is designed to assist states with developing or revising their Program Performance Evaluation Plans. It provides guidance and recommendations on showing the state’s logic behind the state’s strategic plan, making decisions about measurement, and setting priorities to make the evaluation manageable.

The Annual Program Performance Review (APPR) Crosswalk aligns the proposed questions for the 2021 APPR with the existing questions in the OMB approved 2020 APPR. The crosswalk provides a reference for Grantees to identify data and narrative responses to assist in preparing responses to the proposed 2021 APPR questions.

This podcast  is geared towards early childhood professionals and strategic partners, hoping to use research to inform policy and better serve children, families, and their communities. This series features state leaders and national experts who discuss early childhood policy and efforts supporting the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five initiatives happening across the country.

Each episode focuses on topics including the development of strategic partnerships, establishing financing models for mixed delivery and coordinating eligibility and enrollment processes across agencies and across states. Tune in for an informative and engaging look at early childhood policy initiatives and learn from the nation's top early childhood professionals and leaders.

The Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) latest Workforce Wednesday Webinar: Helping Early Childhood Educators Thrive: Promoting ECE Staff Mental Health and Well-Being, held on May 31, 2023. Slides from the webinar are now available. 

In this eblast you will find research, data, and strategies to help local programs, states, territories, and Tribal communities promote early childhood educators’ mental health and well-being. Past Workforce Wednesday eblasts and webinars have highlighted increasing wages and benefits and access to health care , which are also critical to the well-being of the early care and education (ECE) workforce.

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