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Grant Overview
The Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five seeks to support states in their efforts to analyze the landscape of their early learning and care (ELC) mixed delivery system and implement changes to the system that maximize availability of high-quality ELC options for high-impact families; streamline administrative infrastructure; improve state-level early learning and care funding efficiencies; and improve the quality of care.
The Preschool Development Grant-Renewal (PDG-R) is a three year grant period. The project start date was December 31, 2019 and is scheduled to end on December 31, 2022. The grant awards $13.4 million per year, $40.2 million total.
As part of the PDG-R, regional hubs coordination, Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) serves as a coordinator and facilitator of training, resources, and shared planning to maximize efficiencies and collaboration within each region to support efforts to share information and resources and further identify challenges and opportunities to strengthen transitions in the ELC system to better support children’s development, family engagement, and community connection.
PDG-R Contract Deliverables: Resource & Referral (R&R) Agencies
Support the development of Regional R&R Hubs to convene PDG-R Services
Design Early Childhood (EC) Cafés model to increase home visitors (HV), family, friend and neighbor (FFN) and family child care providers (FCC) implementation
Expand Parent Café model to include Zero to Three: The Growing Brain; and American Psychological Association: ACT Raising Safe Kids
Design and implement Parent Feedback Sessions (Parent Consortia) Coordinate with Quality Counts California (QCC)
Coordinate with Tribal and California County Superintendents of Educational Services Association (CCSESA)
Develop consistent messaging across the state
Collect data from R&R agencies for evaluation and continuous quality improvement purposes
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