The $26.8 million Preschool Development Grant (2020-2022, with a no-cost extension into 2023: Award# 90TP0060-01-00) will help to build New Hampshire’s early childhood care and education (ECCE) system to strengthen the system, better address the needs of vulnerable young children and their families, and help build a solid foundation to improve outcomes for NH's children, families, schools, and communities.
In 2023, New Hampshire was awarded a new year of funding for the Preschool Development Grant, bringing an additional $3.9 million to the state (US DHHS ACF Award# 90TP0110). This 1-year planning grant, developed in collaboration with DHHS, NHED, and the Council for Thriving Children, aims to:
- Develop work/action plans to further the objectives of NH’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan, including efforts to support an Office of Early Childhood.
- Fund grants to support the development of Community Schools.
- Invest in the development of a Family Child Care Network.
- Provide coaching to support the early care and education workforce.
- Foster data-driven decision-making at DHHS.
- Support family and community voice in the early childhood system.
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Meredith O'Shea
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UNH Awarded $3.8 Million Preschool Development Grant
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Funding will help improve New Hampshire's early childhood education system
ArticleNew Hampshire's Preschool Development Grant
The Preschool Development Grant, Birth through Five, continues New Hampshire's efforts to better understand the current early childhood system and use those data to strengthen the system, better address the needs of vulnerable young children and their families, and help build a solid foundation to improve outcomes for NH's children, families, schools, and communities. The grant is a collaboration between UNH, the NH Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, the Governor’s early childhood council (NH Council for Thriving Children), and New Hampshire’s early childhood advocates and practitioners (see our partners).
Reference: PDG B-5 Strategic Plan Guidance
- Each state provides services to young children and support to families in a unique way. New Hampshire utilizes a “mixed delivery” system, meaning that programs targeting children from birth through age 5 (B-5) are provided by public entities (e.g., Head Start or federally-funded home visiting programs) as well as private groups (e.g., child care centers or home-based child care providers). While this approach allows for local specialization of programs, the range of provider types and services results in inequal access and varied quality. The PDG will allow NH to create a comprehensive, effective, and efficient statewide early childhood system.
- The PDG B-5 project is broader than preschool. To best support young children and their families, the PDG B-5 will support early care and education, health, and family support initiatives broadly. The grant seeks to support New Hampshire's vision that all families are afforded comprehensive and responsive supports, so they are healthy, learning, and thriving, now and in the future. The three-year (2020-2022), $26 million grant, will help New Hampshire build an effective, inclusive, responsive, efficient, and evidence-informed early childhood system.
Overview of 2021 NH PDG Activities and Plan for 2022
Overview of 2020 NH PDG activities and plan for 2021
The Preschool Development Grant is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (Award# 90TP0060-01-00). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.
Supporting Documentation
The Preschool Development Grant is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (Award# 90TP0060-01-00). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.
