What is this grant opportunity?

This is a federal funding opportunity titled "FY 2025 Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Systems-Building Grant", offered by Administration for Children and Families. It is associated with CFDA program 93.434. This NOFO has been modified to update the scoring criteria, in Step 4, Application review.The Office of Early Childhood Development within the Administration for Children and Families at the Departmen...

Is this opportunity still open?

No, this opportunity is closed. It closed on December 1, 2025. Check the parent program page for future funding cycles.

How much funding is available?

The award range for this opportunity is $500,000 -- $15,000,000. Total estimated funding: $222,000,000. Expected number of awards: 25.

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Closed · HHS-2025-ACF-ECD-TP-0016 · CFDA 93.434 · Discretionary

FY 2025 Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Systems-Building Grant

Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$500K-$15M
Award range: Closed
Status: December 1, 2025
Close date: 25
Expected awards

Compiled by PlainGrants · August 10, 2026

The verdict

FY 2025 Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Systems-Building Grant is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families that offered $500,000 -- $15,000,000 across 25 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 858 other opportunities from Administration for Children and Families.

$500K-$15M
award range: Closed
application status: 25
expected awards: 93.434
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on December 1, 2025. CFDA 93.434 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $500,000 -- $15,000,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed December 1, 2025

Posted Nov 18 Closes Dec 1

Est. Total Funding

$222,000,000

Expected Awards

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

This NOFO has been modified to update the scoring criteria, in Step 4, Application review.The Office of Early Childhood Development within the Administration for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services will be soliciting applications from eligible states and territories to carry out the Systems-Building Grant activities of the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program. These PDG B-5 awards will support states and territories to build systems that strengthen early care and education (ECE) programs and increase parent access within a mixed delivery system based on a comprehensive, statewide birth to five needs assessment and strategic plan. Funding with be targeted to maximize parent choice and knowledge of the early care and education (ECE) mixed delivery system; support sharing of best practices among ECE provider to improve collaboration and efficiency of programs; and improve the quality of ECE programs.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for FY 2025 Preschool Development Grant Birth Thr… (State governments; Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). Only 14 other Administration for Children and Families listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% of 859).

Code 00: State governments
Code 25: Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Richard Gonzales pdgb5@acf.hhs.gov

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What to do next

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