Addressing the Infant & Toddler Care Crisis: How States Are Using the Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five Renewal Funding to Support Children Younger than Three
This brief highlights trends across 23 states that submitted successful PDG B-5 Renewal applications and presents top-level summaries of their work to enhance early care and education system capacity to support infants, toddlers, and their families.
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Applying for the PDG B-5 SMART Grant?
Blog October 22, 2026
A Guide for PDG B-5 Grant Funding
Planning Tool September 28, 2026
States applying for the 2026 PDG B-5 SMART Grant can use this guide to find vetted, mostly federal resources to build their application. HHS-2026-ACF-ECD-TP-0039 | Compiled by BUILD Initiative
Systems in Sync: What Seven States Learned About Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness
Blog September 24, 2026
Teams from seven states spent six months exploring how systems can work together to support infants, toddlers, and parents experiencing homelessness.