The 4th Trimester: Supporting Optimal Health and Development for Mothers and Babies
Watch and learn from Sarah Verbiest and Nkechi Charles, from the Jordan Institute for Families at the University of North Carolina. This webinar includes a discussion about the relevance of the 4th Trimester and its impact on health, growth, and development - of the mother, the baby, and the mother-child relationship - and specific policy changes that your own state could be making to get to better mother and baby outcomes.
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Five Things to Know Before You Submit Your PDG B-5 SMART Grant Application
Blog November 3, 2026
This year's PDG B-5 isn't a planning grant or an implementation grant. It's a 12-month data, technology, and analytics grant. Prior planning is the price of entry.
Held and Housed Webinar: PPT Deck
Archived Webinar November 3, 2026
This September 2026 webinar gave participants an in-depth look at the human toll homelessness takes on maternal and child health and how, with the right support, families can flourish.
PDG B-5 SMART Grant: Resource Guide
Planning Tool October 28, 2026
This guide is for states applying for the 2026 PDG B-5 SMART Grant. It gathers vetted, mostly federal resources and organizes them by section of the application. The guide covers data infrastructure and data-sharing agreements, and each of the four cross-system scoring areas: Head Start integration, program integrity, unduplicated counts, and child welfare coordination. It also covers building a project performance evaluation plan. The October 2026 webinar recording and slides are included. The guide was compiled by the National TA Collaborative to Maximize Federal Early Childhood Investments.