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Transforming Early Childhood Care and Education

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By: The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Mecicines May 1, 2018
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Two reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine—Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation (2015) and Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education (2018)—explore the science of early childhood development, identify ways to strengthen the competencies of professionals who care for and educate young children, and recommend approaches for financing early childhood care and education in a way that supports high quality and broad access.

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Financing Highlights

Report November 1, 2023

PDG B-5 Planning and Renewal Grants are being used by states across a wide range of content areas in the early childhood care and education system, and in a variety of ways. The federal funding provides a systems framework and seeks to offer flexibility within that framework. States are using the federal funding to build capacity, create infrastructure, provide direct services, and pilot work that is new for them. This work is occurring within a broad framework provided by the federal government. This brief explores the choices that PDG B-5 grantees plan for the use of the financing provided, which has impact on the overall ECCE systems that they are building and implementing. Within PDG B-5, states had to demonstrate how they would allocate the financial resources available across required and discretionary activity categories. We can learn about their priorities from a look at the choices that they made.