Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) May 8, 2019

Delaware's Focus Delaware’s application is framed by four priorities that map to the five required activities, and reinforce one another: Coordinated services across the B-5 mixed delivery system B-5 data integration Tools to foster parent knowledge-building and choice Professional learning across sectors using shared whole child development language Italicized activities are now not as high of a priority due to funding reduction; Delaware will adjust priorities and activities accordingly with interagency team who wrote the grant.

PDG B-5 Opportunities Provides an opportunity to renew the state’s current five-year early childhood strategic plan that ended in 2018 (Sustaining Early Success, Delaware’s Strategic Plan for a Comprehensive Early Childhood System, 2013). Support for parental choice activities and best practices sharing activities already underway Build on the progress Delaware has made in strengthening its services and supports for its youngest learners and their families and provides

Activity 1: Needs Assessment and Activity 2: Strategic Plan Activity 1A and 1B planned to last approximately 5 months Activity 2 planned to last approximately 6 months More than plan in original grant due to reduction in funding and refocus on Activity 1 and 2 Provide vendors with background research on existing needs assessments already prepared Provide vendors with family members and professionals that should be interviewed In person interviews – one on one, meetings Surveys and focus groups

Activities 3: Parent Choice and Activity 4: Sharing Best Practices Activity 3 – Maximizing Parent Knowledge and Choice Activity 4 – Sharing Best Practices The scale of these activities reduced to reflect the changes in grant funding Finalize planning teams and hold initial sessions to set priorities reflecting the funding and coordinating with ongoing initiatives Activity Grant Request Revised Budget Maximizing Parent Knowledge and Choice $460,000 $55,000 Best Practice Sharing $152,160 $60,000 IF any one wants to be on interview panel, contact Caitlin. Internal IT resources are supporting selection.

Engagement Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five website on DOE page: https://www.doe.k12.de.us/Page/3964 Updates on how to participate in: Needs assessment “opportunity map” generation Solutions brainstorming for design of strategic plan Existing parental choice activities underway Existing sharing best practice activities underway Italicized activities are now not as high of a priority due to funding reduction; Delaware will adjust priorities and activities accordingly with interagency team who wrote the grant.

Thank you! Questions? Please reach out to Caitlin Gleason Education Associate @ Dept. of Education, Office of Early Learning caitlin.gleason@doe.k12.de.us