April 29, 2026
State Strategies
In January, Arizona was selected to receive $8.4 million in one-time, one-year federal funding to improve the quality of early care and education (ECE) programs, promote family choice, and strengthen our state’s early childhood system. Arizona is one of 23 states awarded the competitive FY2025 Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) Systems-Building Grant, administered by the Office of Early Childhood Development at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The successful application was submitted by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and developed in collaboration with Read On Arizona, the Arizona Department of Economic Security, Arizona Head Start Association, First Things First and the Governor’s Office.
Learn more about the grant and hear from partners in these recent media reports.
