The state of Hawaiʻi’s Executive Office on Early Learning received a one-year federal grant of $1,376,813 through the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B–5) Systems Building Grant program.
This federal grant is designed to help states strengthen and better align early learning systems serving children from birth through age 5. Hawaiʻi is among only 23 states selected to receive this funding in the latest round of awards.
The PDG B–5 grant supports efforts to improve coordination across the early learning system, maximize existing federal, state and local resources, as well as to expand access to high-quality opportunities for families across the state.
“This grant is an important investment in Hawaiʻi’s early learning system,” said Yuuko Arikawa-Cross, Director of the Executive Office on Early Learning. “The early years of a child’s life are foundational to their lifelong learning, health and well-being. These funds will help us strengthen the systems that support children from birth through age 5 and give our keiki the support they need to thrive.”
Funding from the grant will support statewide systems-building efforts focused on improving coordination across agencies and service providers, strengthening family access and choice in early learning programs, enhancing quality across the early learning system and helping ensure children enter kindergarten ready to succeed.
The Executive Office on Early Learning looks forward to working closely with our early childhood community to maximize the impact of this funding and continue advancing early learning opportunities throughout Hawaiʻi.
For more information about Hawaiʻi’s efforts with the Preschool Development Grant Birth-5, visit the PDG B-5 website at https://www.pdghawaii.org/.
