Education & Workforce Dev Cabinet

Preschool Development Grants Birth Through Five System Building Grant - the Purpose of Kentucky’s PDG B-5 Systems Building Grant Is to Develop and Strengthen a Unified State Early Care and Education System That Integrates Policies, Initiatives, and Funding Streams, Including Head Start Grantees. Kentucky Will Implement Outcome Strategies to Advance Program Priorities to: (1) Reconcile Fragmented Data and Enrollment Through the Creation of Unified Systems for Eligibility and Enrollment With a Focus on Vulnerable Populations; (2) Expand High-quality Program Availability and Sustainability Through Expanding High-quality Professional Development Across the Early Care and Education Workforce and Sustaining the Registered Apprenticeship Program; and (3) Aligning Data Systems to Breakdown Information Silos, Including Head Start Data. Project Impact Will Be Tracked Through Measurable Improved Child Outcomes as Evidenced Through the State’s Kindergarten Readiness Data Tracked by the Early Childhood Profile; Improved Workforce Retention Data Provided by the Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Data System (rapids), Early Childhood Workforce Data Dashboard, and Employment Projection Data From the Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) Network and the Statewide Workforce and Talent Team (swatt).