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Department of Early Learning and Care awarded nearly $7.5M PDG; subcommittee retroactively approved application
Summary
The Department of Early Learning and Care told the subcommittee it won nearly the full $7.5 million Preschool Development Grant (PDG B-5) and sought retroactive approval for the application; the grant requires a 30% state match (~$2.2M) that the agency plans to pay with existing general-fund staff time and will use contracted subject-matter experts to augment staff, and the subcommittee moved the request to the full committee with LFO backing.
The Department of Early Learning and Care told the Education Subcommittee on Jan. 14 that it applied on short notice for a federal Preschool Development Grant (PDG Birth through 5) to support statewide systems integration and was notified in early January that the application was successful for nearly the full $7.5 million.
“For the record, my name is Cooper Brown. … We applied for about $7,500,000,” said Cooper Brown, deputy director of operations for the Department of…
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