{"id":28031,"date":"2020-01-10T09:45:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T14:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=28031"},"modified":"2020-01-10T09:48:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T14:48:05","slug":"maryland-receives-26-5-million-toward-early-childhood-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/maryland-receives-26-5-million-toward-early-childhood-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Receives $26.5 Million Toward  Early Childhood System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Grant Will Help Continue Improvements to Mixed-Delivery Early Childhood System<\/h3>\n<p><strong>BALTIMORE\u00a0 <\/strong>The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) has been awarded a $26.8 million Preschool Development Birth through Five (PDG B-5) Renewal Grant. The grant will help continue the strategic planning and system development of the state\u2019s mixed-delivery early childhood system. Maryland\u2019s earliest learners start their education in a variety of settings, including center and family childcare providers, Head Start, schools, and other early learning centers and programs. The three-year renewal grant will allow MSDE, state\/local partners, and stakeholders to enhance, expand, and build upon activities in the state\u2019s PDG B-5 initial one-year grant.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland&#8217;s vision is to develop a well-coordinated and integrated mixed-delivery system of programs, supports, and services where each child in the state has an opportunity to access high-quality early childhood experiences. These experiences allow children to arrive at school with a healthy body, healthy mind, and the foundational knowledge and skills needed to succeed. With this grant, the state will continue to improve the accessibility, affordability, and quality of comprehensive, two-generational services and supports for children from birth to age eight and their families who may be experiencing adversity.<\/p>\n<p>Under the PDG B-5 Renewal Grant, MSDE plans to sustain effective approaches already underway including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Modernizing Maryland\u2019s early childhood data system<\/li>\n<li>Training and coaching to support evidence-based curriculum for three and four year-olds<\/li>\n<li>Professional development engaging young multi-language learners through WIDA Early Years<\/li>\n<li>Promoting and supporting inclusive settings for young children with disabilities<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening family engagement<\/li>\n<li>Training and coaching for high-quality care and learning experiences for infants, toddlers and their families<\/li>\n<li>Increasing alignment and opportunities across the state&#8217;s higher education system to support the early childhood workforce<\/li>\n<li>Providing grants to local Early Childhood Advisory Councils and libraries to improve local service capacity and quality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about the PDG B-5 Initial and Renewal Grants by <a href=\"https:\/\/earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org\/PDG\">following this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant Will Help Continue Improvements to Mixed-Delivery Early Childhood System<br \/>\nBALTIMORE\u00a0 The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) has been awarded a $26.8 million Preschool Development <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/maryland-receives-26-5-million-toward-early-childhood-system\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,5,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-news","category-newsreleases","category-overview"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28031"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28234,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28031\/revisions\/28234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}