Commonwealth of Kentucky Governor's Office of Early Childhood

Professionals

High quality care and education improves child outcomes. High quality early learning environments cannot be achieved without a quality workforce.

Families

All parents have dreams of success for their child. As your child’s first and best teacher, you play a major role in giving your child the greatest opportunity to succeed.

Communities

Mobilizing communities to identify local needs of children and families ensures the best early care and education for Kentucky’s youngest citizens.

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The Governor’s Office of Early Childhood is thrilled that Kentucky is a recipient of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Preschool Development Grant - Birth through Five (PDG B-5) and was funded $10,620,000. This brings forward so many opportunities for us to support the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by building a stronger foundation for children and will increase collaboration between state agencies and stakeholders to promote stronger overall quality of early childhood care and education.

PDG B-5 Press Release .pdf

Kentucky PDG Application Full Version .pdf

PDG Highlights .pdf

PDG PowerPoint Presentation.pptx

Linda Hampton, Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Early Childhood appeared on KET’s Connections with Renee Shaw to discuss the PDG and other state initiaitves that are being implementated to improve early childhood education across the state. Linda KET Connections Interview

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