2. Preschool Development Grants – The Competition
Competition Goal – For States to build or enhance their infrastructure to provide high quality preschool programs and expand high quality preschool programs in High Needs communities. Jointly administered by ED and HHS.
$226MM Overall funding split between two categories ($74MM/$152MM)
Development Competition
Alabama*
Arizona*
Hawaii*
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana*
New Hampshire
Nevada*
Puerto Rico
Expansion Competition (RTT)
California
Colorado
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois*
Kentucky
Maryland*
Massachusetts*
Minnesota
New Jersey*
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island*
Vermont *
Washington
Expansion Competition (non-RTT)
Arkansas*
Connecticut*
Louisiana*
Maine*
New York*
South Carolina
Tennessee*
Texas
Virginia*
Kentucky scored 172 out of 230 (75% of total points possible)
*States awarded funding

3. Thank you to our many partners
Participating School Districts
Northern Kentucky Region
Bellevue Independent
Covington Independent
Dayton Independent
Erlanger-Elsmere Independent
Ludlow Independent
Newport Independent
Silver Grove Independent
Southgate Independent
Eastern KY Promise Zone
Barbourville Independent
Harlan Independent
Harlan County
Knox County Perry County
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Schools
Steering Committee
Mike Bartlett, Governor’s Office
Carol Brooks, Berea RTC
Robin Chandler, KDE
Amanda Ellis, KDE
Amanda Flanary, GOEC
Tommy Floyd, KDE
Cindy Heine, GOEC
Liza Holland, Prichard Committee
Tennant Kirk, Berea College
Marybeth Jackson, CHFS
John Roden, KY River Foothills
Allyson Shelton, KHSA
Terry Tolan, GOEC
Grant Writing Team
Dreama Gentry, Berea College
Heather Dufor, Berea College
Penny Jordan, Berea College
Project Managers
Terry Tolan, GOEC
Amanda Flanary, GOEC Cindy Heine, GOEC
Joe Roberts, GOEC
Subgrantee Partners
Adrienne Bush, Community Ministries
Tish Coldiron, KCEOC
Kofi Darku, Metro United Way
Paul Dole, KCEOC
Rick Hulefeld, Children Inc.
Mike Hammonds, Children Inc.
Cori Gadansky, Metro United Way
Leisha Lyman, United Way NKY
Janet Masterson, 4C Louisville
Amy Neal, Success by Six
Kevin Nix, JCPS
Renee Sexton, LKLP
Mike Tronzo, JCPS
Joe Tolan, Metro United Way
Gill Betz, Metro United Way
Tony Peyton, Louisville Mayors Office
State Agency Teams
Bill Buchanan, KDE
Annie Rooney French, KDE
Linda Hampton, DCC
Charlie Harmon, KDE
Beth Jurek, CHFS
Sally Shepherd, KDE
Phillip Smith, DCC
Kate Akers, KCEWS
Ross Bartlett, KCEWS
Staff Support
Courtney Daniel, GOEC
Stephanie Defrancesco, GOEC
Naitore Djigbenou, GOEC
Hazel Combs, GOEC
Albert Fox, GOEC
Blair Haydon, GOEC
Jennifer Miller, GOEC
Amanda Riley, GOEC
Ashlee Whisman, GOEC
Order seems very random. I made several changes

4. Kentucky’s Strategy Response to creating high quality preschool
Increasing teacher qualifications
Duration of programming (full day)
Comprehensive Services
Identifying areas of high need
High priority zip codes in Jefferson County
Northern Kentucky (suburban)
Eastern Kentucky Promise Zones
Developing Collaborative Models
Build on existing infrastructure
Inclusion of Pre-K, Head Start and Community Based Child Care
Sustainable models through collaborative partnerships

5. The Competition – What we learned
The State plan had many strengths
“The applicant provides ample evidence of a strong Statewide commitment to the coordination of preschool programs and services”
“The applicant clearly describes their plan to assess the outcome of participating children across the 5 Essential Domains of School Readiness and thoroughly details how this is aligned with their Statewide early learning standards.”
“The applicant describes a highly functioning ECAC who, in concert with the GOEC works to steer and coordinate the States early childhood programming efforts.”
Other notables was that the state has a common screen in place
Standards aligned to Head Start Framework and KY Core Academic Standards

6. The Competition – What we learned
Areas for potential growth
Inclusion
Of children above 160% of poverty
Of children in special needs populations
Preschool in TQRIS
Concerns that preschool has not been included in the TQRIS
Monitoring system does not leverage TQRIS data
All other winning ELC States were from round 1 of the competition (except NJ – round 3)
Strength of monitoring
Frequency of P2R reviews
Follow up of monitoring system deficiencies
System of monitoring subgrantees on progress toward goals
Professional Development
Educational attainment of Pre-K staff
Grandfathering of lead teachers – No IECE
Assistant teachers with no CDA
Birth through 3rd grade alignment
No comprehensive services system
Standards aligned but little else
No aligned monitoring
Other areas:
No good source for 4 year old data put this on the slide
Professional development – Grandfathered lead teachers and aides with out CDA put this on the slide
All other ELC winners were from round 1 (except New Jersey) put this on the slide
Cost per child questioned
Quality of Data
Kentucky used 3 and 4 year old numbers
Need to find source for 4 year old only

7. Next Steps – What can we do?
Lessons learned through ELC award – Keep moving forward with the plan
Need better sources for data (4 year olds)
Begin to examine systems mentioned in comments (i.e. monitoring and educational attainment)
Increase inclusion of children up to 200% of FPL
School-based programs included in the TQRIS
Increase Statewide recruitment of participating partners
One of the biggest issues was the incredibly short time lines and the time requirements of the effort
The Budget passed does have language for prek expansion – we must be ready to act
Competition should not change all that much
Some items are low-hanging fruit. Like finding a data source, outreach to Statewide partners
Others need serious consideration: Strengthen monitoring, inclusion in the TQRIS, educational attainment, birth through 3rd alignment
Others need more: Inclusion of children up to 200% and comprehensive services for all