Legislative Funding

The Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) receives funding to provide support services and grants that provide locally designed comprehensive child development programs encompassing all aspects of a child's development and learning.

Description	Grantee/Vendor	Amount
Early Education Program Grant (EEP): Competitive grant for preschool programs in school districts. AS 14.03.410(a-c) Cohort 1: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 Cohort 2: 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027	Cohort 1: Denali Borough School District Galena City School District Hydaburg City School District Iditarod Area School District Kake City School District Kuspuk School District Lower Kuskokwim School District Cohort 2: Alaska Gateway School District Northwest Arctic Borough School District	$3,000,000
Early Learning Coordination Grant (ELC): non-competitive grant for early care and education literacy and kindergarten readiness	Best Beginnings	$320,000
Early Learning Coordination Grant (ELC): non-competitive grant for early care and education professional development ($300,000)	thread	$300,000
Head Start State Grants	Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association Association of Village Council Presidents Bristol Bay Native Association CCS Early Learning Central Council Tlingit and Haida Chugachmiut Cook Inlet Native Head Start Cook Inlet Tribal Council Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments Fairbanks Native Association Kawerak Kenaitze Indian Tribe Kids’ Corp Inc Metlakatla Tanana Chiefs Conference ThrivAlaska	$13,038,500
Parents As Teachers (PAT): Reimbursable Services Agreement (RSA) to the Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Health, Women’s, Children’s and Family Health Unit for oversight and technical assistance to Parents As Teachers Grantees	Kids Corps Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) RurAL CAP Southeast Alaska –Association for the Education of Young Children (SEA-AEYC)	$474,700
Pre-Elementary Grant (PEG): Competitive grant for preschool programs in school districts, three-year cycle. Current cycle: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026	Aleutians East Borough School District Bristol Bay Borough School District Chugach School District Juneau Borough School District Kodiak Island Borough School District Lake and Peninsula Borough School District Nome Public Schools Southwest Region School District Yukon-Koyukuk School District	$3,200,000