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        October 30, 2025

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Preschool Development Grant (PDG)

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September 30, 2025

The Vermont Early Ed Bulletin: Issue 1

Welcome to the first edition of The Vermont Early Ed Bulletin, your source for current data and resources related to Act ...
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August 20, 2025

Celebrating Progress on Data Access and Integration Made Possible by the Preschool Development Grant

The Preschool Development Grant (PDG) is investing $23 million in Vermont’s early childhood system from 2023 through 2025. This federal grant ...
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June 25, 2025

New Data Brief on Interagency Collaboration

BBF has collected data on the state of collaboration among early childhood partners and can now report on those results. As ...
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June 24, 2025

Data Brief: Interagency Collaboration in Vermont

Moving the Needle on Interagency Collaboration: Insights from Leaders on Vermont’s Early Childhood System Building Bright Futures (BBF) undertook a data ...
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May 7, 2025

BBF Urges Action as Federal Budget Threatens Vital Supports for Vermont Families

As Vermont’s Early Childhood State Advisory Council, Building Bright Futures (BBF) is deeply alarmed by the White House’s FY2026 discretionary budget ...
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October 31, 2024

Vermont Makes Strides in Strengthening Early Childhood Services

Good news for Vermont families with young kids! The state is using a special federal grant to improve the system of ...
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October 7, 2024

Our New Brief on the Vermont Family Leadership Mapping Project

Today we published a brief on the Vermont Family Leadership Mapping Project. The brief is based on information we gathered through ...
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January 31, 2023

Vermont Awarded $23M Grant to Support Children, Families, and the Early Childhood System

We have big news! Check out this press release that just went out to regional and statewide outlets: Jan. 31, 2023 ...
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September 27, 2022

Share your feedback by Oct. 3 for Preschool Development Grant

Vermont is excited to develop an application to compete for a federal Preschool Development Grant. Please answer a very brief survey ...
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March 24, 2022

$1.3M grant to Vermont will promote health of children from prenatal to age 3

Starting in September 2021 and continuing through 2026, the state of Vermont is receiving $255,600 per year ($1.3 million total) from ...
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