OPSR Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG-B-5) - Oklahoma’s PDG B-5 project builds on years of system-building efforts to create a more coordinated and accessible early childhood system for families across the state. The Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness (OPSR), the state’s federally designated Early Childhood State Advisory Council, proposes a coordinated set of strategies to strengthen alignment, enhance existing programs, improve family navigation support, and modernize statewide infrastructure. The project will advance three integrated areas of work. First, OPSR will reduce fragmentation by strengthening collaboration with the Head Start Collaboration Office, establishing a Unified Birth-Five Transitions Framework with pilot projects with Head Start Grantees, developing a coordinated statewide financing strategy, and launching a Head Start-led Active Supervision and Safety Alignment Initiative to ensure consistent, high-quality safety practices. Second, OPSR will improve workforce stability through statewide business and financial supports, integrated workforce strategies, custom retention incentives, and strengthen community capacity to deepen early literacy and family engagement. Third, OPSR will modernize statewide data and navigation by unifying B-5 indicators, updating the Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS) plan, publishing accessible data tools, and supporting the OKDHS Early Childhood Portal and unified eligibility feasibility study. Together, these strategies create a more effective, efficient, and family-first early childhood system that improves outcomes for young children across Oklahoma.
