LINCOLN- Nebraska has been awarded $4 million from the Administration for Children and Families, according to the State Department of Health and Human Services. Jeff Powell, a spokesperson for the DHHS, said the newly received grant will build on work the state has done over the past four years with previous "Preschool Development Birth Through Five" grants.

In total, around $35 million have been allocated towards this early development funding since 2019. Powell went on to state that funds will be used to identify ways to improve the early childcare workforce, offer parent education programs, and grow childcare infrastructure in the state. Nebraska has already been working towards these goals using funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Legislative efforts have been helping this endeavor as well, and are planning to release a report, which was required by last year's LB1173, with the purpose of identifying areas of need in Nebraska's childcare infrastructure and workforce.

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