Program Funding Options

Early Education Program Grants (EEP Grants)

Alaska Early Education Program Grants support school districts to develop or improve early education programs.  Grantees work towards implementing the Early Education Program Standards so they will be eligible for formula funding by the end of the three-year grant cycle.  For more detailed information, please click on the link EEP Grants.

Foundation Formula Funding at 0.5 ADM

School districts with a district-wide early education program that meets Alaska’s Early Education Program Standards and is approved by the Department of Education and Early Development are eligible to receive foundation formula funding at a rate of 0.5 average daily membership for enrolled four and five-year-old students. [AS 14.17.500(d)]  For more detailed information, please click on the link 0.5 ADM Funding

Pre-Elementary Grant (PEG)

Alaska Pre-Elementary Grants (PEG) promote school readiness and positive outcomes for participating three, four, and five-year-old children.  Information is gathered from funded programs to inform the longer-term implementation of accessible, affordable, mixed delivery, and high-quality early care and education. For more detailed information, please click on the link PEG.

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