Funding Watch Overview
Delaware-administered funding watch. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor states that Delaware received $11.3 million for the 2026 Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five cycle. The state lists multiple 2026 project timelines, with work beginning as early as January 1, 2026 and several major implementation projects running through December 30, 2026. This is a federal award being implemented through Delaware-controlled early childhood projects, so Atlas treats downstream Delaware implementation activity as state-lane work.
Current Delaware Projects
The state identifies several implementation projects with technology and health-adjacent components. The Family Early Resource and Referral Network project is intended to centralize family access and includes a family-facing Help Me Grow data dashboard and an upgraded Ages and Stages Questionnaire portal connecting screenings directly to resources. The Child Care Hub Architecture project includes a regional Child Care Hub model, a Child Care Business Toolkit, and a workforce professional portal. Delaware also states that Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation is being aligned under the Family Early Resource and Referral Network structure.
Procurement and Eligibility Control
The current official program page describes funded projects and implementation objectives but does not publish a controlling downstream vendor solicitation, subaward application, vendor eligibility rule, response deadline, funding ceiling by vendor, required forms, match or cost share, insurance requirements, or submission method for the technology components. Atlas also did not locate a current Delaware Bid Solicitation Directory posting specifically for the Family Early Resource and Referral Network dashboard, Help Me Grow dashboard, Child Care Hub Architecture technology, or the 2026 Preschool Development Grant implementation work. No direct submission should be attempted unless and until a controlling Delaware solicitation or partner opportunity is published.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 88/100. The award is large, current, Delaware-controlled, and includes explicit systems modernization, referral infrastructure, screening connectivity, workforce technology, early childhood mental health alignment, and statewide family-access work.
N9+ Fit Score: 12/100 conditional. The current public scope does not establish remote physical examination, telehealth device procurement, or N9+ allowability. The strongest technology elements are data, referral, screening, and workforce portals, so N9+ should not be forced.
QC Healthcare Fit: 25/100 conditional. There is a legitimate health-adjacent pathway through developmental screening, maternal and child health coordination, and infant and early childhood mental health consultation, but the public project page does not establish a clinical-services procurement. Direct Dr. Miltie vendor fit: 20/100 conditional because Delaware is implementing technology-enabled projects, but no current direct-vendor vehicle was identified.
Atlas Next Action
Monitor Delaware Department of Education, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Delaware Bid Solicitation Directory, and related early childhood implementation channels for downstream procurements or partner opportunities tied to the Help Me Grow data dashboard, ASQ portal modernization, Child Care Business Toolkit, workforce professional portal, or other PDG B-5 systems work. When a controlling notice appears, verify the exact deadline, time and time zone, funding, eligibility, vendor qualifications, required forms, amendments, match or cost share, allowable costs, insurance, submission method, and procurement contact before outreach or direct-vendor action.
Official source: Delaware Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five 2026.