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Exhibit A 3. Proposal shall include details of the unmet need There is a significant unmet need for kindergarten readiness in Santa Ana. According to 2019 EDI data, only 44.0% of students in Santa Ana USD are ready for kindergarten, lower than the Orange County rate of 52.9%. The proposed neighborhoods skew lower, with only 40.6% of students in the College/Flowers Ave, neighborhood ready for Kindergarten. Over 50% of children entering I" grade at Vista Charter are English Learners. Also, according to the Orange County Local Planning Council, the City of Santa Ana is Priority I to serve children 0 to 5 years old. Our program helps these students meet early learning domains by setting expectations and planned activities in language and literacy, cognitive, social emotional, physical, and English language is the basis for student success. 4. Proposal shall include details of collaborations with local organizations Think Together leverages our strategic partnerships to offer a multitude of activities that ensures quality Early Learning experiences. Our partners work cohesively with our programs to build staff efficacy and create relevant, meaningful, and diverse experiences. Think Together has partnered with First 5 Orange County since 2009. In 2011, First 5 OC made a 10-year investment to expand Think Together's early learning programs throughout the county. We are currently working with local partners to sustain early learning sites throughout Anaheim, Buena Park, Huntington Beach. Saddleback Valley, Stanton and Santa Ana. With these programs sunsetting in June, support from the City of Santa Ana Revive Grant will help sustain our programs in Santa Ana through 2023. We have collaborated with Vista Heritage Global Academy and MOMS of Orange County since Fall 2019 and launched early learning programs in Fall 2021. Think Together partners with the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, and our CEO, Randy Barth, served as Chairman.. Through our partnership with the OC Fair, we collected books at their We Care Wednesday summer programs. Volunteers from Target. JCPenney, Starbucks and Microsoft helped our team collect books at the Fair. The books collected are cleaned and given back out to the community through our Book Doctor program. Several companies partner with us on the Book Doctor program, with volunteers from Edwards Lifesciences, PIMCO and Pacific Life. Local nonprofits such as the Red Cross and Tustin Assistance League also support the Book Doctor Program. We created a partnership with Discover Books to store and recycle books. The Santa Ana Early Literacy Initiative helps engage families in Santa Ana by giving them empowerment trainings and leadership skills to help their families be successful. The Coalition to Assist. Motel Families helps underserved families by getting them the required resources. Charitable Ventures created call logs to help the community fill out the Census. Help Me Grow provides trainings that pr//omote the importance of early education. Healthy Smiles provides information on dental health & wellness. 5. Proposal shall include details of innovation in program/service delivery Think Together's Early Literacy and Math Programs utilize the EDI to support classroom instruction by intentionally and strategically utilizing the EDI data from the lowest scoring domains to plan lessons and activities to further support the development of the child. Implementing data from the EDI has enabled Think Together to focus on the most challenging areas of support and develop more strategic programming to target the needs of the community. This school year Think Together trained all site facilitators on the intent and use of the EDI data. We strategically used the EDI to target communities at -risk and utilized the data to support the lesson plan efforts. Data was used to intentionally place materials in the classroom and focus activities on the lowest scoring domains. Staff also collaborated and supported our district partners on their EDI efforts. 22