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Annual Report 2024–2025
Fiscal year 2024–2025
A year of investments, family support, and work with community partners.
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Explore community-level development data and the reports behind First 5’s work.
Orange County · 2025 EDI
53.0%
of kindergartners were ready for kindergarten, as reported in Orange County’s 2025 EDI.
Understanding children.
Community by community.
The Early Development Index brings together teachers’ observations across five areas of development to help communities understand where support is needed.
EDI is a population measure, not an individual diagnosis. This countywide result is not attributable to First 5 alone.
Explore the data and mapSource: First 5 Orange County · 2025 Early Development Index.
What the EDI helps us see
Five areas.
A fuller picture.
Teachers’ observations across five domains help describe development at a community level.
- 01
Physical health & well-being
- 02
Social competence
- 03
Emotional maturity
- 04
Language & cognitive development
- 05
Communication skills & general knowledge
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Understand the geography.
A countywide figure and a neighborhood result answer different questions.
Bring community knowledge.
Use data alongside family experience to guide the next conversation.
Explore the official source: Early Development Index
Reports & publications
The work.
In greater detail.
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Reports found: 5
PDF document · 2 pages
Understanding the Early Development Index
2025 edition
How community-level development data is collected, interpreted, and used.
Open PDFPDF document · 30 pages
Engaged Neighborhood Initiative Evaluation
Program evaluation
An evaluation of the Engaged Neighborhood initiative and its community work.
Open PDFPDF document · 89 pages
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
Year ended June 30, 2025
Financial statements, independent audit findings, and supporting schedules.
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Strategic Plan
2021/22–2025/26 plan
The published framework for health, home, neighborhoods, and equitable resources.
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