 In phase two of the community's competition, the deployment phase, competitors in three tiers will actively recruit participants in their communities to download and use any of the qualified apps from the team stage of the adult literacy X prize. All competitors who have submitted their proposals in phase one, regardless of whether or not they have one phase one, are eligible to compete in phase two to win the tier in which it has registered for tiers one and two only. A competitor must produce the minimum threshold of downloads to qualify as a finalist in its tier. The winner in each tier will then be that entity which has the largest number of participants that use the app on at least three separate days. The winner of tier three will be the competing team registered in that tier that produces the largest number of participants who use the app on at least three separate days. Beginning in January 2019, all eligible competitors will be provided with a unique code that must be used by learns when downloading the qualified apps. This code can either be embedded in online recruitment materials or translated to other formats for use in print or other materials. When learners download the qualified apps, this unique code will be used to identify which competitor is credited with the recruitment of that participant. Usage is defined as opening and using any one of the qualified apps for any period of time. A learner will be counted as a user once that learner has opened and used the qualified apps on at least three separate days. Teams must also demonstrate how they intend to continue to support increasing access to adult education beyond the competition. At the conclusion of the deployment phase in August 2019, judges will review the results of the top 10 competitors in each tier to determine competitors compliance with the goals of the competition. Judges may at that point ask competitors to explain their methodologies and recruitment efforts. Winners must use the prize winnings to benefit adult learners. The application form will require teams to explain how they intend to spend the winnings. To ensure the utmost care is taken when recruiting participants, X Prize will establish and require competitors in the community's competition to abide by appropriate guidelines for recruiting and working with participants. Competitors must sign a form acknowledging their understanding of these guidelines. Competitors who are deemed not to have adhered to these guidelines will be disqualified from the competition and may have legal action pursued against them. Additionally, in their application packets, all competitors in the community's competition must provide a detailed plan for how the competing organization will protect participating adult learners from harm that may be caused in the recruiting process. Teams must additionally demonstrate their adherence to these standards during phase two. While not all competitors will collect personally identifying information of participating adult learners, those that do must also safeguard that information, either through encryption or offline storage. Competitors deemed by X Prize or the judging panel to have violated these requirements will be eliminated from the community's competition. To compete, you must register your team and submit an application by December 21st, 2018. You can learn more about the Adult Literacy X Prize Communities Competition by visiting communities.xprice.org. You can also view other explainer videos about the competition on our YouTube channel. In the resources section of your team page on the prize operations platform, or POP, you can view important competition documents, such as the competition guidelines, scoring rubric, and an explanation of how judges scores are normalized to ensure fairness, as well as a PDF of the application. Register to compete at communities.xprice.org. If you have more questions, email adult.literacy.xprice.org. Together, we can transform lives through literacy.