Sprints
Learn about sprints and how we tackle national challenges.
Sprints are 12-week product development cycles that bring together tech teams and collaborators to build public-facing digital products using open data.
Fall 2022 Sprints
This year’s sprints offer opportunities to help new audiences access and use data, provide the public with more timely and accurate data through government-tech collaboration, and support critical challenges in Puerto Rico.
This year’s fall 2022 sprints focus on transit infrastructure and climate change, parental engagement opportunities for Puerto Rico schools, and workforce development in Puerto Rico.
We are currently seeking participants for these sprints in many roles. See detailed descriptions of the problem statements below, and if you are interested in participating, please complete this form to express interest.
Supporting Workforce Development in Puerto Rico
Challenge:
Develop digital tools to help job seekers find, train for, and succeed in jobs within high-growth industries, with particular focus on individuals in marginalized communities (i.e. youth, people experiencing homelessness, recent immigrants, families with housing choice vouchers, underemployed individuals, and NAP and TANF recipients).
Agency
Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Target Audience
Youth, job seekers, business owners, and municipal government leaders in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Creating Opportunities for Parent/Caregiver Engagement in Puerto Rico Schools
Challenge:
Develop potential new structures for parents and/or caregivers to meaningfully engage in Puerto Rico’s unique education system, providing the island’s schools a mechanism of accountability.
Agency
Puerto Rico Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education
Target Audience
Parents, caregivers, students, teachers, school administrators, and other local education stakeholders in Puerto Rico
Building Climate Change Resilience Through Public Transit
Challenge:
Create digital tools to help public transit agencies as well as state, regional, and local stakeholders identify transit infrastructure that is vulnerable to extreme weather events and/or can serve as community resources in emergencies.
Agency
U.S. Department of Transportation
Target Audience
Members of the public; transit agencies; local, regional, and state decision makers; climate adaptation/resilience and emergency preparedness professionals who provide local decision makers with expert guidance