Authorea's NYC Foster Care Data Challenge
New York City's foster care system has been working steadily to reduce the astounding influx of 50,000 children who were placed under its care in the early 1990's. Currently, there are 11,000 children in New York City who need loving, dedicated foster parents to care for them. Yet, while they wait, they are living in shelters and hospitals because not enough qualified people are able to foster them in their homes.
Advances in technology have radically changed nearly every aspect of our lives, and yet, the foster care system is stuck in the dark ages. As an extension of the White House's Foster Care Hackathon, Authorea along with Data Challenge sponsor, Paxata, are looking for data science enthusiasts, designers, entrepreneurs, students, marketers, digital solutions architects, and product managers to help. The goal is to design a digital solution that would help identify and on-board potential foster families in New York City. Families who can dedicate their time to helping a child in need, by providing a safe and secure home and the support the child needs to reach their full potential.
The intention of this interdisciplinary & experiential open-ended event is to utilize scientific data, design and digital solutions in useful and positive ways.
$5,000 is available in prize money.
Click here for more challenge details.
Email adyam@authorea.com to RSVP for the challenge information session on Wednesday, March 1st, 2017.
Eligibility
Participants: Individuals (over 18 years of age).
Country: United States
Requirements
Submitting projects Using Authorea, write a 500-1000 word essay that explains how your team approached the challenge and summarize your analysis and methods used. Once you are ready to submit your challenge, add "Data Challenge" as a collaborator to your document. See how to add a collaborator here (link).
Prizes
Cash prize, Authorea accounts, mentorship hours
The 1st place winning team will be awarded $2,500, total of 15 hours of mentorship with judges of their choice, and free premium Authorea accounts for one year.
The 2nd place team will be awarded $1,500, total of 10 hours of mentorship with judges of their choice, and free premium Authorea accounts for one year.
The 3rd place team will be awarded $500, total of 5 hours of mentorship with judges of their choice, and free premium Authorea accounts for one year.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
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Judges
Daniel Krasner
Founder & CEO @ Merriam Tech, Director at Paul Hastings
Haile Owusu
Chief Data Scientist @ Mashable
Dr. Sylvia Rowlands
Senior Vice President, Evidence-based Programs @ The New York Foundling
Lela Prashad
Chief Data Scientist & Co-Founder @ NiJeL.org
Randy Carnevale
Director of Decision Science @ Commonwealth Bank
Conrad Mulcahy
Founder @ Wayfinder Solutions
Judging Criteria
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Guidelines
All levels of participants are encouraged to participate as the judges will be looking for creativity and real application of the model.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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