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Critical Element for a Successful Grant Proposal

Enhance your grant proposals with our statistical experts in economics, health, education, and more. Access databases, publications, and specialized services to strengthen your application. Collaborate with our interdisciplinary team to secure federal funding. For technical assistance on formulas related to school lunch programs and Medicare, we offer up-to-date data and insights. Stay informed and supported through our services for a successful grant application process.

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Critical Element for a Successful Grant Proposal

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  1. Dr. Mario Marazzi-Santiago Instituto de Estadísticas Executive Director February 4, 2015 Critical Element for a Successful Grant Proposal

  2. STATISTICS!

  3. Accessibility • Inventory of Statistics • Databases • http://api.estadisticas.gobierno.pr/ • Web interfaces • Special publications • Virtual Library of Special Studies • E-mail Subscription System • Schedule of Release Dates • preguntas@estadisticas.gobierno.pr

  4. Staff • Interdisciplinary team of experts in statistics in a diversity of fields: Economics, Health, Education, Criminal Justice, Planning, Geography, amongst others. • Work with public entities in Puerto Rico to make sure they have the necessary data to justify their grant applications for federal funding.

  5. ANNOUNCEMENT • American FactFinder (del U.S. Census Bureau) now offers data tables for the Puerto Rico Community Survey in ESPAÑOL. http://factfinder.census.gov

  6. American FactFinder

  7. American FactFinder

  8. WHAT ABOUT FORMULAS?

  9. Technical assistance on formulas • School Lunch Programs (Comedores escolares): • Advised the Puerto Rico Department of Education on the implications of newly released data on the cost of living in Puerto Rico to potentially justify increases in reimbursement rates for the “bandeja escolar”. • The first publication of the Cost-of-Living Index showed that supermarket items in Puerto Rico were 23 percent higher than the average cost in the United States.

  10. Technical assistance on formulas • Medicare Physician Fee Schedule • Provided Medicare with up-to-date malpractice premium information from the Puerto Rico Office of the Insurance Commissioner to increase rates paid to doctors in Puerto Rico.  the Malpractice Geographic Practice Cost Index increased 18 percent. • Providing technical assistance on a potential housing subsidy bias in the formulas used by Medicare to compensate doctors in Puerto Rico.

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