Napa researcher leads global push for better homelessness data, county named pilot site

A Napa County resident and biostatistician is leading an international effort to improve how communities measure unsheltered homelessness, with Napa County selected as an early pilot site. 

Dr. Chris Barker, an adjunct faculty member at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, is heading a project aimed at modernizing the statistical methods used in the federally required Point-in-Time count, which has faced ongoing concerns about data quality and accuracy.