Sydney Idzikowski
Over the past decade, we linked data on homelessness. Here’s what we learned.
By Sydney Idzikowski and Austin Trujillo
The Charlotte Regional Data Trust brings together data that typically exist in silos to inform effective decision-making and better understand the complicated issues our communities face. Over the past ten years, the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and Mecklenburg County Community Support Services have worked together to advance data-driven efforts to address housing instability and homelessness.
Here, we dive deep into what we’ve learned together through linking data about people experiencing homelessness to better understand how people are served across systems […]
How is the Data Trust used?
By Sydney Idzikowski
The Charlotte Regional Data Trust (Data Trust) is an integrated data system where people can make requests of its data for research, evaluation or planning purposes.
The uses of data must be for public good and all requests for data are reviewed by our Data and Research Oversight Committee. Here. you will find requests people have submitted for Data Trust data so far in 2025 […]
Participatory data governance: How do we know whether a use of data is a good idea?
By Sydney Idzikowski
What is participatory governance and why it is important? What does it looks like at the Data Trust. Dive into the discussion here […]