*NEW* Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG): Recruitment for Large Scale RDS PIT Count King County 2023 (4/12/23)
Posted: 4/8/2023 (Demography News)
Please join the CDWG for a fascinating presentation on a novel method for sampling hard to reach populations. In April 2022 King County Regional Homelessness Authority (King County Continuum of Care) with CSDE Affiliate Zack Almquist ran a novel method known as Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) to estimate the total population of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness in King County at a single point-in-time. This is based on the HUD reporting mandate, where every Continuum of Care (CoC) attempt to count the total number of unhoused residents in a single night (see https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/hdx/pit-hic/) every two years.
Because 2023 is skip year in the HUD requirement, a UW Team of researchers is going to run a second RDS PIT count for King County in the month of April. Beyond running an RDS similar to KCRHA’s RDS PIT count we will also run an over sample of the Puget Sound Data Survey for people experiencing homelessness and novel Cell phone based RDS pilot.
More information: https://sites.uw.edu/rds-pit2023/uw-rds-pit-2023-main-page/
Date: 04/12/2023