Andrea Carey

Andrea Carey is a Project Director for the Data Center at NCCEH, working to make client and program data in HMIS more accurate, not so scary, and easier to use in decision making. Her work at the Data Center focuses on System Administration of HMIS@NCCEH, leading the HMIS PIT/HIC annual project for our 3 CoCs, as well as the Balance of State's Unsheltered and non-HMIS Counts too. As an enthusiastic promoter of HMIS, Andrea also leads the regular training opportunities for HMIS at our CoC's Users Meetings. Recently, she has been the liaison for several research projects including data matching for aggregate COVID vaccination rates, mortality rates, and healthcare utilization of people experiencing homelessness. 

Getting to the field of housing and homelessness was a blessing in disguise. Originally from Seattle, WA, Andrea grew up witnessing an increasingly desperate regional environment with difficult housing affordability and unsheltered homeless touch everyone. After graduating from the University of Washington with an Honors degree in Political Science and a minor in Human Rights, Andrea went into issue-based ballot initiative elections as an organizer and data manager. That belief in the power of collective action for social justice drew her to NCCEH in 2016 when she moved 'home' to be closer to her wife's family. We CAN end homelessness and extend dignity and justice to all our neighbors! 

In her spare time, Andrea enjoys exploring the parks from Eno River to Cliffs of the Neuse with her wife and their dog, Theodora. Along with her in-laws in Wayne County, Andrea cheers on the Tar Heels, NC State, and (sometimes) Duke for March Madness!