Predictors of homeless service utilization and stable housing status among Veterans receiving services from a nationwide homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing program

被引:5
作者
Byrne, Thomas [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Montgomery, Ann Elizabeth [4 ,5 ]
Chapman, Alec B. [6 ,7 ,8 ]
Pettey, Warren [6 ,7 ]
Effiong, Atim [6 ,7 ]
Suo, Ying [6 ,7 ]
Velasquez, Tania [6 ]
Nelson, Richard E. [3 ,6 ,7 ]
机构
[1] VA Bedford Healthcare Syst, Ctr Healthcare Outcomes & Implementat Res, Bedford, MA USA
[2] Boston Univ, Sch Social Work, 264 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215 USA
[3] US Dept Vet Affairs, Natl Ctr Homelessness Vet, Tampa, FL USA
[4] Birmingham VA Hlth Care Syst, US Dept Vet Affairs, Birmingham, AL USA
[5] Univ Alabama Birmingham, Sch Publ Hlth, Birmingham, AL USA
[6] VA Salt Lake City Hlth Care Syst, IDEAS 20, COIN, Salt Lake City, UT USA
[7] Univ Utah, Sch Med, Div Epidemiol, Salt Lake City, UT USA
[8] Univ Utah, Sch Med, Dept Populat Hlth Sci, Salt Lake City, UT USA
关键词
Homelessness; Prevention; Rapid rehousing; Veterans; PUBLIC SHELTER UTILIZATION; NEW-YORK-CITY; RURAL-AREAS; PATTERNS; IMPACT; INTERVENTIONS; TYPOLOGY; POLICY; 1ST;
D O I
10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102223
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing (RRH) programs are increasingly important components of the homeless assistance system in the United States. Yet, there are key gaps in knowledge about the dynamics of the utilization of these programs, with scant attention paid to examining the duration of homelessness prevention and RRH service episodes or to patterns of repeated use of these programs over time. To address these gaps, we use data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program-the largest program in the country providing homelessness prevention and RRH services-to assess the relationship between individual and program-level factors and exits to stable housing, length of service episodes, and patterns of repeated service use over time. We analyze data for a primary cohort of 570,798 of Veterans who received SSVF services during Fiscal Years (FY) 2012-2021, and for separate cohorts of Veterans who received SSVF prevention and RRH services, respectively, during FY 2016-2021. We find that participants' income, indicators of their health status, their use of other VA homeless programs, and rurality are consistent predictors of our outcomes. These findings have implications for how to allocate homelessness prevention and RRH resources in the most efficient manner to help households maintain or obtain stable housing.
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