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Understanding the Dynamics of Homelessness among Veterans Receiving Outpatient Care: Lessons Learned from Universal Screening

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  • Ann Elizabeth Montgomery

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Addressing homelessness among veterans has been a top policy priority for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) since 2009. Part of the multitiered strategy to prevent and end homelessness among veterans was the implementation of a universal screen for housing instability among all veteran outpatients at VA facilities. Data from more than six million veterans responding to this screen have provided insight into veterans’ housing instability, as well as the characteristics of individuals and structural forces that may influence housing insecurity among veterans; the current article synthesizes these findings. Although the universal screen for housing instability has been effective at linking veterans with needed resources, questions remain regarding the best ways to ensure that they remain in safe, affordable, adequate, and permanent housing.

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  • Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, 2021. "Understanding the Dynamics of Homelessness among Veterans Receiving Outpatient Care: Lessons Learned from Universal Screening," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 693(1), pages 230-243, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:693:y:2021:i:1:p:230-243
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716221995161
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    1. Ann Elizabeth Montgomery & Dorota Szymkowiak & Jack Tsai, 2020. "Housing Instability and Homeless Program Use Among Veterans: The Intersection of Race, Sex, and Homelessness," Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(3), pages 396-408, May.
    2. Montgomery, A.E. & Fargo, J.D. & Byrne, T.H. & Kane, V. & Culhane, D.P., 2013. "Universal screening for homelessness and risk for homelessness in the Veterans Health Administration," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(S2), pages 210-211.
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