Predictors of homelessness among families and single adults after exit from homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing programs: evidence from the Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program

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2016-01-02Publisher Version
10.1080/10511482.2015.1060249Author(s)
Byrne, Thomas H.
Treglia, Dan
Culhane, Dennis P.
Kuhn, John
Kane, Vincent
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Thomas Byrne, Dan Treglia, Dennis P Culhane, John Kuhn, Vincent Kane. 2016. "Predictors of Homelessness Among Families and Single Adults After Exit From Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Programs: Evidence From the Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program." Housing Policy Debate, Volume 26, Issue 1, pp. 252 - 275.Abstract
This article assesses the extent and predictors of homelessness among Veterans (both Veterans in families with children and single adults Veterans) exiting the Supportive Services for Veteran
Families (SSVF) program, which is
a nationwide
homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing
program geared primarily towards those experiencing crisis homelessness. Among
rapid re-housing participants,
16% and 26% of single adult Veterans experienced an episode of homelessness at one and two years post-SSVF exit; the comparable figures
at those
follow-up
times for Veterans in families were 9.4% and 15.5%, respectively. Relatively fewer single adult
Veterans and Veterans in families receiving homelessness prevention services experienced an
episode of homelessness at one
and two years post-SSVF exit. Veteran-level characteristics,
including age, gender, prior history of homelessness and recent engagement with VA healthcare
were generally more salient predictors of homelessness following SSVF exit than variables
measuring SSVF program factors, or
community-level housing market conditions.
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