Factors associated with receipt of pension and compensation benefits for homeless veterans in the VBA/VHA Homeless Outreach Initiative.

Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0376465 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0033-2720 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00332720 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Psychiatr Q Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 1999- : New York, NY : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Original Publication: Utica, N. Y.

Ill-Housed Persons/*statistics & numerical data ; Mental Disorders/*epidemiology ; Pensions/*statistics & numerical data ; Veterans/*statistics & numerical data ; Veterans Disability Claims/*statistics & numerical data; Adult ; Community-Institutional Relations ; Compensation and Redress ; Counseling/statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Health Services Accessibility/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Program Evaluation ; Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data ; United States ; Veterans/psychology

Public support payments may facilitate exit from homelessness for persons with mental illness. We examined data from 10,641 homeless veterans contacted from October 1, 1995 to September 30, 2002 in a collaborative outreach program designed to facilitate access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability benefits. Those who were awarded benefits (22% of contacted veterans) were more likely to report disability, poor to fair self-rated health, and were more likely to have used VA services in the past. Thus, this program achieved only modest success and was most successful with veterans who were already receiving VA services and who might have received benefits even without the outreach effort.

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Date Created: 20061115 Date Completed: 20070614 Latest Revision: 20221207

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