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Developing programs for homeless veterans: understanding driving forces in implementation.

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Social Work in Health Care
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Homeless veterans services transformed from inappropriate hospital bed use to comprehensive programs. This shift, driven by leadership and key forces, successfully housed and employed many veterans.

Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Social Work Administration
  • Public Health Policy

Background:

  • Inappropriate utilization of hospital beds for homeless veterans was a significant issue.
  • A need for a structured continuum of care for homeless veterans was identified.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explain the transformation of homeless veteran services at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
  • To analyze the driving forces behind the implementation of a new service delivery model.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized elements of Hasenfeld and Brock's Political Economy Model (1991).
  • Examined service delivery changes between 1992 and 2003.
  • Identified key implementation drivers: technological certainty, economic stability, and power concentration.

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Main Results:

  • Shift from hospital bed utilization to a continuum of residential treatment, transitional housing, and employment programs.
  • Creation of new homeless program beds and reduction in medical/psychiatric bed use.
  • Successful housing and employment outcomes for formerly homeless veterans upon program discharge.

Conclusions:

  • The transformation of homeless veteran services was successfully driven by specific organizational and external forces.
  • The Political Economy Model provides a useful framework for understanding such service delivery changes.
  • The implemented model demonstrated positive impacts on veteran housing and employment status.