Author Description

Homelessness among Veterans has been of major public concern for over three decades. Tens of billions of federal dollars have been spent to prevent and end veteran homelessness. Substantial knowledge and progress has been gained from the many service providers, researchers, administrators, and policy makers around the country who have and continue to battle Veteran homelessness. This accumulated wealth of knowledge, lessons learned, and developed solutions need to be widely disseminated and shared to benefit the field. This book provides an overview on a range of multidisciplinary topic areas related to Veteran homelessness and highlights recent research and services that have been developed for this population. Areas that are covered include epidemiology; mental illness and substance abuse; primary care; housing models; criminal justice; money mismanagement; special subpopulations such as female veterans, Iraq/Afghanistan veterans, and aging veterans; and technology-based solutions. Together, this book underscores the collective work and progress made by those who serve the Department of Veterans Affairs and other organizations dedicated to homeless veterans around the country.