Employing Peer Outreach and Whole Health in Recovery for Homeless-Experienced Veterans
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Conditions studied: Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health Disorder, Homelessness
In brief
Homelessness is a national crisis in the United States, particularly in the veteran population. Due to multiple chronic conditions, homeless individuals frequently become hospitalized or are treated in emergency departments. Care engagement can mitigate this risk. Interventions grounded in evidence-based practices of peer support and whole health are effective for increasing care engagement. However, implementation of such interventions with high-acuity patients often requires strategies that are intensive and costly. This trial will evaluate the relative impacts and costs of using a high-intensity (vs. low-intensity) strategy to implement a peer-led, whole health intervention for homeless-experienced veterans in permanent supportive housing.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07309224
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 278
- Starts
- 2026-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2030-09-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-08-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Eligible patients will be identified from VA's Homeless Registry "Hot Spot" reports, which use real-time data on acute care service utilization to identify high-need, housing-insecure patients.
- These reports identify Veterans on the VA Homeless Registry (i.e., those who had received VA housing services in the past two years) who had >1 hospital admissions and/or >2 ED visits in the past quarter of the fiscal year.
- From these reports, the investigators will identify patients at each implementation site who are
- (a) currently enrolled in HUD-VASH
- (b) have a mental health and/or SUD diagnosis
You may not qualify if…
- Not flagged on the VA's Homeless Registry Hot Spot Report
- Not currently enrolled in HUD-VASH
- Does not have a mental health and/or substance use disorder diagnosis
- Is not a patient at a participating site of the implementation trial
Where it is running
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA — Palo Alto, California, United States
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