Measures utilized in the HUD-VASH Program

Instruments name: Measures utilized in the HUD-VASH Program

To obtain the instruments:

Robert A. Rosenheck, MD VA New England Mental Illness Research and Education Center Yale School of Medicine 950 Campbell Ave. West Haven, CT 06516 email: robert.rosenheck@yale.edu

Citation:  Rosenheck RA, Kasprow W, Frisman LK, Liu-Mares W. Cost-effectiveness of Supported Housing for Homeless Persons with Mental Illness. Archives of General Psychiatry 2003; 60: 940-951. click here for text

Purpose: A comparison of housing outcomes of homeless veterans receiving services from the HUD-VASH supported housing program, intensive case management alone, and standard care.

Population: Homeless veterans with psychiatric and/or substance abuse problems.

Publication date(s): 2003

Domain: Housing status and quality

Administration: Structured interview and scales

Reliability and validity information: Details available from fourth author

Item description/response options: Details available from fourth author

Description of study: In 1992, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) established the HUD-VA Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) Program to provide integrated clinical and housing services to homeless veterans with psychiatric and/or substance abuse disorders at 19 sites. In this study, homeless veterans with psychiatric and/or substance abuse disorders or both (N = 460) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: (1) HUD-VASH, with Section 8 vouchers (rent subsidies) and intensive case management (n = 182); (2) case management only, without special access to Section 8 vouchers (n = 90); and (3) standard VA care (n = 188) Primary outcomes were days housed and days homeless. Secondary outcomes were mental health status, community adjustment, and costs from 4 perspectives.