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VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs THE INCIDENCE AND TIMING OF HOMELESSNESS AMONG OEF/OIF ERA VETERANS Stephen Metraux, Ph. D Dan Treglia, MPP The Homeless Evidence and Research Synthesis (HERS) Roundtable Series Enumeration of Homelessness July 14, 2015

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs OBJECTIVES • Determining patterns of homelessness following military discharge for successive annual cohorts of Post-9/11 Era Veterans. • Extent of homelessness (incidence) • Timing of homelessness • Correlates of homelessness

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Data • VADIR: – Military Separations 2002 – 2012 • VA – Homeless Programs – CPRS - Outpatient and Inpatient records – 2002 through May 8, 2015

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Summary Statistics Separation Year # Separated 2002 43, 472 2003 72, 086 2004 107, 670 2005 133, 789 2006 157, 291 2007 171, 626 2008 186, 162 2009 198, 737 2010 203, 160 2011 215, 955 2012 86, 734 % of Total 2. 76% 4. 57% 6. 83% 8. 49% 9. 98% 10. 89% 11. 81% 12. 60% 12. 89% 13. 70% 5. 50% (1, 576, 682 Separations: 2002 – 2012)

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Summary Statistics # Male 1, 255, 433 Gender Female 320, 991 Age (mean) 27. 7 Army 807, 876 Coast Guard 22, 972 Air Force 225, 544 Branch Marines 228, 828 Navy 288, 640 Other 2, 822 % 79. 6% 20. 4% # % 51. 2% White 1, 064, 520 67. 5% 140, 981 8. 9% 14. 3% Race Asian/P. I. Black 238, 786 15. 1% 14. 5% Other/Unknown 100, 002 6. 4% 18. 3% Honorable 629, 553 39. 9% 0. 2% General (hon. conditions) 140, 385 8. 9% Bad conduct 10, 162 0. 6% Character of Other than Service honorable 81, 529 5. 2% Dishonorable 668 0. 0% Uncharacterized 248, 325 15. 7% Unknown 259, 282 16. 4%

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Incidence Separation Year # Separated # Became Homeless % Became Homeless 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total 43, 472 72, 086 107, 670 133, 789 157, 291 171, 626 186, 162 198, 737 203, 160 215, 955 86, 734 1, 576, 682 721 1, 522 3, 101 4, 630 5, 618 6, 666 7, 754 8, 478 8, 299 8, 527 3, 468 58, 784 1. 66% 2. 11% 2. 88% 3. 46% 3. 57% 3. 88% 4. 17% 4. 27% 4. 08% 3. 95% 4. 00% 3. 73%

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Timing of Homelessness 1 0, 99 0, 98 0, 97 0, 95 5 40 75 110 145 180 215 250 285 320 355 390 425 460 495 530 565 600 635 670 705 740 775 810 845 880 915 950 985 1020 1055 1090 1125 1160 1195 1230 1265 1300 1335 1370 1405 1440 1475 1510 1545 1580 1615 1650 1685 1720 1755 1790 1825 0, 96 Days from Separation 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Timing (numbers) One-Year Two-Years Three-Years Four-Years Five-Years 2002 0. 04% 0. 08% 0. 12% 0. 14% 0. 18% 2003 0. 06% 0. 12% 0. 16% 0. 20% 0. 29% 2004 0. 10% 0. 17% 0. 24% 0. 36% 0. 58% 2005 0. 13% 0. 25% 0. 38% 0. 66% 1. 00% 2006 0. 14% 0. 28% 0. 56% 0. 89% 1. 31% 2007 0. 21% 0. 53% 0. 90% 1. 36% 1. 97% 2008 0. 38% 0. 08% 1. 39% 2. 07% 2. 80% 2009 0. 55% 1. 20% 1. 95% 2. 80% 3. 60% 2010 0. 71% 1. 56% 2. 50% 3. 36% 2011 1. 13% 2. 21% 3. 16% 2012 1. 49% 2. 69%

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Time to Homelessness by Discharge Status Honorable General - Under honorable conditions Other than honorable conditions Dishonorable Bad conduct Uncharacterized Other Homeless 4. 1% 9. 7% 4. 2% 6. 3% 4. 1%. 86% 2. 81%

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Time to Homelessness by Service Branch Air Force Army Coast Guard Marines Navy Other Total # Homeless 225, 544 807, 876 22, 972 228, 828 288, 640 2, 822 2. 01% 4. 58% 2. 10% 3. 32% 2. 91%

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Time to Homelessness by Combat Experienced Combat No Yes Total # Homeless 1, 024, 917 2. 57% 551, 765 5. 88%

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Hazard Rates Separation Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Experienced Combat Branch Discharge Type Female Army Airforce Navy Coast. Guard Honorable Under honorable conditions Bad conduct Other than honorable Dishonorable 1. 26 1. 83 2. 4 2. 85 3. 76 4. 9 6. 15 7. 56 9. 63 11. 35 2. 1 1. 02 1. 68 0. 71 0. 94 1. 29 1. 64 4. 56 1. 96 2. 23 2. 82

VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Summary • Advantages – – – Practical Comprehensive Longitudinal Can Examine Subgroups Possibility of adding more data • Disadvantages – Quality of Data – Access to Data – Services-dependent