2024
Temporary Financial Assistance Reduced The Probability Of Unstable Housing Among Veterans For More Than 1 Year
Chapman A, Scharfstein D, Byrne T, Montgomery A, Suo Y, Effiong A, Velasquez T, Pettey W, Dalrymple R, Tsai J, Nelson R. Temporary Financial Assistance Reduced The Probability Of Unstable Housing Among Veterans For More Than 1 Year. Health Affairs 2024, 43: 250-259. PMID: 38315929, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSupportive Services for Veteran FamiliesTemporary financial assistanceFinancial assistanceUnstable housingHousing outcomesHousing instabilityReduce homelessnessHousing stabilityVeterans AffairsVeteran familiesElectronic health record systemsDepartment of Veterans AffairsHealth record systemsHousingTemporaryAssistanceVeteransLanguage processingClinical notesHomelessnessLong-term effectsRecording systemAffairsProbabilityOutcomes
2021
Association of Temporary Financial Assistance With Housing Stability Among US Veterans in the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program
Nelson RE, Byrne TH, Suo Y, Cook J, Pettey W, Gundlapalli AV, Greene T, Gelberg L, Kertesz SG, Tsai J, Montgomery AE. Association of Temporary Financial Assistance With Housing Stability Among US Veterans in the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2037047. PMID: 33566108, PMCID: PMC8015862, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporary financial assistanceFinancial assistanceInstrumental variable approachNational policy debatesHousing subsidiesPolicy debatesHealth insuranceVariable approachPublic benefitsHousing assistanceUS statesHousing outcomesMonthly incomeHousingFamilies ProgramReceiptHousing stabilityIndependent residenceSubsidiesIncomePaymentsExitInsuranceProgram clientsMultivariable mixed-effects logistic regression
2018
Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Among Homeless Veterans
Gabrielian S, Gores A, Gelberg L, Tsai J. Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Among Homeless Veterans. 2018, 35-60. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190695132.003.0003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use disordersMental illnessHomeless veteransPsychiatric disordersInfluence of psychiatric disordersVeterans with mental illnessFactors associated with homelessnessAbstract Mental illnessMental health problemsHousing outcomesUse disorderVeteran statusVeteransHealth problemsUnited States Armed ForcesDisordersRisk factorsIllnessEpidemiological dataHomelessnessCo-occurrenceStates Armed ForcesQuantitative dataOutcomesArmed forces
2016
Diversion of Veterans With Criminal Justice Involvement to Treatment Courts: Participant Characteristics and Outcomes
Tsai J, Flatley B, Kasprow WJ, Clark S, Finlay A. Diversion of Veterans With Criminal Justice Involvement to Treatment Courts: Participant Characteristics and Outcomes. Psychiatric Services 2016, 68: 375-383. PMID: 27903139, PMCID: PMC5752436, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201600233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Treatment CourtsVTC participantsTreatment courtsPublic order offencesCriminal justice involvementBetter employment outcomesCriminal justiceHousing outcomesNew incarcerationCriminal offensesJustice involvementEmployment outcomesJail sanctionsOffensesTC participantsMultilevel regression modelsCourtSpecialized servicesOutreach programsJusticeSanctionsAfghanistanHousingIncarcerationService model
2012
Sobriety as an admission criterion for transitional housing: A multi-site comparison of programs with a sobriety requirement to programs with no sobriety requirement
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA, Kasprow WJ, McGuire JF. Sobriety as an admission criterion for transitional housing: A multi-site comparison of programs with a sobriety requirement to programs with no sobriety requirement. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2012, 125: 223-229. PMID: 22410268, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.02.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsComorbidityData Interpretation, StatisticalEmploymentFemaleHealth Care SurveysHealth StatusHousingHumansIll-Housed PersonsIncomeMaleMental DisordersMental HealthMiddle AgedPatient AdmissionQuality of LifeSocioeconomic FactorsSubstance-Related DisordersTemperanceTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransConceptsTransitional housing programsTransitional housingHousing programsSobriety requirementsSocial climateSuccessful client outcomesHousing outcomesHousingHomeless clientsClient outcomesBetter psychosocial outcomesAdmission criteriaStates DepartmentSobrietyUnited States DepartmentSR programmesAffairsClientsProgramMilitary veteransParticipantsPsychosocial outcomesProgram entry