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Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness Volume 32, 2023 - Issue 2
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Which veterans in the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program receive temporary financial assistance and why: a mixed methods study

Richard E. Nelsona IDEAS Center, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;b Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;c National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Thomas Byrnec National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, USA;d School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA;e Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Bedford VA Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USAView further author information
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Susan Zickmunda IDEAS Center, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;b Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USAView further author information
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Patrick Galyeana IDEAS Center, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;b Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USAView further author information
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Ying Suoa IDEAS Center, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;b Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USAView further author information
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James Cooka IDEAS Center, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;b Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USAView further author information
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Warren Petteya IDEAS Center, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;b Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USAView further author information
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Tania Velasqueza IDEAS Center, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;b Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USAView further author information
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Tom Greeneb Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;f Department of Population Health Science, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USAView further author information
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Lillian Gelbergg Department of Family Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA;h VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USAView further author information
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Stefan Kerteszc National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, USA;i Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA;j Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USAView further author information
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Jack Tsaic National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, USA;k School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0329-648XView further author information
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Ann Elizabeth Montgomeryc National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, USA;i Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA;l School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-3526View further author information
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Pages 210-222 | Received 29 Dec 2020, Accepted 24 Jan 2022, Published online: 15 Feb 2022

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