Implementing and Sustaining Critical Time Intervention (CTI) in Case Management Programs for Homeless-experienced Veterans (PII 21-285)
VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
The VA Grant and Per Diem (GPD) case management aftercare program provides six months of case management for homeless-experienced Veterans undergoing housing transitions. This Partnered Implementation Initiative (PII) proposes to implement and evaluate Critical Time Intervention (CTI)-an evidence-based, structured, and time-limited case management practice-in 32 GPD case management aftercare sites across the nation.
Description
The VA Grant and Per Diem case management (GPD-CM) program provides six months of case management for homeless-experienced Veterans (HEVs) undergoing housing transitions. At present, no specific case management paradigm is required in the GPD-CM program, resulting in practice variation across sites. This Partnered Implementation Initiative (PII) implements Critical Time Intervention (CTI)-an evidence-based, structured, and time-limited case management practice-at 32 VA GPD-CM sites. The investigators will use the Replicating Effective Programs (REP) implementation bundle to support CTI impleme…
Eligibility
- Age range
- Not specified
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Grant and Per Diem (GPD) case management aftercare grantees in 7 Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN), all of whom provide 6-months of case management to Veterans who have experienced homelessness. Exclusion Criteria: * None
Interventions
- BehavioralCritical Time Intervention
An evidence-based, structured, and time-limited case management practice
- OtherExternal Facilitation
Site-specific support to help sites develop tailored plans to implement CTI.
- OtherReplicating Effective Programs
A stakeholder-informed training and technical assistance implementation strategy
Location
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CAWest Los Angeles, California