TABLE 2—
Initial Point of Contact Among 4 Latent Classes of Homeless and At-Risk Veterans’ Risk Profiles and Relation to Program Referral and Admissions: Homeless Operations Management and Evaluation System, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), United States, 2011–2012
| Initial Contact | Total Sample (n = 117 630), No (%) | Relatively Few Problems (n = 24 336), No (%) | Dual Diagnosis (n = 32 995), No (%) | Poverty–Substance Abuse–Incarceration (n = 47 860), No. (%) | Disabling Medical Problems (n = 12 439), No (%) |
| Street/community outreach | 20 748 (17.64) | 5062 (20.80) | 5515 (16.71) | 7767 (16.23) | 2404 (19.33) |
| Justice system outreach | 13 896 (11.81) | 340 (1.40) | 2798 (8.48) | 10 281 (21.48) | 477 (3.83) |
| Referral from residential/transitional program | 14 325 (12.18) | 2364 (9.71) | 4898 (14.84) | 5675 (11.86) | 1388 (11.16) |
| Referral from mental health services | 8469 (7.20) | 1616 (6.64) | 3221 (9.76) | 2585 (5.40) | 1047 (8.42) |
| Referral from medical services | 8602 (7.31) | 1848 (7.59) | 3544 (10.74) | 2221 (4.64) | 989 (7.95) |
| Referral from emergency department | 683 (0.58) | 155 (0.64) | 237 (0.72) | 198 (0.41) | 93 (0.75) |
| Referral from VA homeless hotline | 2661 (2.26) | 1290 (5.30) | 367 (1.11) | 734 (1.53) | 270 (2.17) |
| Referral from criminal justice system | 6419 (5.46) | 423 (1.74) | 1800 (5.46) | 3622 (7.57) | 574 (4.61) |
| Referral from others | 14 692 (12.49) | 4434 (18.22) | 3347 (10.14) | 5206 (10.88) | 1705 (13.71) |
| Self-referred | 27 135 (23.07) | 6804 (27.96) | 7268 (22.03) | 9571 (20.00) | 3492 (28.07) |
Note. Percentages may not sum to 100% because of rounding.