Abstract
Veterans make up a disproportionate fraction of the nation's homeless population, with women veterans up to 4 times more likely to be homeless than nonveteran women. This article provides a grounded description of barriers to psychosocial services among homeless women veterans. Three focus groups were held in Los Angeles, California, with a total of 29 homeless women veterans. These women described 3 primary, proximal (current) barriers: lack of information about services, limited access to services, and lack of coordination across services. Compared to nonveteran homeless women, women veterans potentially face additional challenges of trauma exposure during military service, postmilitary readjustment issues, and few services specific to women veterans. Understanding their service needs and experiences is critical to the development of relevant and appropriate services that move homeless women veterans away from vulnerability and into safety.
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