What is it about?
Healthcare system partnerships with leaders from community organizations and research enabled launch of a novel peer specialist-staffed drop-in center at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus, which is home to over 1,000 Veteran residents. This collaboration resulted in the development of a program charter, a program evaluation plan, and performance metrics.
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Why is it important?
Researchers can play key roles to support the launch and early implementation of innovative evidence-based practices adapted and tailored to integrated healthcare systems. Such roles include representing the needs of service utilizers (i.e. Veterans experiencing homelessness), developing workflows to support community engagement, and assessing potential barriers and facilitators to implementation.
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This article describes a well-resourced setting with longstanding partnerships that enabled the launch of a peer support specialist-staffed drop-in center for Veterans experiencing homelessness.
Erica Fletcher
veterans health affairs
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This page is a summary of: Research-Operational Partnerships in the Launch of a Hybrid Consumer-Operated Drop-In Center for Veterans, Psychiatric Services, May 2026, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20250503.
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