ORIGINAL ARTICLE Alina I. Palimaru PhD Corresponding Author palimaru@rand.org orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-4079 RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA Correspondence Alina I. Palimaru, RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA. Email: palimaru@rand.org Search for more papers by this author PDF ShareShare Abstract Homelessness is a pervasive public health problem in the United States (U.S.).