[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22267-22268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09183]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of
Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the
Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, May 6-8, 2015. The meeting on Wednesday
and Friday will be conducted at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, in Room
630. The agenda for these two days will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 4:30
p.m. The meeting on both days is open to the public.
The meeting on Thursday will be conducted at two VA Vet Centers
located in Silver Spring and Baltimore, MD. The latter meetings will
include interviews with Veteran consumers and will be closed to the
public.
The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment
needs of combat Veterans and to evaluate the availability and
effectiveness of VA programs to meet Veterans' needs.
On May 6, the Committee will be briefed on current directions and
priorities for serving the Nation's war Veterans. The Committee will
also be briefed by the Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health on
new directions of care in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the
coordination of VA healthcare with readjustment counseling.
The May 6 agenda will also include briefings on the current
activities of the Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) Vet Center
program to include the full scope of outreach and readjustment
counseling services provided to combat Veterans and families. The
briefing will focus on the coordination of Vet Center services with VHA
health care, mental health, and social work services. The Committee
will also receive briefings from VHA mental health program officials
focusing on the key role of mental health services for the
psychological, social, and economic readjustment of combat Veterans.
On May 7, Committee members will conduct onsite visits at two Vet
Centers to meet with groups of Veteran consumers and with VHA service
providers from the Vet Centers and the support VA medical facilities.
On May 8 the Committee will receive briefings from additional VHA
program officials representing key programs of specific value for the
post-war readjustment of Veterans and family
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members. The agenda for May 8 will conclude with a Committee strategic
planning session for developing the observations and conclusions for
the annual Committee Report.
No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral
presentations from the public. However, members of the public may
direct written questions or submit prepared statements for review by
the Committee before the meeting to Mr. Charles M. Flora, M.S.W.,
Designated Federal Officer, Readjustment Counseling Service, Department
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420.
Because the meeting will be in a Government building, please provide
valid photo identification for check-in. Please allow 15 minutes before
the meeting for the check-in process. If you plan to attend or have
questions concerning the meeting, please contact Mr. Flora at (202)
461-6525 or by email at [email protected].
Dated: April 16, 2015.
Rebecca Schiller,
Advisory Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-09183 Filed 4-20-15; 8:45 am]
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