[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 65874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27206]
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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 the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 that a meeting of the
Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held
Thursday and Friday, November 5-6, 2015. The meeting on both days will
be conducted at the Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) Headquarters
Offices, located at 1717 H Street NW., Washington, DC 20006, in
Conference Room 430C. The agenda for these two days will begin at 8:00
a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. The meeting on both days is open to the
public.
The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment
needs of combat Veterans and to evaluate the availability,
effectiveness and coordination of VA programs required to meet
Veterans' readjustment service needs.
On November 5, the Committee will conduct a round table discussion
with a panel of VSO national leaders. The focus of the discussion will
be to explore common areas of interest and potential partnership
regarding the full scope of Veterans' post-war readjustment.
The November 5 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, Service members 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 a briefing from VHA Care Management and
Social Work Services program officials focusing on the key role of
social work services for the psychological, social, and economic
readjustment of combat Veterans. Program officials from VHA's Office of
Academic Affiliations will meet with the Committee to discuss avenues
for increasing the use of the Vet Centers as student rotation sites of
value for the educational readjustment of combat Veterans.
On November 6, Committee members will conduct a roundtable
discussion with staff members from the Senate and House Committees on
Veterans Affairs. The Committee's purpose is to engage the staffers in
discussion to explore the full scope of combat Veterans' readjustment
and to ensure the Committee's deliberations are synchronized with the
priorities of Congress. 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.
The agenda for November 6 will conclude with a Committee strategic
planning session for developing the observations and conclusions for
inclusion in the Committee's 2016 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: October 21, 2015.
Rebecca Schiller,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-27206 Filed 10-26-15; 8:45 am]
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