[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 60470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27378]
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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 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee
on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held February 6, 7, and 8,
2018. All meeting sessions will be conducted at the Department of
Veterans Affairs National Headquarters, located at 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Conference Room 530, Washington, DC, 20420. The meetings will begin
at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 4:30 p.m. The meetings are open to the
public.
The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment
needs of combat-theater Veterans and to evaluate the availability,
effectiveness and coordination of VA programs available to meet
Veterans' readjustment service needs.
The agenda for Tuesday February 6 will feature meetings with VA and
the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) senior leadership to review
the general values, strategic priorities and current perspectives on
Veterans' physical health and psychosocial welfare. The day's agenda
will also include briefings from the Readjustment Counseling Service
(RCS) Chief Officer regarding the current activities of the RCS Vet
Centers to include the full scope of outreach and readjustment
counseling being provided to combat-theater Veterans, Service members
and their families. The briefing will also provide a status report
regarding the RCS organizational transition to a single point of
service within the general organizational transformation of VHA.
On Wednesday February 7, the Committee will focus on VA mental
health services and best practices for coordinating VA mental health
services with RCS readjustment counseling services to better serve the
combat-theater Veteran population. To this end Committee members will
receive briefings from VA's mental health leadership on the types and
distribution of psychiatric disorders currently being presented by
Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedoms Veterans and the
various treatment regimens provided for their care inclusive of
psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. VA Mental Health and RCS
leadership will additionally present on the collaborative activities
currently underway between RCS and the Office of Mental Health and
Suicide Prevention to achieve life-saving outcomes for at risk combat-
theater Veterans and Service members.
On Thursday February 8, the Committee will engage in strategic
round table discussions with various other VHA program officials to
review the objectives and anticipated outcomes for developing a
``Veterans Engagement Subcommittee''. This project is being initiated
through collaborative partnership between RCS and the National Center
for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (NC/PTSD) to strengthen the
collaborative ties between the RCS and the NC/PTSD, to improve VA
services and products through Veteran consumer feedback and to provide
greater public awareness of VA and its achievements through quality
services to Veterans and families.
In addition, the agenda will include time for Committee strategic
planning focused on its annual operations priorities for 2018 and the
strategic perspectives for developing its 19th annual report to
Congress.
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, contact Mr. Flora at (202) 461-6525
or via email at [email protected].
Dated: December 15, 2017.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 2017-27378 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am]
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