[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 40844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17708]
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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 that a meeting
of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, September 11, 12, and 13, 2018. The
meetings will be conducted at the Department of Veterans Affairs
National Headquarters, at 811 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420,
in Conference Room 6132. The agenda for these three days will begin at
8:00 a.m. and end 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 Committee reviews issues
related to promoting Veterans' access to VA services, provision of
readjustment counseling services at Vet Centers, and coordination of
care between the Vet Centers and VA medical facilities.
On Tuesday, September 11, the agenda will feature 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 the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
On Wednesday, September 12, 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 OIF/
OEF 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, September 13, the Committee will engage in strategic
discussions for the purpose of formulating conclusions, perspectives
and recommendations for developing its 20th 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, please contact the Readjustment
Counseling Service (10RCS) action group by email [email protected]
or call (202) 461-6525.
Dated: August 13, 2018.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-17708 Filed 8-15-18; 8:45 am]
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