[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 45479-45480] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-22718] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held September 11 through 13, 1997. This meeting will be a field meeting conducted primarily at VA facilities in New York City and White River Junction, Vermont. The committee will also visit the VA Vet Centers in Bangor, and Caribou, Maine, to review the availability of services for area rural and minority veterans. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the Committee a first-hand opportunity to review the provision and coordination of VA services for war related post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) and other readjustment difficulties specific to war veterans. For this purpose, the Committee will tour facilities, and engage in discussions with VA service providers and veteran consumers. The meeting on September 11 will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. The day's agenda will be conducted concurrently at three different locations. Specifically, the Committee will visit the Manhattan, New York VA Medical Center and Vet Center. The day's agenda will consist of direct observations of VA readjustment counseling and mental health services with particular attention to PTSD programs. An additional focus for the meeting is continuity of care and clinical follow-up between area VA medical centers and Vet Centers. Two separate Committee subgroups will visit the White River Junction, Vermont, VA Medical Center and Vet Center, and the Caribou, Maine, Vet Center to review available services and meet with area veterans. The meeting on September 12 will also begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. The second day's agenda will also be conducted concurrently at three different locations. The primary agenda will consist of a continuation of direct observations of VA programs and facilities at the Harlem, and Brooklyn, [[Page 45480]] New York, Vet Centers. Concurrently, two separate full Committee subgroups will be visiting with VA service providers and local veterans at the White River Junction, Vermont, and Bangor, Maine, Vet Centers. The Committee will also tour the facility and review national operations for VA's National Center for PTSD at White River Junction, Vermont. The third day's agenda will consist of a full Committee executive meeting regarding a review of findings, conclusions, recommendations and future plans. The meeting will be conducted at the St. Moritz on the Park Hotel, 50 Central Park South, New York New York. The meeting will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 11, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, September 12, in accordance with the provisions cited in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) pursuant to subsection 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. During this portion of the meeting, the Committee will be engaging in discussions with VA clinical service providers and veteran consumers. The discussions will disclose information of a personal nature for veteran patients which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The meeting on Saturday, September 13, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., will be open to the public to the seating capacity of the facility. Anyone having questions concerning the meeting may contact Alfonso R. Batres, Ph.D., M.S.S.W., Director, Readjustment Counseling Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office at (202) 273-8967. Dated: August 19, 1997. By Direction of the Secretary-Designate. Heyward Bannister, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 97-22718 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320-01-M