[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57514-57515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25096]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Homeless 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 Homeless Veterans will be held on Tuesday, 
October 21, 2003, and Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at the La Mansion 
del Rio Hotel, 112 College Street, El Colegio Room, San Antonio, TX 
78205. On October 20, from 12 Noon until 3:30 p.m., the Committee will 
also conduct site visits at various San Antonio locations with programs 
that provide assistance to homeless persons. Those site visits will be 
followed with a town hall forum from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., at the 
American GI Forum Service Center, 611 N. Flores Street, San Antonio, 
TX. On 21-22, the meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 
p.m. daily in the El Colegio Room. The meeting and town hall forum are 
open to the public. Members of the public must sign up at the town hall 
forum in order to speak at that event.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the effectiveness of the policies, organizational 
structures, and services of the Department in assisting homeless 
veterans. The Committee shall assemble and review information relating 
to the needs of homeless veterans and provide on-going advice on the 
most appropriate means of providing assistance to homeless veterans. 
The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
activities.
    On October 20, the Committee will visit program sites in the San 
Antonio area that provide housing and supportive services to homeless 
veterans. The town hall forum will be held to hear comments and 
concerns from current and formerly homeless veterans, service 
providers, faith-based organizations and tribal governments. On October 
21-22, the Committee will review the recommendations submitted to the 
Secretary in its first annual report (March 2003). VA officials and 
others

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responsible for implementing those recommendations will make 
presentations at the meeting. Presenters will include senior managers 
at the Veterans Benefits Administration, the Veterans Health 
Administration, as well as the Departments of Health and Human 
Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor and Defense.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting should contact Mr. Pete 
Dougherty, Department of Veterans Affairs, at (202) 273-5764. No time 
will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the public 
during the meeting on October 21-22. However, the Committee will accept 
written comments from interested parties on issues affecting homeless 
veterans. Such comments should be referred to the Committee at the 
following address: Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans, Homeless 
Veterans Programs Office (075D), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 
810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: September 26, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-25096 Filed 10-2-03; 8:45 am]
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