[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13680-13681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2527]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of 
the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans will be held from April 3-
6, 2006, at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLAHCS), the 
VA Regional Office in Los Angeles, California, and the VA Long Beach 
Healthcare System in Long Beach, California. The meeting is open to the 
public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary on the 
administration of VA benefits and services to minority veterans, to 
assess the needs of minority veterans and to evaluate whether VA 
compensation, medical and rehabilitation services, outreach, and other 
programs are meeting those needs. The Committee will make 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding such activities.
    On April 3, the Committee will meet at the Greater Los Angeles 
Health Care System, VA Medical Center (VAMC), Executive Conference 
Room, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California, from 8 a.m. until 
3:30 p.m. The Director will brief the Committee on services and benefit 
delivery challenges, successes and concerns in serving minority 
veterans. Following these discussions,

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the Committee will be briefed on how the VAMC conducts its outreach 
initiatives, activities and programs within the minority communities. 
Starting at noon the Committee will receive a briefing and tour the New 
Directions training facility, located at VAMC Building 116. From 1:30 
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. the Committee will receive a briefing and tour of the 
Mental Health Outpatient Treatment Center located in GLAHCS VAMC 
Building 206.
    On April 4, the Committee will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at 
the VA Regional Office (VARO) Executive Conference Room, located at the 
Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles. The VARO Director 
and key staff members will brief the Committee on their outreach 
activities, challenges and initiatives in providing benefit services to 
minority veterans within the communities they serve, followed by a tour 
of the Regional Office. Following these discussions, the Committee will 
hold a working lunch with the Veteran Service Organizations from the 
Greater Los Angeles area to discuss their concerns, assessments and 
observations of minority veterans needs. This meeting will be held from 
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the VA Regional Office, Room 7106. At 1:30 
p.m. the Committee will visit the Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center 
located at 351 E. Temple Street, Los Angeles to receive a briefing and 
tour of the facility. During the evening, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the 
Committee will conduct a town hall meeting at the Patriotic Hall, 
located at 1816 S. Figueroa Street.
    On April 5, the Committee's morning session will be held at the Los 
Angeles National Cemetery, 950 South Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, in 
the Executive Conference Room, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Committee 
will be briefed by the Cemetery Director on minority veteran outreach 
and significant issues in addressing minority veteran concerns. This 
discussion will be followed by a guided tour of the grounds and 
facility. The Committee's afternoon meeting from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., 
will be held at the GLAHCS VAMC Executive Conference Room and will 
focus on health care disparities, with a presentation by Dr. Nancy 
Harada, Research Physical Therapist, GLAHCS VAMC.
    On April 6, the Committee will conduct its meetings at the VA Long 
Beach Health Care System (HCS) Executive Conference Room located at 
5901 7th Street, Long Beach. The meeting will begin at 10 with a 
briefing from the Veteran Integrated Service Network (VISN 22) 
Director, followed by an overview of outreach activities, challenges 
and initiatives by the Director, Long Beach HCS and key staff members. 
The afternoon session will begin at 1 p.m. with presentations from the 
Veteran Services Organizations who will discuss the needs, concerns and 
outreach required to serve the Long Beach minority communities. 
Beginning at 2:30 p.m. the Committee will tour the Villages of Cabrillo 
located at 2001 River Avenue., Long Beach. In the evening, from 6:30 
p.m. to 8:30 p.m., a town hall meeting will be held at the Long Beach 
HCS, Pantages Theatre located at 5901 7th Street, 2nd Floor, Long 
Beach. This will be the final Committee meeting and the members will 
adjourn at the conclusion of this town hall meeting.
    The Committee will accept written comments from interested parties 
on issues outlined in the meeting agenda, as well as other issues 
affecting minority veterans. Such comments should be referred to the 
Committee at the following address: Advisory Committee on Minority 
Veterans, Center for Minority Veterans (OOM), U.S. Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420.
    For additional information about the meeting, please contact Ms. 
Elizabeth Olmo at (202) 273-6708.

    Dated: March 8, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-2527 Filed 3-15-06; 8:45 am]
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