[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52372-52373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21368]


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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 the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 38 U.S.C. App. 2 that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans will be held October 19, 2015 
through October 21, 2015. On October 19 and October 20, the Committee 
will meet at

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office space located at 1200 Binz Street, Houston, TX, from 8:00 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m. On October 21, the Committee will meet at 1200 Binz 
Street, Houston, TX from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The meeting will be 
open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs with an on-going assessment of the effectiveness of 
the policies, organizational structures, and services of VA in 
assisting homeless Veterans. The Committee shall assemble and review 
information related to the needs of homeless Veterans and provide 
advice on the most appropriate means of providing assistance to that 
subset of the Veteran population. The Committee will make 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding such activities.
    The agenda will include briefings from local homeless service 
providers, officials at VA and other agencies regarding services for 
homeless Veterans. The Committee will also review the framework to 
complete the annual report that was developed after the last meeting of 
the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans and will identify a 
timeframe to complete this upcoming annual report that provides 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. Interested parties should provide 
written comments on issues affecting homeless Veterans for review by 
the Committee to Ms. Lisa Pape, Designated Federal Officer, VHA 
Homeless Programs Office (10NC1), Department of Veterans Affairs, 90K 
NE., Washington, DC, or email to [email protected].
    Members of the public who wish to attend should contact Charles 
Selby or Timothy Underwood of the VHA Homeless Program Office by 
September 18, 2015, at [email protected] or 
[email protected], while providing their name, professional 
affiliation, address, and phone number. A valid government issued ID is 
required for admission to the meeting. Attendees who require reasonable 
accommodation should state so in their requests.

    Dated: August 25, 2015.
Rebecca Schiller,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-21368 Filed 8-27-15; 8:45 am]
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