[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 65874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27206]


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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 under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held 
Thursday and Friday, November 5-6, 2015. The meeting on both days will 
be conducted at the Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) Headquarters 
Offices, located at 1717 H Street NW., Washington, DC 20006, in 
Conference Room 430C. The agenda for these two days will begin at 8:00 
a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. The meeting on both days is open to the 
public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment 
needs of combat Veterans and to evaluate the availability, 
effectiveness and coordination of VA programs required to meet 
Veterans' readjustment service needs.
    On November 5, the Committee will conduct a round table discussion 
with a panel of VSO national leaders. The focus of the discussion will 
be to explore common areas of interest and potential partnership 
regarding the full scope of Veterans' post-war readjustment.
    The November 5 agenda will also include briefings on the current 
activities of the Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) Vet Center 
program to include the full scope of outreach and readjustment 
counseling services provided to combat Veterans, Service members and 
families. The briefing will focus on the coordination of Vet Center 
services with VHA health care, mental health, and social work services. 
The Committee will also receive a briefing from VHA Care Management and 
Social Work Services program officials focusing on the key role of 
social work services for the psychological, social, and economic 
readjustment of combat Veterans. Program officials from VHA's Office of 
Academic Affiliations will meet with the Committee to discuss avenues 
for increasing the use of the Vet Centers as student rotation sites of 
value for the educational readjustment of combat Veterans.
    On November 6, Committee members will conduct a roundtable 
discussion with staff members from the Senate and House Committees on 
Veterans Affairs. The Committee's purpose is to engage the staffers in 
discussion to explore the full scope of combat Veterans' readjustment 
and to ensure the Committee's deliberations are synchronized with the 
priorities of Congress. The Committee will also receive briefings from 
VHA mental health program officials focusing on the key role of mental 
health services for the psychological, social, and economic 
readjustment of combat Veterans.
    The agenda for November 6 will conclude with a Committee strategic 
planning session for developing the observations and conclusions for 
inclusion in the Committee's 2016 report.
    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 Mr. Flora at (202) 
461-6525 or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: October 21, 2015.
Rebecca Schiller,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-27206 Filed 10-26-15; 8:45 am]
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