96-17364. Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Vietnam and Other War Veterans, Notice of Meeting
[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36109-36110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17364]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Vietnam and Other War
Veterans, Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Pub. L.
92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of
Vietnam and Other War Veterans will be held July 25 and 26, 1996. This
meeting will be a field meeting conducted primarily at VA facilities in
Tacoma and Seattle, Washington. The Committee will also visit the
Colville, Lumni and Tulalip Indian Reservations in eastern and central
Washington 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
disorder (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 July 25 will begin at 8: a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m.
The day's agenda will be conducted concurrently at two different
locations. Specifically the Committee will visit the American Lake VA
Medical Center and the Tacoma Vet Center. The day's agenda will consist
of direct observations of VA readjustment counseling and mental health
services with particular attention to the PTSD Clinical Team at the
American Lake VA Medical Center. An additional focus for the meeting is
continuity of care and clinical follow-up between area VA medical
centers and Vet Centers. A separate Committee group will visit the
Colville Indian Reservation in Nespelem, Washington to review available
services and meet with area veterans.
The meeting on July 26 will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m.
The second day's agenda will also be conducted concurrently at two
different locations. The regular agenda will consist of a continuation
of direct observations of VA programs and facilities at the Seattle VA
Medical Center and Vet Center. Concurrently a separate Committee
subgroup will be visiting with local veterans at the Lumni and Tulalip
Indian Reservations in Bellingham and Marysville, Washington. In
addition to the regular agenda the Committee will conduct a local
community forum meeting and group discussion with VA and non-VA
officials and service providers, and local veteran representatives
regarding the post-war readjustment and service needs of area war
veterans. The meeting will be conducted from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the
Seattle Vet Center, 2230 Eighth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98121.
The meeting will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July
25, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, July 26, in accordance with
the provisions cited in 5 U.S.C. 522b(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
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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 July 26 from 5
p.m. to 7 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: June 26, 1996.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-17364 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 07/09/1996
- Department:
- Veterans Affairs Department
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 96-17364
- Pages:
- 36109-36110 (2 pages)
- PDF File:
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