[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45479-45480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22718]
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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 Public
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment
of Veterans will be held September 11 through 13, 1997. This meeting
will be a field meeting conducted primarily at VA facilities in New
York City and White River Junction, Vermont. The committee will also
visit the VA Vet Centers in Bangor, and Caribou, Maine, 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 disorders (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 September 11 will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 5
p.m. The day's agenda will be conducted concurrently at three different
locations. Specifically, the Committee will visit the Manhattan, New
York VA Medical Center and Vet Center. The day's agenda will consist of
direct observations of VA readjustment counseling and mental health
services with particular attention to PTSD programs. An additional
focus for the meeting is continuity of care and clinical follow-up
between area VA medical centers and Vet Centers. Two separate Committee
subgroups will visit the White River Junction, Vermont, VA Medical
Center and Vet Center, and the Caribou, Maine, Vet Center to review
available services and meet with area veterans.
The meeting on September 12 will also begin at 8 a.m. and conclude
at 5 p.m. The second day's agenda will also be conducted concurrently
at three different locations. The primary agenda will consist of a
continuation of direct observations of VA programs and facilities at
the Harlem, and Brooklyn,
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New York, Vet Centers. Concurrently, two separate full Committee
subgroups will be visiting with VA service providers and local veterans
at the White River Junction, Vermont, and Bangor, Maine, Vet Centers.
The Committee will also tour the facility and review national
operations for VA's National Center for PTSD at White River Junction,
Vermont. The third day's agenda will consist of a full Committee
executive meeting regarding a review of findings, conclusions,
recommendations and future plans. The meeting will be conducted at the
St. Moritz on the Park Hotel, 50 Central Park South, New York New York.
The meeting will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday,
September 11, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, September 12, in
accordance with the provisions cited in 5 U.S.C. 552b(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 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 Saturday, September 13, from 8 a.m. to
1 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: August 19, 1997.
By Direction of the Secretary-Designate.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-22718 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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