82 FR 60470 - Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans, Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 243 (December 20, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 60470]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27378]


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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 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee 
on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held February 6, 7, and 8, 
2018. All meeting sessions will be conducted at the Department of 
Veterans Affairs National Headquarters, located at 810 Vermont Avenue 
NW, Conference Room 530, Washington, DC, 20420. The meetings will begin 
at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 4:30 p.m. The meetings are open to the 
public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment 
needs of combat-theater Veterans and to evaluate the availability, 
effectiveness and coordination of VA programs available to meet 
Veterans' readjustment service needs.
    The agenda for Tuesday February 6 will feature meetings with VA and 
the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) senior leadership to review 
the general values, strategic priorities and current perspectives on 
Veterans' physical health and psychosocial welfare. The day's agenda 
will also include briefings from the Readjustment Counseling Service 
(RCS) Chief Officer regarding the current activities of the RCS Vet 
Centers to include the full scope of outreach and readjustment 
counseling being provided to combat-theater Veterans, Service members 
and their families. The briefing will also provide a status report 
regarding the RCS organizational transition to a single point of 
service within the general organizational transformation of VHA.
    On Wednesday February 7, the Committee will focus on VA mental 
health services and best practices for coordinating VA mental health 
services with RCS readjustment counseling services to better serve the 
combat-theater Veteran population. To this end Committee members will 
receive briefings from VA's mental health leadership on the types and 
distribution of psychiatric disorders currently being presented by 
Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedoms Veterans and the 
various treatment regimens provided for their care inclusive of 
psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. VA Mental Health and RCS 
leadership will additionally present on the collaborative activities 
currently underway between RCS and the Office of Mental Health and 
Suicide Prevention to achieve life-saving outcomes for at risk combat-
theater Veterans and Service members.
    On Thursday February 8, the Committee will engage in strategic 
round table discussions with various other VHA program officials to 
review the objectives and anticipated outcomes for developing a 
``Veterans Engagement Subcommittee''. This project is being initiated 
through collaborative partnership between RCS and the National Center 
for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (NC/PTSD) to strengthen the 
collaborative ties between the RCS and the NC/PTSD, to improve VA 
services and products through Veteran consumer feedback and to provide 
greater public awareness of VA and its achievements through quality 
services to Veterans and families.
    In addition, the agenda will include time for Committee strategic 
planning focused on its annual operations priorities for 2018 and the 
strategic perspectives for developing its 19th annual report to 
Congress.
    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, contact Mr. Flora at (202) 461-6525 
or via email at [email protected].

    Dated: December 15, 2017.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 2017-27378 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am]
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