Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans; Notice of Meeting, 35933 [2019-15799]

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• DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 35933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15799]


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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 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee 
on Homeless Veterans will be held August 28-29, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time). The meeting sessions will take place 
at Minnesota Housing, 400 Wabasha Street North, Suite 400, Lake 
Superior Conference Room, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102. Sessions are 
open to the public, except when the Committee is conducting tours of VA 
and other Veteran service facilities, participating in off-site events, 
and participating in administrative workgroup sessions to discuss 
topics for its recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
Tours of VA and Veteran service facilities are closed, to protect 
Veterans' privacy and personal information in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6).
    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 Veterans at-risk and experiencing homelessness. 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 of Veterans Affairs regarding 
such activities.
    On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, the Committee will convene an open 
session and the agenda will include briefings from officials at VA and 
other federal, state and local agencies regarding services for homeless 
Veterans. On Thursday, August 29, 2019, the Committee will convene a 
closed session to conduct tours of VA and Veteran service facilities, 
participating in off-site events, and participating in administrative 
workgroup sessions to discuss topics for its recommendations to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Tours of VA and Veteran service 
facilities are closed, to protect Veterans' privacy and personal 
information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    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 Mr. Anthony Love, Designated Federal Officer, Veterans 
Health Administration, Homeless Programs Office (10NC1), Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue NW (10NC1), Washington, DC 20420, 
or via email at [email protected] and [email protected].
    Members of the public who wish to attend should contact 
[email protected] and [email protected] of the Veterans Health 
Administration, Homeless Programs Office no later than August 1, 2019, 
to provide their name, professional affiliation, email address, and 
phone number. There will also be a call-in number at 1-800-767-1750; 
access code: 50653#. Attendees who require reasonable accommodations 
should also state so in their requests. Please arrive to Minnesota 
Housing, 400 Wabasha Street North, Suite 400, Lake Superior Conference 
Room, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102, at least 20 (twenty) minutes before 
the meeting start time to clear the building security checkpoint.

    Dated: July 22, 2019.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-15799 Filed 7-24-19; 8:45 am]
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