Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans, Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 38 U.S.C. App. 2 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans will be held August 23, 2016 through August 26, 2016. On August 23 through August 25, the Committee will meet at the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90073 in Building 500, Room 1281 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. On August 26, the Committee will meet at the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90073 in Building 500, Room 1281 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The meeting will be open to the public.

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 homeless Veterans. 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 regarding such activities.

The agenda will include briefings from officials at VA and other agencies regarding services for homeless Veterans. The Committee will also receive a briefing on the annual report that was developed after the last meeting of the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans and will then discuss topics for its upcoming annual report and recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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 Anthony Love, Designated Federal Officer, VHA Homeless Programs Office (10NC1), Department of Veterans Affairs, 90 K Street, Northeast, Washington, DC at Anthony.Love@va.gov.

Members of the public who wish to attend should contact both Charles Selby and Timothy Underwood of the VHA Homeless Program Office by August 19, 2016, at Charles.Selby@va.gov and Timothy.Underwood@va.gov, while providing their name, professional affiliation, address, and phone number. A valid government issued ID is required for admission to the meeting. Attendees who require reasonable accommodation should state so in their requests.