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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 that the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans will conduct a 
site visit to the VA Boston Healthcare System. The site visit will be 
held June 25-29, 2001, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., at the Veterans 
Integrated Systems Network (VISN 1), 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, 
MA 02130.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs regarding the needs of women veterans with respect to health 
care, rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, and other programs and 
activities administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs designed 
to meet such needs. The Committee will make recommendations to the 
Secretary regarding such activities.
    All sessions will be open to the public. Those who plan to attend 
should contact Ms. Maryanne Carson, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
Center for Women Veterans, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20420, at (202) 273-6193 before the meeting. The tentative agenda is as 
follows:

Monday 6/25

VISN 1 Network Briefing
    Contact Person: Susan McKenzie, COO, VISN 1, 200 Springs Road, 
Building 61, Bedford, MA 01730 (781-687-3411)
8 a.m.--Meet Committee at hotel and travel to Bedford
9:30 a.m.--Arrive Bedford, Building 61
9:45 a.m.--Overview of network initiatives for women, facilities in 
the network, strategic plan
10:45 a.m.--Break
11 a.m.--Women Veterans Coordinators Council briefing
12 noon--Lunch
1 p.m.--Women Veterans Coordinators Council briefing continued
2 p.m.--Questions & Answer Period
2:30 p.m.--Break (refreshments)
2:45 p.m.--Health Services Research and Development Overview of 
research and current study; Katherine Skinner, Ph.D., 200 Springs 
Road, Bedford, MA 01730 (781-687-2866)
4 p.m.--Return to Boston

Tuesday 6/26

Jamaica Plain Campus
    Contact Person: Pat Robinson, LICSW, VA Boston Healthcare 
System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130 (617-232-9500 
x4120)
7:45 a.m.--Pick up at hotel
8:15 a.m.--Meeting with Director and staff. Overview of VA Boston 
Healthcare System
8:45 a.m.--Meet with Women's Health Council: Presentation on 
services for women and mission of Council
9:45 a.m.--Break
10 a.m.--Vet Center: (Tom Hannon & Jen Erbe Leggett) Update on 
sexual trauma counseling
10:30 a.m.--Tour Women Veterans Health Center
11 a.m.--Women's Health Sciences Division: (Lynda & Dan King) 
Overview of current research
12 noon--Lunch
1:30 p.m.--Persian Gulf Research
2 p.m.--Women's Stress Disorders Treatment Team: Clinical programs 
(Alice Clark, Ph.D.)
3 p.m.--Travel to Transitional Residence
3:30 p.m.--Tour of residence and discussion of program (Alice Clark, 
Ph.D.)
4:30 p.m.--Return to hotel

Wednesday 6/27

8:30 a.m.--Pick up at hotel
9 a.m.--New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans: (Tom Lyons) Tour 
and overview of programs
10:15 a.m.--Break
10:30 a.m.--Update on homeless program for women veterans (Lauren 
Dever and Meredith Powers)
11:30 a.m.--Travel to Coast Guard Station
12 noon--Lunch/meeting with State Women Veterans Network (Joan 
O'Connor)
2 p.m.--Travel to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
2:30 p.m.--Meeting at VBA with Fay Norred, Director, and Patty 
Carter, Women Veterans Coordinator
4 p.m.--Travel to hotel

Thursday 6/28

Brockton Campus
    Contact Person: Diane Harness-DiGloria, ANP, VA Boston 
Healthcare System, 940 Belmont St, Brockton, MA 02401 (508-583-4500 
x1435)
8 a.m.--Pick up at hotel
9 a.m.--Arrive Brockton Women's Health Center
9:15 a.m.--Tour and meet with staff
10 a.m.--Break
10:15 a.m.--Women's inpatient psychiatric unit: Tour and meet with 
staff
11:45 a.m.--Lunch
1 p.m.--Substance Abuse programs
2 p.m.--Town Meeting
4 p.m.--Return to hotel

Friday, 6/29

8 a.m.--Executive Session (In hotel)
10 a.m.--Break
11:45 a.m.--Lunch
2 p.m.--Break
4 p.m.--Adjourn

    Dated: June 6, 2001.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Ventris C. Gibson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-14949 Filed 6-13-01; 8:45 am]
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