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WITNESS LIST

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON BENEFITS AND SUBCOMMITTEE

ON HEALTH

Joint Oversight Hearing on Homeless Veterans’ Issues

Thursday, March 9, 2000, 10:00 a.m.
345 Cannon House Office Building

Panel 1

Heather French
Miss America 2000

Panel 2

Dr. Fran M. Murphy
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied by:

Mr. Peter H. Dougherty
Director, VA Homeless Programs Office
Department of Veterans Affairs

Ms. Estella Morris, LCSW
Program Manager, VA Comprehensive Homeless Center
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, Arkansas

Ms. Henrietta Fishman, DCSW, CASAC
VISN 3, Homeless Veterans Treatment Program
Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied by:

Mr. Angel Caban MSW
Social Worker
VISN 3, Homeless Veterans Treatment Program
Department of Veterans Affairs

Panel 3

Mr. Fred Karnas, Jr., Ph.D
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Special Needs Programs
Department of Housing and Urban Development

Honorable Espiridion "Al" Borrego
Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training
Department of Labor

Panel 4

Mr. Douglas A. Haywood
Executive Director
Western New York Veterans Housing Coalition

Mr. Raymond G. Boland
Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs

Mr. Thomas R. "Tim" Cantwell
Manager Member
U.S. Vets
Inglewood, California

Ms. Chris Noel
Founder/Executive Director
Vetsville Cease Fire House, Inc.
West Palm Beach, Florida

Ms. Lynne Heidel
Chair of the Board
Centre City Development Corporation
San Diego, California

Panel 5

Mr. Harold E. Schultz
Supervisory National Service Officer
Disabled American Veterans

Mr. Joseph E. Caouette
Chairman, National Homeless Veterans Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars

Mr. Richard C. Schneider
Director of State/Veterans Affairs
Non Commissioned Officers Association

Mr. Calvin Gross
Chair, Employment and Training Opportunities
Vietnam Veterans of America

Submitted Testimony for the Record

Emil W. Naschinski
Assistant Director of Economic
the american Legion

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