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[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person at those appearing distantly. We look forward to the testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the thirdparty administrators are in administering the mission act. Also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation as well. Almost every member of our committee though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us almost every member of the committee will be participating. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs, relating to the Veterans Community care program and the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers. Io i scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While v. A. Officials were invited to part
Name ill fight. For folks who believe that sense of belonging is taking away so then you have to try to reestablish that failing that belong. To you not thinking every day that i got a whole lot of i got all the money i could hear you get those conveniences but what you lose is the access to food and the access to community and when youre part of a try its very difficult to leave and not kill a sense of loss. To see this gas station or. Somebody were some guy was shot here last summer got killed printer the gas station a boy or somebody got shot and killed just last week to reconfigure another guard or shot. There was a couple gunshots a ny times. Like 44 and. Comparing. It. To the city keep track your kids 247 just let them out of village like they do. Take some adjusting. Dont some good taken off the stage. Trick. Probably something happened to my opinion that i dont like what. Youre doing and i think i know your approach. Which means that all the cost and everything i can. Buy the k
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Stream here, but thank you. I had the exact same one issue that i dont want to postpone with the same issue you just brought up about the conservatorships, and im looking for chief tong. There you go. Theres chief tong. Knowing a little bit about the conservatorship proceedings from the probate division, i this is seeming a little bit backwards to me. It is in fact true, its a civil proceeding, and they have been pushed way into 2021. But just as, lets say, Domestic Violence restraining orders or those kinds of things have been moving ahead the whole time and have been dealt with timely, you know, we have in this city such stringent requirements, its shocking to me that anybody qualified but so much must be expended upon a single individual before the Public Guardian or Family Member or whomever is allowed to file. But it just seems contrary to my logic that with backed that, with backed up cases, there are more cases coming into the system. Im not asking you to address that now, but i