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Suggested topics for discussion are: the current level of federal funding for VA, the proposed VA budget level, local issues important to veterans, budgetary shortfalls currently impacting VA Medical Centers in your Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), or other issues of relevance to wounded and injured veterans in your state or local area. The kit includes:  \n1. Guidelines for Town Hall Meetings: Carefully read this material and follow the guidelines for planning and executing a Town Hall meeting. This packet includes a sample agenda, a sample public service announcement, a sample media advisory, and a Town Hall Planning Team Checklist.  \n2. Invitation Letter to Elected Officials: Send to your elected officials (federal, state, and local), inviting them to attend the Town Hall meeting. Attach a copy of the meeting agenda.  \n3. Invitation Letter to Local VA Officials: Send to the VA Medical Center Directors within your VISN, and/or to VISN Directors, and other VA officials,inviting them to speak at the Town Hall meeting.  \n4. Effective Letters to the Editor: Guidelines for composing an effective letter to the Editor of your local or regional newspapers.  \n5. Sample Letter to the Editor: Send to the editors of state and local publications in your area at least one week prior to the date of the Veterans’ Town Hall meeting.  \n6. Veterans’ Town Hall Meeting Flyer: Coordinate the creation and distribution of your flyer with fellow veterans and other veterans and military service organizations’ chapters and posts throughout your city or state.  \n7. Miscellaneous Handouts: Several documents can be employed as handouts at your Town Hall Meeting, depending on the focus of the event. Examples are:  \n• Issue briefs on DAV’s annual national issues, which can be found here ;  \n• National Resolutions from the legislative program ([available at DAV.org](available at DAV.org), or you can request additional copies from DAV National Service and Legislative Headquarters);  \n• DAV’s brochure on PTSD;  \n• DAV special-issue magazine on women veterans;  \n• contact information on how to reach your local DAV chapter and the DAV department of your state;  \n• Names and contact information of your representatives in the state legislature and in Congress;  \n• Handout(s) on availability of DAV assistance in helping veterans file claims for VA benefits.  \nEncourage members of veterans’ and military service organizations to wear their service caps during the meeting.  \nGuidelines for Town Hall Meetings:  \nThe purpose of the Town Hall meeting is to provide veterans the opportunity to discuss local issues important to veterans, including budgetary shortfalls currently impacting VA Medical Centers in your VISN. But other important issues, such as a proposal to change the mission of a VA facility or to close it, could warrant a Town Hall meeting. Schedule, set up, and conduct the meetings in a way that makes participants feel comfortable in attending and expressing their opinions. Be sure that agency and other organizational representatives understand that their role is to listen and support the open discussion of VA health care funding issues and perspectives (or other issues as appropriate) . In all planning and activities, strive to keep a consistent focus on identifying and hearing the voice of the veteran community that uses the VA health care system or the VA benefits system.  \nRecommended Format for a Town Hall Meeting  \nBackground information:  \nBackground information should be distributed to participants as they enter (white papers, DAV brochures, etc. )  \nIntroduction:  \nA representative of the DAV host organization should act as moderator. 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