R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-23-3

Each local veterans’ retraining and reemployment committee, hereinafter referred to as the “local committee”, shall be fully representative of all federal, state, and local agencies serving veterans in the community, and of all community groups and institutions therein that are interested in, and can contribute to, the program for providing the veteran with one place in the locality where he or she can go in dignity for full information and adequate counsel and assistance in solving his or her problems.