Source: The American Prospect
by Suzanne Gordon & Russell Lemle
“In late November, a mental health leader at a major VA medical center learned about a directive issued to the 18 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) regional offices, known as VISNs (Veterans Integrated Service Networks). Department of Veterans Affairs’ leaders in Washington were imposing lower caps on employee positions nationwide. Directors of local VA medical centers and clinics had a month to decide which vacant positions to eliminate, and which job offers to rescind. None of these identified positions would be filled because they would be swept from organizational charts entirely. At his facility, 60 percent of the unfilled positions would be lost, including 23 in mental health. ‘The past nine months have been very challenging,’ the mental health leader told the Prospect. ‘But this is really going to impact patient care.’ He also worried about the effect of cuts on the VA’s critical teaching mission.” (12/18/25)
https://prospect.org/2025/12/18/another-mass-staffing-purge-at-va/