… demonstrate that the overall staffing shortages across Michigan facilities and in fact, across Michigan there are 76 occupations that have been identified as severe shortage 76 occupations. Despite that, the Clinical staffing has declined from fiscal year 2025 to today and your fiscal year 2027 budget leaves staffing below prior levels. So your staffing levels are going even lower while we're experiencing these huge shortages. So my question is how are veterans going to be better served by staffing levels that remained below last year's staffing levels when just last year, your OIG found severe shortages. (04:52–05:03)
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Asserts that clinical staffing has declined from fiscal year 2025 and the fiscal year 2027 budget leaves staffing below prior levels.
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