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Vermont Veterans Home presents FY26 budget request citing staffing costs, Medicaid settlement changes
Summary
Officials from the Vermont Veterans Home presented the facility’s FY26 budget request to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, flagging high agency staffing costs, vacancy-driven expense pressure, and the incorporation of Medicaid settlement funds into the base budget.
Officials from the Vermont Veterans Home briefed the Senate Committee on Appropriations on the home’s FY26 budget request, emphasizing staffing shortages, high costs for agency (traveling) staff, and changes to how Medicaid settlement funds are treated in the budget.
Melissa Jackson, chief executive officer of the Vermont Veterans Home, told the committee the current request appears larger in general‑fund terms than prior years because the facility is building previously separate Medicaid settlement funding into its base budget rather than seeking annual budget adjustments. The request is based on an assumed census of 90…
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