Reporters have reached out to Common Defense hoping to publish stories about our findings with VHAdata.org. Our application has identified 580 facilities that miss the VA’s own target wait times for new patients to get mental health apppointments. A facility near you is one of them.

If you’ve experienced delayed or degraded mental health care at your local VA facility, please help us draw national attention to the problem by sharing your story.

Your story can be shared “on background” meaning that you’d talk with the reporter but would not be identified in the story if you don’t want to be.