The Department of Veterans on Thursday announced the dismiall of more than 1,000 employees following a recent call from the Trump administration to shrink the size of the federal workforce.

The VA says this move will save the department more than $98 million per year, allowing them to spend those resources on health care, benefits and services for veterans.

These efforts are part of the VA’s plan to refocus on its core mission: providing the best possible care and benefits to Veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors, according to a statement from the VA.

“To be perfectly clear: these moves will not negatively impact VA health care, benefits or beneficiaries. In the coming weeks and months, VA will be announcing plans to put these resources to work helping Veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors,” Collins said.

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters is seen on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Washington, D.C.  (Matt McClain/ The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The dismissals are effective immediately according to the VA and employees have been notified.

Additional measures have been put in place to ensure VA services are not impacted and an assigned representative in each chain of command can request exemptions.