At the Community Health Centers of Lane County, leaders plan to eliminate 23 positions — 15 now filled by employees and eight that are vacant.
The county’s Health and Human Services department is projecting a $2 million deficit this fiscal year amid federal and state healthcare changes both federally and locally. Without action, the projected deficit for next year is growing to about $6.5 million.
Eve Gray, director of Health and Human Services, warned county commissioners in September about impending cuts, which were timed to coincide with the consolidation of the health center’s eight clinics into six locations…