Lane County homeless shelters will have fewer beds and reduced services that connect people to long-term housing, following a drop in state funding.
County staff briefed commissioners Tuesday, Sept. 23, about the shortfall and how it will affect the county’s 924-bed system of shelters. The county’s state funding will be slashed in half – from $15 million last fiscal year to about $7.6 million for the current fiscal year, which started July 1.
“There are going to be significant cuts to the services that we are going to offer,” James Ewell, the county’s homelessness and community action manager, told commissioners…