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Lane County staff, clients urge board to keep representative payee program in house
Summary
Two Lane County Behavioral Health employees told the Board of Commissioners that outsourcing the county’s representative payee program would slow responses and fragment care for people with severe mental illness and homelessness, urging a board-level review before any contract or closure action.
Anya Kopsheva and Shelby Schofield, employees of Lane County Behavioral Health, told the Board of Commissioners on April 28 that the county’s representative payee program should remain an in‑house service rather than be outsourced.
"I'm asking you to protect and preserve this program as an in house service," said Anya Kopsheva, describing the program as a "direct responsive, life‑stabilizing support" that can issue checks and…
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