Protecting Your Healthcare Services

‍PRESS RELEASE

RELEASE DATE: For immediate release

LA PINE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER MAKES PROACTIVE OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO PROTECT CRITICAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES

La Pine, OR -February 5, 2025—La Pine Community Health Center (LCHC) made difficult changes to operations today, by reducing its workforce, in effort to protect its ability to provide care to the residents of La Pine and surrounding communities as it awaits further direction from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

While many Community Health Centers (CHC’s) across the nation are closing their doors in response to issues accessing federal funds, LCHC is working proactively to preserve services to avoid interruption to care for its patients. Erin Trapp, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We will do everything we can to keep our patients from experiencing the effects of the Federal funding freeze, as it pertains to the delivery of healthcare. We believe this will be a temporary change and plan to restore our workforce soon.”

There have been rumors that the La Pine School-Based Health Center (SBHC), sponsored by La Pine Community Health Center, was shut down abruptly today because of the aforementioned change to operations, which is false. The SBHC was closed today due to a power outage and will continue to operate on its regular hours of operation once power is restored.

LCHC’s leadership team continues to monitor the ever-changing federal funding landscape and will provide updates when necessary.

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