Church at the Park will shelter fewer people, lay off staff due to state budget cuts

After a $2 million cut to Church at the Park’s state funding, there will be fewer shelter beds for homeless young people in Salem and 16 people have lost their jobs working in homeless services.

Church at the Park’s contract with Oregon Housing and Community Services for the year, starting in July, allocated a total of around $8.1 million for operating expenses. It was a 20% reduction from the total of around $10 million it…