Community Health Care Cuts

State budget cuts are skimming at least the surface of most state agencies, including community health care, which is funded in part by the Arkansas Department of Health.
Close to a million dollars will be cut from community healthcare centers across the state.
Jefferson Comprehensive Care System in Pine Bluff sees 85 to 100 people per day and charges them on a sliding scale.
And while the budget cuts will make things a little lean, the clinic will stay up and running at all costs.
"A tremendous need... and as the economy has worsened, that need has grown, says Executive Director Larnell Davis.
One project affected by the budget cuts, converting paper files to electronic files.
The conversion will be put off until the money is restored, or new stimulus money comes in Read more atarkansasmatters.com.

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