Integral Care could cut up to 5% of positions
of federal, state, and local dollars. It is one of the few government agencies that has no taxing authority, so it cannot generate revenue through taxes.formed last year to represent the agency’s frontline workforce, is warning that the cost-cutting measures will have an adverse effect on the agency’s already overworked staff and, by extension, patients.
In recent years, the agency has suffered from high levels of turnover due to “burnout and secondary trauma,” according to Melancon and Moriarty. “The solution is not to lay off the staff who are still here doing the work for our community,” the co-presidents said. “We need our local elected leaders at City of Austin and Travis County to press for a more sustainable budget that protects workers and ensures that we are able to deliver the services our community needs.
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