Lane County and the City of Eugene say they’re about $4 million short of what’s needed to maintain existing homeless services after not receiving funds they expected from the state.

The region is losing at least 60 beds. One shelter in Eugene that provides longer-term services could close entirely.

That shelter, The Sandbox, is operated by nonprofit Carry It Forward. Founder and Assistant Director Arwen Maas-DeSpain said her organization was one of many that lost funds for beds, and the services that help people exit homelessness.

"It just impacts the whole population to not have funding for case management,” Maas-DeSpain said. “It means that the success rates of all of our agencies that are doing shelters is going to diminish.”

Maas-DeSpain said she’s still searching for placements fo

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