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Associated Press - December 17, 2008
The Whitman-Walker Clinic has announced it plans to close its northern Virginia office, which serves 1,100 clients, and shut an eight-bed residential addiction-treatment program in Washington. The nonprofit community health organization also will lay off 45 employees.
Whitman-Walker's chief executive officer, Donald Blanchon, says the reductions are necessary because of the weak financial environment. Blanchon says government reimbursements for services haven't matched the rising cost of care and private donations are down 29 percent from last year.
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