Staff working at Cascadia, the state’s largest provider of mental health services, have been asked to continue working even though there’s no guarantee they’ll be paid.

We ran an “in other news” blurb on this developing story in the paper this week, but as of yesterday, Cascadia appears on the verge of filing for bankruptcy. Workers have been told different things by different people, including that it’s possible 250 people will be laid off. Today is pay day, and the checks were expected to arrive by 3pm today. It’s now 10 of four, and nobody has seen any money.

“On the one hand we don’t want to leave these vulnerable people without much-needed care,” says one Cascadia staffer, who did not wish to be named because employment there is a touch dicey at the moment. “But on the other hand, we have to make rent, and we don’t want to be screwed over.”

UPDATE, 4:20pm: The checks just came in. Now people are nervously headed down to the bank to see whether or not they’ll cash.