The continued deadlock over North Carolina's budget
is beginning to affect important state services
nonprofit groups, local governments and others
who depend on state money
Local school systems
…don't know how much money they will have to pay teachers
…the director of the NC Administrative Office of the Courts
warned that if there is no permanent state budget in place by the end of the month
the department may not have enough money to pay out full salaries
and other critical expenses
Payments for witness fees, expert testimony and other expenses
are already being delayed.
Similar delays affected the payment of some money
in the NC Department of Health and Human Services
which held up some checks that pay for indigent patients in rest homes
Without any tax increases, Democrats say
the state is facing a budget shortfall of more than $4 billion
a gap that they say would necessitate devastating cuts in services
House and Senate negotiators
have reached broad agreement on a spending plan of about $18.9 billion
Deadlock on NC budget being felt
Winston Salem Journal, July 18, 2009
Children who are suicidal
violent or severely mentally and emotionally unstable
might have no place to go if the Senate version of the state budget passes
…by most accounts
it looks like a cut to the therapeutic facilities
serving[about 130 children in Guilford County]is likely
The suggested cuts to those centers total $15.9 million in 2009-10
and $22.6 million the next year
…the state is poised to cut $541 million in 2009-10
from the NC Department of Health and Human Services
and eliminate another $753 million in 2010-11
Cuts likely for at-risk youth homes
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