If the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services budget was cut 29% in 2009-2010’s state budget, what is going to get cut next?

Adoption, Adult Protective Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers, Alzheimer’s Support Program, At-Risk Case Management (Services to Prevent Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation), Baby Love (Medicaid for Pregnant Women), Psychiatric Hospitals, Care Management of Frail Older Adults, Child and Family Teams, Child Care Provider Search, Child Care Subsidy (Help paying for child care), Child Support Enforcement, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (Newborn hearing),  

Elder Housing Locator, Emergency Assistance (Short-Term Financial Assistance for Families in Crisis), Family Planning: Be Smart, Food and Nutrition Services (Formerly Food Stamps), Foster Care, Health Check (Medicaid for Children), Hotlines, Low Income Energy Assistance, Maternity Homes (For problem pregnancies), Medicaid,  NCRX (Assistance with Medicare Part D Expenses), Pregnancy Services at Department of Social Services (For unplanned pregnancies), Senior Centers, Special Care Center Nursing Facility, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Weatherization Assistance, Whitaker School (Long-term treatment program for emotionally handicapped adolescents) and the Wright School (Mental health treatment for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders),

 

how much of which programs are going to get cut when, and what could be some near-term consequences?

 

The budget proposal

cuts the Department of Health and Human Services budget

 by 29 percent,

 and cuts education spending by almost 10 percent.

 

Bruce Mildwurf

WRAL.com