Your Advocacy Worked: No Cuts to Services for People with Developmental Disabilities
By executive | Published: December 22, 2009
There is good news for people with developmental disabilities. The Governor has announced his mid-year budget cuts and there are no cuts to community services for people with developmental disabilities.
The Governor has provided a number of changes to make up the funding shortfall. However, there are no cuts to community services to people with developmental disabilities in the community. We want to thank Governor Corzine for recognizing the needs of people with developmental disabilities and not cutting any services in the community.
Below is a brief synopsis and explanation of the changes to the budget related to services to people with developmental disabilities.
Education:
$222 thousand in adjusted spending projection for Extraordinary Special Education Costs Aid. (This is not a cut, but a change in the amount of funds estimated to be expended).
Human Services:
Save $5.034 million in Developmental Center Operating Efficiencies (each Developmental Center will need to find savings that will not impact services to people. This could include cuts in training budgets or whatever else Center determines is not needed).
Save $54 thousand in uncommitted Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) Capital Balances.
Health and Senior Services:
$15 million in adjusted spending projection for Early Intervention. (If you remember, this happened last year as well and there were no actual cuts in services. Instead, because of additional revenue, including additional federal Medicaid funds, the State could reduce its projected spending without impacting services).
There are no other changes to the budget for services to people with developmental disabilities in any Department. .
To see what the Governor’s total proposal is, go to:
Thank you to all the advocacy organizations and to the individuals who contacted the Governor, Commissioner of Human Services, and the Legislature urging them not to cut services. Your actions made a difference.
Your Advocacy Worked: No Cuts to Services for People with Developmental Disabilities
There is good news for people with developmental disabilities. The Governor has announced his mid-year budget cuts and there are no cuts to community services for people with developmental disabilities.
The Governor has provided a number of changes to make up the funding shortfall. However, there are no cuts to community services to people with developmental disabilities in the community. We want to thank Governor Corzine for recognizing the needs of people with developmental disabilities and not cutting any services in the community.
Below is a brief synopsis and explanation of the changes to the budget related to services to people with developmental disabilities.
Education:
Human Services:
Health and Senior Services:
There are no other changes to the budget for services to people with developmental disabilities in any Department. .
To see what the Governor’s total proposal is, go to:
http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/news/2009/p091222a.pdf
Thank you to all the advocacy organizations and to the individuals who contacted the Governor, Commissioner of Human Services, and the Legislature urging them not to cut services. Your actions made a difference.