PA Dept. of Public Welfare seeking federal funding aid
More people needing assistance, combined with the rising cost of healthcare, makes for a stretched DPW budget.
Human service agencies, still suffering from last year’s budget cuts, are preparing for another hit
State money for day cares, drug and alcohol treatment services, emergency shelters, food banks and more is low, and may decrease again.
HealthPoint news: “Hot Topic” making the switch to “Budget News”
Budget talks have begun, and we’re here to keep you updated.
Mental illness advocates in Lehigh Co. ask commissioners to restore their funding
The county cut funding to the local branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
The budget may be passed…
…but many children’s health services are still waiting for money, and some had to cease all or some operations permanently.
We’ve heard this before, but…
…lawmakers are saying that they’re again near a budget agreement.
PA’s “budget” would take a hatchet to medical malpractice funding help for doctors
Professional associations that represent PA’s medical employee community are worried.
Human service providers, and thus the people they serve, are beginning to see real consequences of budget impasse
Organizations that provide health and childcare help are among those cutting off services.
Another Monday budget update
This Monday’s budget update takes the form of a column written by Brian O’Neill, a political writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
In a piece titled “Bloated Legislature bungles budget,” O’Neill writes:
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“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way go through life, son.”
That advice from Dean Wormer to the frat boy Flounder in “Animal House” comes to mind [...]