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10/17/02 Potential Uses for Social Safety Net The list on the following pages outlines State cuts that the County has experienced in the past year or anticipates experiencing in the current fiscal year. While, the General Assembly approved the State's 2002-03 budget in late September 2002, the State budget is not "balanced". The General Assembly has given the Governor the authority to "find additional funding reductions" that total $25 million, and it is anticipated that the majority of that amount would come from the Health and Human Services divisions of State government and trickle down to local governments. In anticipation of these cuts, the Board approved a reserve of $300,000 in the 2002-03 fiscal year budget (Miscellaneous Function) to cover at least some of the cuts that may come our way. A portion of the "reserve" was created by re-allocating funds from the Department of Social Services ($70,000) and the Child Care Challenge Grant ($40,000) that were included in the prior year budget. Since all of the State funding reductions has not been identified at this point, this is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of cuts for next year. It is also important to note that the State budget included funding cuts for Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health and the Orange County Partnership for Young Children. As the State deliberates further and adopts the budget, staff will provide additional information to the Board. Page 1