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State Budget Crunch Squeezing Allegheny County

Funding For 55 Social Service Progams Dries Up

POSTED: 6:43 p.m. EDT August 2, 2003

Pennsylvania's budget stalemate is taking its toll on Allegheny County.

County Executive Jim Roddey says funding for 55 social service programs has run out.

Roddey has called an emergency meeting for Wednesday. He plans to ask the County Council to transfer funds to keep those programs in operation.

Those programs serve 10,000 people, offering everything from after-school programs to adult education and counseling.

Roddey, a Republican, has not said where the new money will come from. Council president Rich Schwartz, a Democrat, said he wants to take another $300,000 from the county's $24 million reserve fund.

Officials are hoping they will be reimbursed for any reserve funds spent once new budget legislation is passed by the Legislature.


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