A Close Look at the Cuts

The anticipated budget shortfall looms over the 2011 session like a giant raincloud, and those in its shadow have been waiting for months to discover what the forecast will be once predictions become concrete numbers later this winter. As agencies laid out their Legislative Appropriation Requests (LARs) in hearings before the State earlier last summer, stark numbers characterized almost every request.

Eva DeLuna Castro, from the Center for Public Policy Priorities, has compiled an analysis of what some of the proposed cuts would do to Texas' social service agencies and their ability to provide for needy Texans. The cuts do not stop there, however. Higher Education and professional education programs, like nursing, are also in danger of seeing cuts. Read the policy page here.

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Health and Human Services

Cuts to Community-based, Long-term Services

Cuts to Comprehensive Rehabilitative Services

Cuts to Early Childhood Intervention

Cuts to Mental Health Services

Cuts to Health Promotion and Nutrition Programs

Cuts to Programs that Prevent Child Abuse, Neglect, and Delinquency

Higher Education

Cuts to Financial Aid

Cuts to Medical Residency Programs and Nurse Training