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Category Archives: Budget
An Early Look at Legislative Action on the State Budget
The 2019 Legislature enacted the state budget, housed within HB 2, providing funding for state agencies to provide services across the state. This report provides an overview of the key actions during the session. This report highlights a few pieces of the enacted HB 2 state budget.
Montana’s Budget: What is In and What is Out
During the week of February 18, the joint subcommittees for appropriations took action on their sections of the budget. This report provides a quick overview of those actions – what is in, what is out, and how it compares with the executive budget. This is just the first step in a long budget process.
MBPC presents at Montana League of Cities and Towns conference: How state budget cuts have impacted local governments
Last week, the Montana League of Cities and Towns hosted its annual conference, bringing together city managers, department staff, and local elected officials to discuss ongoing and emerging issues that our Montana cities and towns are tackling.
Yesterday’s Announcement of Cuts Restoration: Impact on DPHHS
On August 30, the governor announced how the roughly $45 million restored to state agencies would be allocated. Funds are allocated based on the level of cut for FY2019 that each agency faced during the special session. About $30 million will go back to the Department of Public Health and Human Services, which took a disproportionate cut compared to other agencies.
State Budget Cuts: Community Impact Series – Developmental Disability Services
This blog is in MBPC’s on-going series to bring to light the impacts that state budget cuts have on the lives of everyday Montanans.
We began this series with a post about cuts within the Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS), which resulted in the closure of more than half of the state’s outreach offices. We have also covered cuts to mental health services, substance abuse disorder treatment services, and the unintended consequences of eliminating such services.
State Budget Cuts: Community Impact Series – Where are we at now?
This blog is a part of MBPC’s on-going series to bring to light the impacts that state budget cuts have on the lives of everyday Montanans. Today we’ll provide an overview of where the state budget stands now, given recent events and revenue projections.
To first take a step back, in November 2017, the legislative special session resulted in approximately $120.7 million in state general fund cuts to agencies.
Health service cuts menace Missoula Co. agencies, commissioners
KPAX Missoula County Commissioners heard messages of disappointment and frustration Wednesday as state budget cuts continue to slash local services. The information that was presented resonated around the daunting expectations that the cuts — specifically to preventative and case management services — will play out down the road in very harmful and expensive ways, according to Heather […]
State Budget Cuts: Community Impact Series – Unintended Consequences
Unintended Consequences.
This blog is the third in a series to bring to light the real-life impacts of the state budget cuts.
We began this series with a post about cuts within the Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS), which resulted in the closure of more than half of the state’s outreach offices. Next, we focused on the deep reductions to targeted case management and mental health services.
State Budget Cuts: Community Impact Series – Targeted case management and mental health services
Targeted case management & mental health services have been drastically cut.
“This is taking away the most valuable service of keeping people in their communities.”
This blog is the second in a series to bring to light the impacts that state budget cuts have on the lives of everyday Montanans.
We began this series with a post about cuts within the Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS), which resulted in the closure of more than half of the state’s outreach offices.