Children in North Carolina's Budget: Where Are the Cuts? 2012 House Budget
Healthy, safe, well-educated children grow into productive, engaged, economically-secure adults. The approved House budget takes a cuts-only approach to balancing the budget that weakens programs and services for North Carolina's children and jeopardizes the long-run financial health of our state.
Mouse over squares for more information. Rectangle size indicates proposed spending. Color shows the depth of cut compared to the 2011 continuation budget with darker blue indicating more severe cuts.
K-12 Education
EDUCATION
FY 2012 Amount: $7,229,503,708 Change from FY 2011: -8.8%Cuts to districts mean that 10% of public school employees will likely lose their jobs, including teachers. Proposal eliminates teacher assistants in second and third grades and eliminates drop-out prevention grants. More at Four is cut 20%, moved to Health and Human Services, and the structure of the award-winning pre-K program is gutted. For the purposes of this analysis, More at Four is included in education because including the program in Child Development creates an artificial increase in the Division of Child Development and an exaggerated decrease in education.
Medical Assistance
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FY 2012 Amount: $2,961,588,184 Change from FY 2011: -10.6%Medicaid is cut over 10 percent, through restructuring the program and services provided and reducing reimbursement rates paid to Medicaid providers. Large savings are expected out of Community Care for North Carolina, which may not materialize.
Division of MM/DD/SA
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FY 2012 Amount: $665,342,797 Change from FY 2011: -8.1%Community funding for Medicaid recipients is eliminated, except for residential supports.
Child Development
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FY 2012 Amount: $201,091,282 Change from FY 2011: -23.2%Smart Start is cut 20%. More at Four Pre-K program is transferred to the Division of Child Development from the Department of Public Instruction and will be run through the child care subsidy system, threatening the high program and teacher quality standards that have won national accolades. For the purposes of this analysis More at Four is included in education because including the program in Child Development creates an artificial increase in the Division of Child Development and an exaggerated decrease in education.
Social Services
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FY 2012 Amount: $185,077,068 Change from FY 2011: -8.5%State funds for county DSS offices are eliminated and federal funds are substituted for state funds.
Public Health
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FY 2012 Amount: $157,538,834 Change from FY 2011: -2.7%Early Intervention is cut.
Juvenile Justice
JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
FY 2012 Amount: $135,862,879 Change from FY 2011: -10.2%Proposal closes two Youth Development Centers, cuts detention beds, and consolidates districts while cutting 39 court counselors and 8 chief court counselors. Juvenile Justice is consolidated with Corrections and Crime Control and Public Safety under a new Department of Public Safety.
NC Health Choice
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FY 2012 Amount: $79,452,317 Change from FY 2011: -10.1%Decreases in NC Health Choice will not affect services for children, but instead come from savings due in part to expanding Community Cares for NC.
Central Management
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FY 2012 Amount: $52,152,812 Change from FY 2011: -25.7%The NC Care-Line, a 24-hour emergency service, is eliminated. Nonprofit pass-throughs and community health grants are cut. 250 positions are eliminated.
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