People in need in Berks County to pay price for state budget impasse, commissioners told

From the Reading Eagle (8/26/2009):

Abused and neglected children, people with drug addictions and parents trying to get off welfare are among the Berks County residents who will pay the price for the state Legislature's inability to agree on a budget, county officials said Tuesday.

Taxpayers could join them because the county already has laid out $5 million for mandated services with no idea of whether the state will pay all of it back, officials said.

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