February 24, 2013
A look at effects of automatic budget cuts in W.Va.
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* Head Start: About 500 children would lose Head Start and Early Head Start services.

* College: Aid would be provided to about 200 fewer low income students to help them pay for college. Funding for work-study jobs would go to about 60 fewer students.

* Public safety: West Virginia would lose about $96,000 in grants for law enforcement, prosecution and courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, and crime victim and witness initiatives.

* Job search assistance: West Virginia would lose about $247,000 in funding for job search assistance, referral, and placement. About 9,230 people would be affected.

* Public health: West Virginia would lose about $430,000 in funding to help prevent and treat substance abuse. The state also would lose about $177,000 in funding to help improve its response to infectious diseases, natural disasters and other public health threats. A $62,000 cut in funding to the Department of Health and Human Resources would reduce the number of HIV tests by about 1,600. West Virginia also would lose about $52,000 for vaccinations for children, including measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, whooping cough, influenza, and Hepatitis B.

* Domestic violence: West Virginia could lose up to $39,000 in funding to provide services to domestic violence victims.

 

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