Butte county leaders are working on a plan to keep things running under Gov.
Gavin Newsom's revised state budget on private and public zones on Tuesday as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The state went from a 54 billion dollar surplus to a 21 billion dollar shortfall.
How will governor newsom's revised budget impact mental health care in butte county?
Action news now reporter mackenzie drigo is looking into that and joins us live at the butte county behavioral building.
Mackenzie are people in danger of being refused service?
Alan butte county behavior health director scott ken-nelly says it's a possibility.
The coronavirus caused the state to have a shortfall of more than 50 billion dollars an* forced governor gavin newsom to slash his budget.
At 4 and 5 we explained how social services and public safety could see cuts of more than 10 million dollars combined ken-nelly says they may see a 5.1 million dollar cutãwhich could double when adding in federal funding.
"the funding the 5.1 million dollars, is used to draw out on federal financial participation or federal funds, we use it as a match, so were talking about a 10.2 million dollar cut, those cuts impact our prevention services, outpatient mental health service, and our substance use services," ken-nelly says those cuts cannot go towards mandatory services like crisis, use services, or in- patient psych services.
Ken-nelly tells me he has been in the program for 25 years and has never seen budget cuts like this.
Reporting live at butte county behavioral health mackenzie drigo action news now coverage you can count on.
The budget must still be approved by the state legislature.
District officials showed parents and teachers three different plans for when students head back to school.
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