Governor Wolf released his state budget proposal for FY 2020-21 in early February.
Many disability programs were level funded (CILs, AT, OVR) while others received additional funds for serving more people but no rate increases – Intellectual Disabilities (ID) / Autism, Mental Health, Community Health Choices (CHC), Early Intervention (EI), Special Education.
We’ve put together a Policy Information Exchange (PIE) summary for you:
During the State Budget hearings in February and March, some PA House Republican Appropriation members expressed concerns over both supplemental increases asked for in 2020 and additional funding requests for 2021. You can also read or watch 2020 State Budget hearings for the PA House and 2020 State Budget hearings for the PA Senate – scroll down to pick the state agency of your choice.