Counties in Pennsylvania are preparing to get by without a quarterly state payment for some of the social services they carry out as a budget stalemate between Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers drags into its fourth week.
HARRISBURG — Counties in Pennsylvania are preparing to get by without payments for some of the social services they carry out as a state budget stalemate between Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers drags into its fourth week.
“No county can go very long without having some serious impact, from a financial standpoint,” Leinbach said. County officials say that ordeal taught them to sock away reserves to survive for a couple months, at least, as many try now to figure out how much state aid this impasse will ensnare while they take stock of their cash flow.
That prompted nonprofit umbrella organizations including the United Way of Pennsylvania, the Arc of Pennsylvania and the Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association this week to ask the administration for clarity to avoid “unnecessary contingency planning” and pushed Shapiro for a “broad use of spending authority.”
Monica Taylor, Delaware County Council’s chair, said the county’s agencies are sorting through their programs to determine what sort of shortfall to expect and how to use their cash flow to stretch services for as long as they possibly can. Berks County crafted a contract clause with vendors that said it was not obligated to pay until the state budget was complete.
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