Arizona $1.4 Billion Budget Deficit Driving 15% Cuts to Social Services; Next Year Will Be Worse

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News As of January 15, 2010, Arizona had a deficit of $1.4 billion for the current 2009-2010 fiscal year. For the coming fiscal year that starts in July 2010, the state projects a deficit of $3.2 billion. Over the past three years state revenues have dropped by 40%. To address the current fiscal year deficit, in November 2009, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer asked all state agencies to propose how they could cut 15% from their approved 2009-2010 budgets. The cuts were signed into law on December 23, 2009 . . .