Capitol Event Marks 100th Day Without a Pennsylvania State Budget

October 8, 2009

HARRISBURG, PA – Advocates, community providers and Pennsylvanians hurt by the state’s budget impasse gathered in the Capitol Rotunda Thursday to mark the 100th day without a budget.

Click here to read a press release about the event, organized by the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO).

A similar event was held in Philadelphia. Click here for more details on that event.

Pennsylvania remains the only state in the nation operating without a budget. Legislators inched closer toward resolution early this week, but wary Pennsylvanians and struggling human service providers, who will have to wait for funds to start flowing even after a budget is enacted, are keeping the pressure on the state’s leaders until the crisis is resolved.

Nonprofits throughout the Commonwealth that service state and county contracts or receive State grants are being forced to lay-off staff, cut services or close their doors due to the budget impasse. Children, the elderly and Pennsylvanian's with special needs are losing vital services.  For nonprofits and the communities they serve, this budget impasse has been devastating.