NJ Governor Christie Proposes to Reduce Funding for NJ Family Care and Charity Care

 Gov. Christie proposes to balance the budget by slashing funding for key areas of importance to parents and economically disadvantaged families.  Examples of some of the programs in danger of major cuts include: NJ Family Care (subsidized health insurance), Charity Care, and aid to state colleges, and the NJ Office of the Child Advocate.  To see details on these above programs and other programs in danger of major cuts, see below.


sources:
NJ.com
NJ Citizen Action   http://njcitizenaction.org/hcpress20090512a.html

See details below:

TRENTON -- A glance at Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget cuts this year:
Education:
• $475 million cut in aid for school districts with budget surpluses.
Treasury:
• Dissolves the untapped $128 million fund controlled by the Board of Public Utilities encouraging companies to use alternative energy.
Pensions:
• Skips $100 million state employee pension contributions. Higher Education:
• $62 million cut to county colleges and four-year public colleges/universities.
Economic Development Authority:
• Dissolves former Gov. Jon Corzine’s $25 million job creation incentive program, InvestNJ.
• Reclaims $25 million unused by the Business Employment Incentive program.
Community Affairs:
• Eliminates the $40 million in funding under the Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act.
Transportation:
• Reduces NJ Transit’s subsidy by $32.7 million.
Health Care:
• $12.6 million cut from the charity care fund compensating hospitals to treat uninsured patients; all hospitals will lose about 4 percent of their subsidy.
• $8.6 million cut from the NJ FamilyCare health coverage program, eliminating 11,700 legal immigrants and freezing parent enrollment.
Public Advocate:
• $600,000 cut, eliminating the department that also oversees the Office of the Child Advocate