MONROE - The Green County Human Services board discussed the potential impact of state budget cuts to programs, at its regular board meeting Monday.
With Gov. Scott Walker's current budget, possible cuts may lead to caps on programs like Family Care, PACE, Partnerships and Iris that take effect on Monday, June 20.
Green County officials said such changes will have an impact here.
"We are going to have people that will fall through the cracks," Greg Holcomb, director of Green County Human Services, told the board.
Four citizens also commented on how Green County has set high standards for human services but agreed that the board should continue talking to state officials about possible cuts.
The board discussed the impact on the county of a statewide switch to call centers for some services. Holcomb has said that officials are trying to centralize Medicaid enrollment, moving it from the county to the state level.
Currently, the state pays the county to do enrollment and re-enrollments.
But call centers are being established throughout the state to handle future enrollments.
Hewlett-Packard is assisting with the centralization process, which is set to occur across Wisconsin by May 1, 2012.
With Gov. Scott Walker's current budget, possible cuts may lead to caps on programs like Family Care, PACE, Partnerships and Iris that take effect on Monday, June 20.
Green County officials said such changes will have an impact here.
"We are going to have people that will fall through the cracks," Greg Holcomb, director of Green County Human Services, told the board.
Four citizens also commented on how Green County has set high standards for human services but agreed that the board should continue talking to state officials about possible cuts.
The board discussed the impact on the county of a statewide switch to call centers for some services. Holcomb has said that officials are trying to centralize Medicaid enrollment, moving it from the county to the state level.
Currently, the state pays the county to do enrollment and re-enrollments.
But call centers are being established throughout the state to handle future enrollments.
Hewlett-Packard is assisting with the centralization process, which is set to occur across Wisconsin by May 1, 2012.