These actions will cut the $11.6 billion budget gap by $1.3 billion.
$100 million - Ordered extra spending cuts in fiscal year 2009
$500 million - Held the line on cuts in fiscal year 2010. For example:
- Mental health grants - $12 million
- Afterschool programs - $6 million
- Developmental disability grants - $26 million
$36 million - Require state employees to take four furlough days (excluding workers who provide direct patient care or public safety)
$200 million - Increase health care contributions from state employees and retirees
$80 million - Across-the-board two percent reductions in grant programs, excluding health care and education programs
$390 million - Cuts and efficiencies throughout various state agencies. For example:
- Consolidate Historic Preservation Agency into Department of Natural Resources, and combine two labor boards - $2.3 million
- Consolidate leases - $6 million
- Maintain services at fiscal year 2009 levels for seniors and persons with disabilities - $44 million
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