President Barack Obama and Governor David Patterson recently announced their budgets for the next fiscal year, which include spending adjustments to programs for people with disabilities.
Paterson's fiscal year 2011 budget seeks to close a $7.4 billion deficit with measures such as limiting personal home care to 12 hours a day.
The $80 billion budget also proposes charging fees to families with disabled or delayed infants and toddlers who enroll in early intervention service programs that are provided by New York State. Those charges are part of a $1 billion set of new and increased taxes and fees contained in the budget.
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