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as the human service planning and coordinating body for the <br />area and receives funding f-:om Hennepin County for <br />planning, coordination, and citizen particpat-on <br />activities. This joining together of local cities and the <br />County through West Hennepin Human Services Planning 3oard <br />has lent strength to the recognition and de-clopment of <br />needed services and programs and has created an accessible <br />service system for ci+izens of the west Hennepin area. <br />The County has indicated that imposed levy limitations and <br />increased services mandated b, the State have led to these <br />cuts. Another primary reason for the crunch is the <br />overspending by $5 million for costly out -of -home <br />p]acements for children (rather than the utilization of <br />less costly alternatives 99ch as the Bridge West Program). <br />West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board has recently <br />r leased an alternative budget. The Planning Board believes <br />iat a number of optiL,.is must be examined in order to come <br />up with a well thought out budget plan that leaves a viable <br />human services system operating for suburban residents. <br />The sever, Hennepin County Commissioners are now re-iieving <br />the budget and the proposed cuts and are formulating <br />alternative budget ideas. Commissioners expect tc. adopt the <br />1990 County budget by November 17. <br />