With less than a week to go until the sequester kicks in, the White House is warning of the effects that the automatic, across-the-board cuts will have on individual states.
Here, we've compiled a list of 11 states that will be hit the hardest by the cuts. For some, the pain will come in the form of military job loss and readiness. For others, it will come from educational programs like Head Start. Certain programs like nutritional assistance for seniors and funding for clean air and water projects will also be subject to the axe.
Texas is going to get totally slammed by budget cuts — especially in education.
Texas will get hit in a number of areas, coming in among the top three hardest hit states in a range of spending areas, from education to environmental funding.
The state stands to lose approximately $67.8 million in education funding, putting about 930 teacher and aide jobs at risk. Head Start services would be slashed for 4,800 children. And about 52,000 Department of Defense employees will be furloughed.
The only area in which Texas won't see too many cuts is in the public health sector.
Source: White House
New York's public health funding will be decimated.
New York will lose approximately $1,070,000 in funds that help respond to public health threats like infectious diseases and natural disasters, such as Hurricane Sandy.
The state will see about a $5,730,000 decline in grants to aid in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, resulting in about 6,100 fewer admissions to substance abuse programs. And New York’s health departments will lose about $2,726,000 in HIV testing funds, which will mean around 68,200 fewer HIV tests.
Source: White House
In California, 64,000 civilian defense workers will be furloughed.
California will be subject to 64,000 civilian military furloughs.
The state will lose about $87.6 million in funding for primary and secondary education, putting around 1,210 teacher and aide jobs at risk. The state will also lose $1.1 million in vaccine funding, which means 16,000 fewer children will be vaccinated.
In addition, California will lose $1.6 in justice assistance grants that help beef up local law enforcement.
Source: White House
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