Anthony,

    In most states, in order to receive Federal funds, each state must come
up with matching funds. Generally, the Independent Living Center monies comes
from the Vocational Rehab. Act. Sometimes when a state can not come up with
full matching dollars the Feds cut that state's funding accordingly. The
situation in North
Dakota is unfamiliar to me. This is the only explanation I have unless North
Dakota
is out of compliance with some Federal regs.

Bobby

 In a message dated 1/21/01 10:34:51 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< but I don't
understand why they're just interested about cutting North Dakota's money and
not other states because I asked them if they were looking at all fifty
states and they said no just North Dakota.  I'm wondering how they can just
take away from one state and not all fifty.   >>