Tuesday, February 9th will mark the official beginning of the FY2010-2011 state budget process when Governor Rendell presents his proposed budget to the General Assembly at 10:30 a.m. (NOTE: this is one hour earlier than previously announced)

Live coverage of the budget address will be available at www.pcntv.com and www.pa.gov.

The Department of Public Welfare (DPW) will hold its budget briefing later on that same afternoon. At that time, DPW Secretary Harriet Dichter will provide additional details and answer questions related to the proposed budget as it pertains to health and human services, including autism and intellectual disabilities.

PAR will cover the budget address and all of the relevant briefings and will issue information and analyses of the PA Budget and its implications for autism and intellectual disabilities services in PAR Mails on Tuesday evening and ongoing.

You can also follow PAR on twitter at www.twitter.com/pardotnet for budget updates as they become available.