Most state funding for human services in Butler County has been restored after a lengthy state budget impasse, but the process could start all over again in July.

Joyce Ainsworth, county human services director, said the agencies providing services to county residents weathered the storm.

“We have not heard of anyone in trouble,” Ainsworth said. “So far, so good.”

Mike Robb, executive director of the Center for Community Services, confirmed his agency has received the funding it was owed.

“We’re pretty much all caught up now,” he said.

Robb said the delay in the state disbursing money prevented new services from being implemented.

“The bigger issue or challenge for us was not taking on initiatives,” Robb said. “We were able to maintain services.”

Steven Green, chief executive officer for the Butler County Children’s Center, confirmed the state is caught up in payments to the center.

However, Green said sacrifices were made to maintain operations.

“We exhausted our reserve cash,” he said. “It cost us $40,000 a month during the budget impasse.”

Robb said delays adopting past state budgets, including seven under former Gov. Ed Rendell, were not as bad as this year’s, which lasted until March.

“It was all restored by November,” Robb said about previous years.

While funding was restored for this year, there could be a delay adopting a 2016-17 state budget.

Ainsworth said a new impasse with the pending state budget would create more problems.

“We’re bracing for it to happen again,” she said.

Robb agreed it would be difficult to endure another impasse.

“It’s like you exhaust yourself, and you have to run another race,” he said.

Green agreed another impasse would be devastating.

“We can’t continue to do this every year,” he said. “It’s crippling to operations.”

Robb said another concern about a funding drought is not being ready for unforeseen problems.

“If something happens to your organization, you might not have cash in hand,” he said.

Green said the children’s center is braced for a possible fiscal impact.

“We’ve maintained our line of credit,” he said.

Robb said the purpose of human services gets buried during budget impasses.

“All we want to do is serve people,” he said. “The faces of those serviced get lost.”