Even with a state budget passed, funds owed to counties to cover state-funded agencies are not coming in quick enough to help with operations.

Last week, the Carbon County Commissioners approved two loans to Children and Youth Services totaling $475,000. This is on top of the $370,000 the board voted to loan the department at the beginning of July.

The state covers approximately 80 percent of the cost for the department’s budget; however, reporting rules and delayed state budgets consistently have delayed reimbursements over the last few years.

“We talked how many times about what is owed to the county for Children and Youth,” Commissioner Wayne Nothstein said. “They still owe us $750,000 from last year and over $800,000 this year.”

Earlier this month, Commissioners’ Chairman Mike Sofranko said that these loans are the beginning of putting yet another strain on the county’s budget.

He said that loans will be given to various state-funded departments on an as-needed basis when it is needed and not in larger increments as they did during last year’s budget stalemate.