As the Pennsylvania budget impasse enters its third month, elected leaders in Crawford County are taking action to address what they describe as a financial crisis.
 
The Crawford County Commissioners are projecting a revenue shortfall of $10 million by the end of November.
 
According to Crawford County Commissioner Christopher Seeley, nearly 90 percent of the county's funding for human services comes from the state.
 
At this point, Seeley says the county's human services department alone is owed more than $5 million.
 
"We are statutorily required to pass a budget by December 31," said Seeley.  "The Commonwealth is required, but they haven't done that."
 
Effective immediately, the commissioners are implementing a hiring freeze and a non-essential travel freeze.
 
Also, any expenditure over $50.00 must be approved by the commissioners.
 
"This is uncharted territory for us," said Seeley.  "We now look at the potential of closures and furloughs, or lines of credit and those sorts of things to keep us afloat, and those are all truly last-ditch efforts.  We don't want to have to do something like that, but fact of the matter is when the bank account hits zero, we need to make these decisions."
 
Meanwhile, the commissioners met with PA Rep. Brad Roae on Wednesday to express their concerns.
 
"Everything that gets state-funded is going to be impacted by this," said Roae.  "I think that an agreement for a complete budget can't be done immediately.  We really need to look at a partial budget just to get some of the money flowing."
 
Legislators are scheduled to meet next week to continue budget talks.