Keeping the government running in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011 required eight continuing resolutions (CR) before Congress passed and the President signed the 2011 budget.  In the last 35 years, only four times has Congress enacted eight or more CR to maintain the work of the federal government.  According to congressional appropriators, the FY 2011 budget reduces spending by nearly $40 billion. Among these cuts, $8 billion in discretionary funds to states was included, as well as a 0.2 percent across-the-board reduction to all non-defense discretionary appropriations.  The devil may be in the details because the actual impact of the approved budget has no explanatory statements regarding cuts. Generally, when the budget is passed through an appropriation bill, accompanying narrative text supporting the Congressional intent is included.  However, the CR outlines the funding at a much higher level and, in many instances, the legislative text only provides funding at the account level instead of the program level. For those programs not specifically addressed in the bill, federal agencies will determine the funding level and how to absorb cuts within the account level.  While most Administration for Children and Families (ACF) programs have been spared from significant cuts, adjustments to spending levels may be incorporated into fund levels in the coming months, based on funds made available through the P. L. 112-110.