FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - On Tuesday, various Fresno leaders met on an "emergency summit" to address the possible impacts of federal cuts in various Fresno County organizations. According to Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez, the recent federal funding cuts have already terminated th e Exceptional Parents Unlimited and the West Fresno Family Resource Center contracts. Chavez says these organizations provide "services including early intervention for children with developmental delays, parental education, mobile health services and culturally grounded support for families in underserved areas" - the loss of funding means fewer resources for families already facing difficult circumstances. In total, Chavez states the cuts range from $11 million to $13 million. Tuesday's emergency summit aimed to "humanize" the issue. He says county leaders, including nonprofits, are working to minimize the possible impact the cuts could have on residents. "For right now until the end of the year, we will be able to provide for rural communities, but now the urban area, people that are homeless, that need ongoing medical attention, they won't have access to these services because of these cuts," he said. Chavez says more than 52% of Fresno County residents receive some service from the county, including medical services, public health or workforce development programs. "When you are taking away people's health coverage, when you are taking away people's medication, to me that is vital and essential services for our residents. It's a very different thing than to say we are paving a road or maybe postpone reconstructing the street, as opposed to postponing saving somebody's life, that's a very different conversation," he said. "There are priorities that should be off the table." The supervisor adds that Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño, Cultiva La Salud, FCHIP Fresno HOPE Hub, Reading & Beyond, UCSF (Metropolitan Mobile Health), Nisei Farmers League (Insure America Project) and the Valley Center for the Blind are also facing possible cuts and have received preliminary notices. Chavez says, ahead of more possible cuts, leaders will be hosting more summits to prepare. ...read more read less