says the o.u.'s have exacerted an alady bad system andhave become a syol a frozen state overnment. >> the effect of the i.o.u.'s is a double wham. we've received a 3% cut and a 10% c in funng for our services and you add to that a delay in paynt -- for emple, our funding source, the regional center, ll have less mon to spend because ty have tose their line of cret and have to use interest so that means we'll have to cut some of the serces that we'reffering. >> at e arc, clients like repke atend classes, is one in money management, and get oup and individual help. he agency, which serves 550 peopleas a yearly budget of $10 million and mostf that comes from a quasi-stategency called the regional center. that centers now being paid in i.o.u.'s. nsequently, the regional center is having depend on its line of credit, and that impacts the k. according to cente director jim shorter. >> for people who are vulnerable, who a very disabled andor their fmily members what they need from us is some sense of stabil