1,108,161—amount in dollars of funding reduction in Governor Beverly Perdue's budget for Summit House, a residential alternative-to-prison program for mothers convicted of a non-violent crime and their minor children (Governor Perdue's 2010 Budget Adjustments, N.C Office of State Budget and Management)

35.8—percentage of North Carolina prisoners who are re-incarcerated within three years of release from prison (N.C. Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission)

7— percentage of offenders living at Summit House who are re-incarcerated within three years of release (Summit House of North Carolina)

2,193,205—cost to the state in dollars to incarcerate 32 women with no substance abuse or other rehab services provide foster care for their children (N.C. Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission)

1,085,044-amount in dollars of annuals savings to the state by funding Summit House without consideration of future savings from lower recidivism rates (N.C. Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission and Summit House of North Carolina)

206,250-amount in dollars of funding reduction in Governor Beverly Perdue's budget for Harriet's House, a 24-month reentry program for women leaving prison (Governor Perdue's 2010 Budget Adjustments, N.C Office of State Budget and Management)

85—percent of ex-offenders leaving Harriet's House since 1996 who did not return to prison (Harriet's House)

75—percent of ex-offenders leaving Harriet's House since 1996 who 75% were able to maintain employment and/or increase income (Harriet's House)

1— years since the National Criminal Justice Association selected Harriet's House as the Outstanding Criminal Justice Program in the Southern Region in 2009 (Harriet's House)

409,236—amount in dollars of funding reduction in Governor Beverly Perdue's budget for grants domestic and sexual violence organizations (Governor Perdue's 2010 Budget Adjustments, N.C Office of State Budget and Management)

2,017,161—amount in dollars of funding reduction in Governor Beverly Perdue's budget supplementary breakfast program for kindergarteners whose families earns just above free and reduced lunch poverty levels. (Governor Perdue's 2010 Budget Adjustments, N.C Office of State Budget and Management)

3,740,808—total of cuts recommended to Summit House, Harriet's House, grants for domestic and sexual violence, and supplemental breakfast program in Governor Beverly's budget for 2010 (Ibid)

10,000,000—amount in dollars of the cost of ongoing subsidy of out-of-state athletes in UNC system by charging them in-state tuition. (Fiscal Research, General Assembly)

0—amount of reduction of tuition subsidy to out-of- state athletes in Perdue's budget recommendations (Governor Perdue's 2010 Budget Adjustments, N.C Office of State Budget and Management)