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With the state budget approaching its final stages and national health care reform settling in, some local health organizations are waiting to see what their fate will be. Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs Executive Director Diane Mauldin says the ACORN clinics do not expect to be effected directly by cuts, but they are planning for the trickle down effect. She says they have not seen a change in demand for the health services they provide, or in the level of volunteerism that the clinic runs on. In anticipation for potential funding needs, Mauldin says the clinics are trying to spend smart and run right. She says some primary sources of revenue are fundraising and grants, which both become more difficult to generate in tough economic times. She says regardless of funding, they will stay opne and provide whatever services they are capable of giving.