The Student Services Finance Committee voted to increase funding to the proposed budgets of Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment and decrease funding for Wisconsin Student Lobby Monday.
The committee also heard budget proposals from Supporting Peers in Laid-back Listening (SPILL), Adventure Learning Programs (ALPS) and the Campus Women's Center.
The PAVE 2011-'12 budget increased to $82,457. Despite being significantly lower than it was in previous years, the SSFC cut WSL's proposed budget from $61,811 to $47,999.
SSFC member Cale Plamann, who worked extensively with WSL on its budget, made multiple motions to strike funds from and shift hours between WSL's salaried administrative positions.
Plamann said he had ""grave concerns"" about the group.
SSFC Secretary Jason Smathers said he supported cuts to WSL administrative funding but opposed ""screwing with"" the group's direct services.
Overall, the committee cut $13,812 from WSL's proposed budget by a vote of four in favor and two, including Plamann, abstaining.
SPILL, a group providing anonymous, peer-based online support for students, requested a decreased 2011-'12 budget, while team-building organization ALPS requested a budget increase.
The newly re-eligible CWC proposed an increased budget for 2011-'12, requesting an additional $7,000 for programming.
The CWC was denied funding for the 2010-'11 fiscal year due to inadequate records and insufficient direct services, according to the SSFC ruling.
For 2011-'12, CWC Finance Intern Mirabel Rouze said much of the increased funding would go toward compensating for last year's cuts, as well as advertising and speakers' fees.
""A lot of our programs have been depleted this year because of our lack of funding,"" Rouze said.
The SSFC will determine budgets for the CWC, as well as ALPs and SPILL, at their meeting Thursday. The committee will also hear budget proposals from Sex Out Loud, the Working Class Student Union and Badger Catholic.
