Politicians are weighing in after job and program cuts at Family and Children's services of the Waterloo Region.

FACS has a two and a half million dollar shortfall. Three group homes, along with two dozen job were cut.

Kitchener Centre MPP John Milloy says, “I’ve heard the concerns locally and I’ve been talking to the ministers office and we'll bring them back people have to recognize that we have seen significant increases in funding and we need to make sure those resources go to where most need.”

The ministry of children and youth services says this year's budget is frozen at last year's levels.

Executive Director at FACS Alison Scott says technically that's true but a change in how funds are doled out means they're actually receiving less.

Last year family and children services of the waterloo region received more than 48 million dollars. This year, projected funding is just over 47 million dollars about 1.3 million dollars less.

Add what the agency says it needs this year and there's a 2.5 million dollar gap half of which taken care of with cuts and closures.

Yesterday Scott told CTV Kitchener, that they “We're not in a position to meet a financial target at the risk of having kids at risk in our community.”

Local opposition MPP’s say there's a problem with the priorities here because children always need to be at the top of the list. They blame liberal mismanagement

Conservative MPP Michael Harris says, “Recent power plant move in Mississauga to spent 190 million dollars of tax payer’s money to save liberal seats so again it's unfortunate they’re putting their interests ahead of truly our most vulnerable.”

Newly elected NDP MPP Catherine Fife says, “We know that when Alison Scott the executive director says that she can’t find any place else to cut that she has followed her legal duty and her responsibility and at the end of the day these families need support.”

The opposition MPP’s say they will continue to fight this issue at Queen's park.

This isn't just an issue in Waterloo Region, almost 90 per cent of children's aid societies across the province are facing deficits.