Local human service agencies concerned about possible cutbacks in Centre County United Way funding may find out if their worries are justified at the annual United Way meeting tonight.

Ron Quinn, executive director of Temporary Housing, Inc., said United Way officials announced the possibility of fund cuts at a directors' meeting earlier in the month.

"From my understanding, the probability of our getting about a 5.8 percent cut in our allocations is very likely," Quinn said.

United Way Communications Director Richard Soukup declined to comment if the agency will cut back on its funding, but said that, if such cuts are made, they will be discussed at the annual United Way dinner meeting held at 6 tonight at the Atherton Hilton.

Agency allocations, board reorganization and the announcement of the 1991 United Way campaign total to date will occur tonight, Soukup said. He said he expects the final campaign total to be announced soon.

If tonight's discussion leads to a board vote to reduce allocations to the 31 local United Way member agencies, Temporary Housing, Inc. will be searching for money, Quinn said.

"We're going to have to generate additional revenue to replace what we expected to get from the United Way," Quinn said.

Although he does not think raising money is bad, he said, "it averts some of the focus from the mission of our agency."

Temporary Housing, Inc. provides transitional housing to individuals and families in housing emergencies.

Judy Snyder, director of the Infant Evaluation Program in Bellefonte, said she also is aware of the possible cuts.

"It has a direct effect on the services we can provide," she said. "The county does not meet the funding level to our needs."

The money the program receives from the United Way helps the parents of infants and toddlers who have developmental delays but may not qualify for governmental help, Snyder said.

Virginia Brown, executive director of the Centre Community chapter of the Red Cross, said she had not been notified of any definite cuts in United Way funding but added that if those cuts are made, they will be felt by her agency.

"You're always concerned on a daily basis because you're always dependent on contributions," Brown said.