<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWakati mwingine katika miaka ya hivi karibuni, ofisi hiyo imepokea fedha zake za serikali na za shirikisho kila mwezi, ambayo afisa mmoja wa shirikisho aliita hatua moja chini ya kufutwa kwa fedha.  <response>: At times in recent years, the office has received its state and federal funding on a month-to-month basis, which one federal official called one step short of defunding. 