BOSTON - Lianne Cook was forced to shut down her group's family planning center in Malden four years ago because of state funding cuts. Now she's worried that clinics in Lawrence, Haverhill and Reading won't be able to do their best.

"We had to cut down on the hours of service and the staff," said Cook, the executive director of a Beverly-based nonprofit Health Quarters. "The cost of staff, of fuel and even contraceptives has gone up."

Cook was one of many family planning activists at the Statehouse yesterday asking for a 29 percent increase in state funds for family planning services and counseling.

Elaine DeRosa, the spokeswoman for Massachusetts Family Planning Association (MFPA), said family planning received $4.6 million last year - a 6 percent cut from the previous year.

"Cambridge lost $10,000 ," she said. "The awareness programs suffered and the staff was overburdened."

The MFPA also wants legislators to set aside $287,000 for family planning in the supplemental budget that was filed by Gov. Deval Patrick last week. Funds from this budget will help cover costs until July 1, the day when the new state budget will come into effect.

"So, apart from the increase in budget allocation, we're also asking for funds in a supplemental budget," DeRosa said. "This will cover the cut that was done inadvertently."

Of the extra $2 million it wants from the budget, $1 million will be spent on family planning services that include HIV-related services and HPV immunization and the rest will be used for awareness programs, the MFPA said.

Local lawmakers and budget experts feel that the family planning and other social services do not have reason to be optimistic about spending increases. State revenues are expected to grow only 3 percent next fiscal year.

Rep. Barry R. Finegold, D-Andover, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, cautioned that family planning and other social services groups that saw funding cut in the past may not see funding increases in the new budget.

"Unfortunately, there will be a lot of people with long faces at the Statehouse this year," Finegold said. "We just don't have the funds to do what we want to do.

"There's going to be a huge deficit in the budget," said Michael Widmer, president of Massachusetts Taxpayers Association. "And there is very little room, if any, for the legitimate demands made by the human services."