Center for Priority Based Budgeting

The Center for Priority Based Budgeting™ offers research and advisory services that have already taken many communities (from as small as Blue Ash, Ohio to as large as San Jose, California) to conditions of fiscal health (in the short term) and fiscal wellness (for the long term). Communities across America are today struggling to develop meaningful and fiscally prudent budgets under financial pressures unknown in modern times. Revenues are down while demand for services are up. Citizens believe governments are "fat" and that waste is available to cut. Civic leaders believe fiscal policy should center on spreading the pain (with equal cuts across the board) with no appreciation for unintended consequence, optimization of budgets or alignment of financial resources with community priorities. The creative, organic, and diagnostic process developed by the Center for Priority Based Budgeting progresses from a diagnosis to a prescription that ultimately enables communities to link funding decisions to their avowed priorities. The process also brings together government finance officers, civic leaders, and community citizens to make decisions that better align the community's resources with what the community and its leaders value the most. Accomplish this and you've attained Fiscal Health and Wellness©. The Center for Priority Based Budgeting's work is published and/or highlighted by such leading organizations as the Alliance for Innovation, Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and ICMA.