Priority Based Budgeting вђ Quality Cities

Priority Based Budgeting вђ Quality Cities Priority based budgeting (pbb) marks the latest attempt to revamp how local governments allocate their dollars among their departments. implemented in over 300 municipalities across north america, pbb is designed to identify an organization’s service delivery programs and their associated costs, determine organizational priorities, rate the programs according to their alignment with said. Priority based budgeting 2.4% decrease in budget for low priority programs 2.2% increase in budget for high priority programs leads to: in communities that are: smaller more affluent more politically conservative less diverse on discretionary services greater effect: source: university of central florida and resourcex.

Priority Based Budgeting City Of Cincinnati Public budgeting & finance journal publishes research on all facets of government finance, spanning budget process, policy and financial management. abstract implemented in over 200 local governments, priority based budgeting (pbb) reflects a contemporary attempt to systematically determine and implement desired budgetary reallocation. Budgeting for equity remains an “emerging practice.”. while various practices and systems have proven to be successful and effective, tensions in this effort remain. and with more and more cities identifying equity as a strategic priority, many of these emerging practices will soon become best practices. resourcex remains committed to. In contrast to traditional budgeting models, priority based budgets align resources and funding with community priorities and outcomes. this shifts the focus to accountability for a program’s results, creating transparency and a better understanding of the true cost of each program. these program results also drive year over year funding. Program and priority based budgeting processes both start by creating a program inventory and allocating costs to programs. priority based budgeting then goes a few steps further to evaluate and score programs based on desired outcomes (safety, economy, infrastructure, climate, equity, sustainability) and align budgets with community priorities.