San Antonio, TX uses Budget Equity Tool to consider racial and economic equity during budgeting
San Antonio, TX budget racial/economic equity tool
The city of San Antonio designed a Budget Equity Tool to integrate explicit considerations of racial and economic equity into the budget development process. The Budget Equity Tool presents a set of questions to help city departments assess how their budgets can benefit or burden specific communities particularly neighborhoods of color or low socioeconomic status. The Budget Equity Tool ensures that the city's programs, projects, plans, and investments help to reduce disparities.
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Five Innovative Budgeting Practices to Strengthen Your Community | icma.org
The past two years have garnered more challenges than many local government leaders have experienced in their entire careers. However, with such hardship comes the unique opportunity for innovation, growth, and serious breakthroughs in all areas of local government. One such area that needs some extra attention, now more than ever, is budgeting. Communities around the world are facing unprecedented economic challenges, making the need to rethink budgeting processes much more prevalent.
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