Budget Comparison Week 1 Discussion Essay
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Week 1 -Discussion 1
Budget Comparison
There are multiple different types of budgets. Compare and contrast at least two (2) different types budgets highlighting organizational benefits. Which of the two types do you think is most beneficial or advantageous to organizations, and why or how?
Your initial post should be at least 300 words credibly supported with one current (no more than 7 years old) scholarly source that you briefly cited and referenced in keeping with ethical scholarship. Use the recommended resource/ references provided by the professor.
Resources
Readings
1. Textbook:
Dropkin, M., Halpin, J., & LaTouche, B. (2007). The budget-building book for nonprofits (2nd ed.). Jossey-Bass.
Chapter 1: Why Budgets and Budgeting are Important to Nonprofits
Chapter 2: Understanding Basic Types of Nonprofit Budgets: Overview
Chapter 3: Key Board and Staff Roles and Responsibilities in Nonprofit Budgeting
Chapter 4: Establishing Budget Guidelines. Priorities, and Goals
Chapter 5: How different Sources and Types of Income can Affect Budgeting
Chapter 6: Strategies for Developing Organization-Wide Operating Budgets
2. Websites:Sperling (2015, February 20). President Obama’s 2016 budget: What does it mean for mental health? https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2015/President-Obama-s-2016-Budget-What-Does-It-Mean-f (Links to an external site.)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2015). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration operating plan for FY2016. https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/fy2016-samhsa-operating-plan.pdf (Links to an external site.)
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/health-financing/implementation-mental-health-parity-addiction-equity-act (Links to an external site.)
Office of Budget (OB), (2017). HHS FY 2017 Budget in Brief. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved from https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy2017/budget-in-brief/index.html (Links to an external site.)Office of Budget (OB), (2017). HHS FY 2018 Budget in Brief. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved from https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy2018/budget-in-brief/index.html (Links to an external site.)
Recommended Multimedia
BoardSource, [BoardSource]. (2012, April 3). Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards – 6 of 10 – Ensure Adequate Financial Resources [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/9w9myx-5xok (Links to an external site.)
BoardSource, [BoardSource]. (2012, April 5). Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards – 7 of 10 – Protect Assets and Provide Financial Oversight [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/7NhRLNo6AEUProfessor Guidance
Introduction to Budgeting
In your readings this week, Dropkin, Halpin, and LaTouche (2007) introduce basic budgeting principles and definitions. The authors answer questions such as:
1.) What is a budget?
2.) Why are budgets important?
3.) Who is responsible for managing budgets?
4.) How do various types of income affect budgets?
5.) What are the most effective strategies for creating budgets?
I encourage you to pay particular attention to Chapter 1. This initial chapter, even though it appears fairly basic, is the framework you will need for the remainder of the course.
The second chapter reviews and details the six most common types of budgets for mental health care organizations. (This information is also the focus of your first discussion question). These six types of budgets include:
Organization-wide operating budgets
Operating budgets for individual programs
Capital budgets
Cash flow budgets
Opportunity budgets
Zero-based budgets
Chapter 6 in your readings this week discusses effective strategies for developing organization-wide operating budgets. Here, you are provided with specific suggestions to create well-planned and thoroughly researched budgets. Worksheets 6.1 – 6.4 assist with the “hands-on” approach to our learning experiences in the course.
You have two short videos to view this week. Both provide introductory level information about the fiscal responsibilities of nonprofit board members. You also have several websites to examine this week, which provide relevant information for budgeting in mental health agencies. Because I had difficulty using the link provided by the University in the syllabus, I have provided a website below regarding mental health parity and laws pertaining to health insurance. Please take time to review the websites thoroughly.
References
Dropkin, M., Halpin, J., & LaTouche, B. (2007). The budget-building book for nonprofits (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Finally, please take a moment to introduce yourself to the CD that accompanies your text. Among other information, the CD contains Worksheet A.1 which is helpful for your first assignment. For your convenience, I have provided the worksheet below as well. Additional information regarding the assignment can be found in your syllabus.
When you post, keep in mind the following (F.A.S.T.): For posts to be considered for credit, they need to meet these guidelines. Every assignment is an assessment of learning, and that includes discussions.
The initial post for this discussion needs to be credibly supported by briefly cited (10-20 words) and referenced findings from current (no more than 7 years old) scholarly sources of research such as current peer-reviewed journal articles or current scholarly texts. Using a current/up-to-date ethical code is fine too. See also the University Academic Research policy for further detail on appropriate sources.
(1) Focus substantively on our course topics. As all assignments are an assessment of your learning (including all posts), ask yourself for each post what you are demonstrating about what you are learning from the course readings and current scholarly research.
(2) Academic integrity (ethical scholarship) is essential. All information taken from sources needs to be briefly cited and referenced even when paraphrased. Another important thing to keep in mind here is that this also involves the credible use of information from other sources. In other words, if you copy in bulk (cited and referenced or not), that can bring into question the integrity of your information. Your task is never to copy in bulk from others. In shorter assignments such as the assignments we have in this course, that means we typically would not want to use block quotes (quotes of 40 words or more) or quote-heavy writing otherwise.
(3) Sources must be current credible sources of scholarly authority. The focus of sources used must be on current credible scholarly findings. Look at the questions in each assignment. You will notice there are no actual history questions in this course. Though you are asked in some situations to consider some older sources as a part of some assignments, the focus must be on current applications, etc. Our focus is on current research, practices, and applications. So, it is essential we actually focus on what we know currently from current credible scholarly sources.
(4) Timely responses are expected. As a friendly reminder, all initial posts are due Thursday of the learning week and all responses to peers are due on Monday (the last day of the learning week) of the learning week. That is the case each week.
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