RECAP: Better Budgets, Better Outcomes – Help Your State Lead with Evidence | A Presentation by Results for America
For our June Virtual Community Discussion we dove into Evidence-Based Budgeting with experts from Results for America. As federal budget priorities shift, states across the country could soon be facing tough fiscal choices. Now more than ever, it’s critical for states to ensure every dollar counts.
Speakers Patrick Carter and Sarah Needler from Results for America described best practices for evidence-based budgeting, and offered examples from states like Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, and Tennessee. These include creating a shared definition of evidence, building instructions and templates for budgeting processes, and using evidence indicators to monitor implementation. Adopting evidence can improve programs and program impact, and evidence can provide a competitive advantage for the states that use these practices.
Click here to view a recording of the presentation and click here to view the presentation slides.
And please mark your calendars and plan to join us on Thursday, August 21 at 2:00pm ET/10:00am PT when MDRC for our next Virtual Community Discussion on Using Data to Drive Outcomes.