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Fiscal Management in Public Welfare

Effective management of administrative and financial functions has become one of the major challenges for public systems of care. Cost containment policies and budget shortfalls of the recent decades dramatically changed service delivery environment in all public systems of care forcing the level of fiscal awareness that might not have been essential before and increasing substantially complexity of fiscal management in public welfare. Unfortunately, this awareness is rarely paralleled by experience and resources that could afford structured approach and efficiency.

Our current environment is characterized by growing expectations (if not needs) and the growing recognition of the finite nature of public resources. Under these circumstances, the only practical way to satisfy society's obligations to its members without continuously increasing its budget deficit is through more effective and accountable use and redistribution of realistically available resources. To do so, administrative and financial management in public systems of care must be improved dramatically.

ACA assists its customers in maintaining focus on systematic approach to fund, budget, and contract management.

The growing recognition of the approaching financial crisis and advances of information technology make practical the goal of achieving this dramatic improvement. Innovative solutions developed and successfully implemented by ACA focus on systematic approach to fund, budget, and contract management in the environment capable of satisfying requirements of integrated and prudent use of resources, compliance, collaboration, and public accountability. As presented by the selected case studies, the universal applicability of ACA recommended solutions is evidenced by their history of successful implementations for a single program agency; for a number of cooperating agencies within one unit of government, for a human services department, for a multi-county collaborative, and for a group of independently contracting counties.

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