Governments are facing a permanent fiscal crisis. The costs of running governments are rising, especially the costs to educate, incarcerate, and medicate. Consequently, government is broke. Traditional budgeting only makes matters worse. Budgeting for Outcomes: Better Results for the Price of Government changes this equation. This e-book explains how local governments can create a budget designed to give residents the results they really want and need—at a price they are willing to pay.