Figure 4-16.—Cost data for professional development and training.
. Administration of rites and sacraments to
assigned personnel, their dependents, and other
authorized persons
. Participation in command-directed ac-
tivities
After these line items are translated into
apportionment requirements, they form the
various programs in the budget. After these
program requirements are developed, they will be
prioritized (figs. 4-3 and 4-4). Each program now
has a “pricetag.”
Prioritizing
Prioritizing is simply listing “costed” pro-
grams in inverse order of need (fig. 4-3).
Managers of the Command Religious Program
must determine what dollar amount is essential
to fund the basic-needs program(s). This dollar
figure is placed at the left margin above the
complete program. This program and all pro-
grams below can be funded by that amount.
Then there exists a higher dollar amount
which, if approved, would allow the managers of
the Command Religious Program to provide more
programs. This is known as an enhanced level of
funding, and includes programs that are still
classified as needs but are above the category of
basic-level needs.
There exists still another level of funding
(fig. 4-3) that would serve to expand the scope
of the Command Religious Program to include
many aspects of religious education, ministry,
support, and services. These programs would be
classified as essential to a streamlined program
that would expand the scope of the Command
Religious Program in some desirable directions.
Percentages
When budgeting on the margin, managers
should total the cost of all programs, regardless
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