Throughout this course, you will work on a budget proposal for a criminal justice agency of your choice. Most budgets have areas that are susceptible to challenge. Your task is to strategize a budget that addresses one such challenging area. This week, you research budget proposals to locate an example of a budget issue and then create a strategy to address that issue in the budget. In Week 4, you will incorporate feedback on your strategy as you create a final budget proposal. In Week 5, you will write a reflection on the budget proposal process.  As you develop a budget strategy and prepare to create a budget proposal next week, perform an internet search for templates and examples of the following: Budget strategy Budget proposal Cost worksheet Research budget proposals from various criminal justice agencies. These are typically available publicly on the organization’s website or may be provided on request. In your research, look for trends in budget issues. Be sure to look at public sector funding and local and federal policies that impact budget planning. Based on the budget issue trends you’ve found, select one budget issue that you’ll address in your own budget proposal for a criminal justice agency of your choosing. Create a 1,050- to 1,400-word budget strategy for a criminal justice agency of your choice. This strategy will inform the budget proposal you create in your Wk 4 assignment. Address the following in your strategy:  Provide an overview of the budget issue you chose and why you consider this an important issue for your selected criminal justice agency to overcome in the budget. Explain how the budget issue might be different at a different level (i.e., state or local). Would it be applicable? Explain your approach to the budget issue. Address the following: Identify 2–3 suggestions on how to improve the budget issue. Explain how governing policies may affect your approach to the budget issue. Explain how public sector funding may affect your approach to the budget issue. Detail your strategy for compiling your budget proposal and how it will address the budget issue. Draft the cost worksheet that will be included in your budget.

Develop a risk assessment checklist (not exceeding two pages) identifying the basic criteria used when assessing whether a client is harmful to themselves or others. Generally, in practice you will use a pre-existing risk assessment. The purpose of this assignment is for you to become familiar with the criteria involved in assessing a client for risk to themselves and others. Note: TIP No. 42 has a guide you can use (Safety Screening in Mental Health Settings) in Chapter 4. Be sure that your Risk Assessment Checklist includes questions related to both mental health and substance use. Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 42 Read Chapter 4 and appendices G and H. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK14528/

Instructions:Compose an essay of 300 to 500 words in which you:1. Select a company (i.e., your focal organization) based in the USA. Think about the companies you do business with most often, companies that interest you (for whatever reason), or companies that you see covered by news media.2. Identify and describe a public issue relating to the company's social or environmental impact. Include a link to at least one article that mentions the issue, published by either The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal. Describe the public issue in terms of a performance-expectations gap.3. Propose a strategy to address that issue and explain your reasoning. What do you recommend the company do in this situation to narrow the performance-expectations gap?It may be helpful to think of yourself as playing the role of a stakeholder management consultant. Imagine you are being brought in to analyze this situation and to provide recommendations for the company's managers. The tone of your writing should be professional and objective; avoid use of the first person ("I", "we", etc.).