Speakers will explain the decision-making process that local governments should use when leading their organizations through a financial recovery. They will also discuss an overall framework that finance professionals can apply in a fiscal crisis and how fiscal first aid strategies can be positioned along with more long-term best practices. To be successful, governments must understand how to be both frugal and innovative and how a balance between the two can push an organization to a healthier financial future. Finally, speakers will introduce the audience to a catalog of targeted guidance or Fiscal First Aid “treatments” that are appropriate for specific circumstances.