Financial Sustainability Certificate Program

As park and recreation professionals, we are privileged to be the stewards of taxpayer dollars. Each and every day we get to spend their money. What a responsibility!

We hold in our hands the power to impact communities by how we manage these resources. How we spend, how we generate revenues, and how we work to create a financially sustainable future for our organizations and for the field of parks and recreation.

Financial Sustainability Certificate Program Part 2

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Join us for Financial Sustainability Certificate Program sessions in cities near you!

Cayucos

(north of San Luis Obispo)

November 17-19, 2025

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Elk Grove

(south of Sacramento)

February 24-26, 2026

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The INVESTMENT

CPRS Member Registration ... $499
Non-Member Registration ... $599

CPRS Member CEUs ... $20
Non-Member CEUs ... $40

Prices due to increase in 2026.

The SCHEDULE

Day 1
8:30am - 4:00pm
Continental breakfast and lunch included

Day 2
8:30am - 4:00pm
Continental breakfast and lunch included

Day 3
8:30am - noon
Continental breakfast included

The WHO

For the greatest impact, we recommend having multiple team members from within your department/team participate in this training, particularly:

Analysts

Supervisors

Managers / Superintendents

Directors

Coordinators (interested in / preparing to take on more)

The LESSONS

Terms and definitions creating a common language and understanding of finance-centric terminology.
Review and discussion of current economic, social, and environmental conditions and realities and their influence on decision-making.
Economic principles and how they align with operations and service delivery.
Accounting practices commonly used and how they affect understanding an organization’s financial conditions.
Understanding that budgeting is not an end game.
Tools and methods for designing relevant and effective financial sustainability strategy for today’s organizations.
Pricing strategies and considerations.
Inherent conflicts between ethics and investment/spending choices.
Economic, social, and environmental theories and how they have and continue to affect today’s investment/spending choices.

The LEADER

Jamie Sabbach, 110%

Jamie has spent her entire adult life serving the public park and recreation profession. Afforded opportunities few will ever have, she has been a practitioner, an educator, and consultant. She speaks from a place of experience, realism, and observation.

Jamie has taught hundreds of professional development and training programs across North America and Europe and has had the privilege of testifying in front of the United States Congress on the critical importance of public lands and recreation.

She currently works alongside organizations from coast to coast assisting them in creating financially sustainable service models for their communities. She also teaches financial management at Indiana University in the School of Public Health’s masters program.