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The development and adoption of the Wide Ruins Chapter budget is justified to strengthen the Chapter’s administrative and management systems while ensuring alignment with the community’s evolving social, economic, and wellness priorities. This budget is designed to promote efficiency, transparency, accountability, and responsiveness in all administrative functions, ensuring that the Chapter fulfills its fiduciary and service responsibilities to our chapter membership. The budget integrates Engel’s Biopsychosocial Model, which recognizes that the overall well-being of individuals and the community as a whole depends on the interaction of biological (health), psychological (mental/emotional), and social (economic and community bonds) factors.

By adopting this universal model, the Chapter Administration seeks to move beyond reactive governance, but towards a proactive approach, centered around community development wellness. This approach supports the Navajo Nation’s broader goals of “self-sufficiency, sustainable development, and cultural/traditional preservation” by addressing the interconnected needs of the people through coordinated strategies in health, education, and economic empowerment. The Biopsychosocial framework provides a structure for the Chapter to assess community needs as a whole, while attempting to develop measurable outcomes and implement culturally relevant solutions that improve the standard of living for all members of Wide Ruins.