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HSM 260 Week 1 CheckPoint Definition Scavenger
Hunt
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HSM 260 Week 1 CheckPoint Definition Scavenger
Hunt HSM 260 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 HSM 260 Week 2
CheckPoint Accrual Method HSM 260 Week 2
Assignment Personal Balance Statement (Appendix
C) HSM 260 Week 3 CheckPoint Cost Per Output Cost
Per Outcome Response HSM 260 Week 3 DQ1 and
DQ2 HSM 260 Week 4 CheckPoint Financial
Ratios HSM 260 Week 4 Assignment Fixed Costs,
Variable Costs, and Break HSM 260 Week 5
CheckPoint Forecasting HSM 260 Week 5 DQ1 and
DQ2 HSM 260 Week 6 Assignment Fee Setting
CheckPoint Definition Scavenger Hunt    Define
each of the following basic accounting terms in
your own words by finding sources on the
Internet. Provide the URL that supports the
definition you have created for each
item.  GAAP Basic accounting formula Transaction,
t-account General ledger Debit Credit Account
balance
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HSM 260 Week 2 Assignment Personal Balance
Statement (Appendix C)
HSM 260 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2
  How does the statement of functional expenses
differ from the statement of activities? What is
the difference between a revenue center and an
expense center as it relates to a human service
organization? Why do you need to know this
information as an employee in a human service
organization?   What are the financial management
issues that human service organizations face? Is
it important for all of a human service
organizations staff, not just the financial
Assignment Personal Balance Statement    Read
the background information provided in Appendix
B. Complete the personal balance statement
template provided in Appendix C based on your
understanding of the information in Appendix
B. Post your Appendix C as a Microsoft Excel
attachment  
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HSM 260 Week 3 CheckPoint Cost Per Output Cost
Per Outcome Response
HSM 260 Week 2 CheckPoint Accrual Method
CheckPoint Accrual Method   Answer the
following questions in 200 to 300
words   Nonprofit organizations are required to
produce financial statements based on the accrual
method of accounting. How is this different from
the cash basis of accounting? Why is accrual
accounting important?   In an accrual system,
does revenue equal cash?   What is the importance
of the statement of cash flow in the financial
management of an organization?   Provide at least
one resource to support your answer, using APA
guidelines.   Post your answer as a Microsoft
Word attachment  
CheckPoint Cost Per Output and Cost Per
Outcome Response    Write a 200- to 300-word
response to the following Why are cost per
output and cost per outcome calculations valuable
to a human service agency? What might happen if a
human service agency did not determine the cost
per output and cost per outcome?   Post your
answers as a Microsoft Word attachment.  
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HSM 260 Week 4 Assignment Fixed Costs, Variable
Costs, and Break
HSM 260 Week 3 DQ1 and DQ2
Discussion Questions   You have been selected to
participate in a new bonus plan. You receive a
bonus based on the average cost of delivering a
service. You know the fixed cost of that service
is currently 75 of total costs. What action do
you take to ensure that you receive a bonus? 
Assignment Fixed Costs, Variable Costs, and
Break-Even Point   Resources Ch. 10 in Financial
Management. Complete Exercises 10.1 10.2 on pp.
14647. Post your final answers as a Microsoft
Word attachment.  
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HSM 260 Week 5 CheckPoint Forecasting
HSM 260 Week 4 CheckPoint Financial Ratios
CheckPoint Financial Ratios   Use the data from
2002 in Appendix D to calculate each of the
following   Current ratio Long-term solvency
ratio Contribution ratio Programs and expense
ratio General and management and expense
ratio Revenue and expense ratio   Post your final
calculations as a Microsoft Word attachment.  
CheckPoint Forecasting     Resource Ch. 9 in
the text. Read Exercises 9.1 on p. 130 9.3 on
p. 131. Forecast personnel expenses and total
revenues respectively, using weighted moving
averages and moving averages. Explain how
financial trends affect forecasting. Post your
final answers as a Microsoft Word attachment.  
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HSM 260 Week 6 Assignment Fee Setting
HSM 260 Week 5 DQ1 and DQ2
Discussion Questions   A budget systems model
is the foundation from which budgeting systems
can be used to evaluate the success of an agency
or company. How are performance budgeting systems
used to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness
of a human service agency? Why is this important?
Assignment Fee Setting   Resource Ch. 11 in
Financial Management. Complete Exercises 11.1
11.2 on pp. 158159. Determine the most important
issues for a human service agency to address in
fee setting. Determine the issues that are least
important. Justify your answers. Post your
answers as a Microsoft Word attachment.  
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HSM 260 Week 7 CheckPointCatalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance
HSM 260 Week 6 CheckPoint Calculating
CheckPoint Calculating Fixed Costs, Variable
Costs, and Break-Even Point for a
Program   Calculate the fixed cost, variable
costs, and break-even point for the program
suggested in Appendix D. Base your calculations
on the financial data for 2002. Post your final
answers as a Microsoft Word attachment.  
CheckPoint Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance   Locate the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance at http//www.cfda.gov/   Clic
k on Select Assistance Type and choose a
particular type by clicking on it. Then click on
the Search button.   Choose three types of
assistance from the list that benefit the
organization profiled in Appendix A the
most.   Reference the three programs chosen by
including the URL and program title.   Summarize
the one type of assistance you feel is most
valuable to the organization profiled in Appendix
A. Your summary must be 200 to 300 words in
length and must address the following
categories  
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HSM 260 Week 8 Assignment Foundations Paper
HSM 260 Week 7 DQ1 and DQ2
Discussion Questions   Which of the two
procurement strategies is most effective for a
human service agency? Explain your
reasoning.   Identify the key components of cost
reimbursement contracts, performance contracts,
and capitated contracts. Which, in your opinion,
is best suited for a human service organization?  
Assignment Foundations Paper   Select one of the
following funding organizations   United Way of
America The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The
Bill Melinda Gates Foundations Health Resources
and Services Administration A community
foundation in your area   Write a 700- to
1,050-word paper describing the organization and
the projects it supports. Format using APA
guidelines. Post your final draft as a Microsoft
Word attachment.  
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HSM 260 Week 9 Capstone DQ
HSM 260 Week 8 CheckPoint Collaborative
Fund-raising Activity
CheckPoint Collaborative Fund-Raising
Activity    Consider the following scenario in
your assigned discussion group Phoenix Homeless
Agency (PHA) needs funds to continue providing
job counseling to qualifying recipients.   Discuss
with your assigned group how nontraditional
sources of funding might be used to solve the
funding problem for the PHA. Be
creative.   Determine the strategies from your
discussion group that you feel solves the funding
needs for PHA the best.      
Capstone Discussion Question   Why is it
important for a human service professional to be
familiar with financial management? Provide at
least two examples that illustrate your point.  
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HSM 260 Week 9 Final Analyzing Financial
Statements
  Final Project Analyzing Financial
Statements   Resource Appendix A   Review the
financial statements in Appendix D.   Calculate
the following Current ratio, long-term solvency
ratio, contribution ratio, programs and expense
ratio, general and management and expense ratio,
fund-raising and expense ratio, and revenue and
expense ratio for the years 2003 and 2004.  
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