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• HSM 260 Entire Course

• HSM 260 Week 1 CheckPoint Definition Scavenger
  Hunt

• 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

• 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

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• HSM 260 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 2

• HSM 260 Week 2 Assignment Personal Balance

•  Discussion Questions
•  
• How does the statement of functional expenses
  differ from the statement of activities? What is
  the difference between a revenue center

• 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 2 CheckPoint Accrual Method

• HSM 260 Week 3 CheckPoint Cost Per Output

• 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 acco

• 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?

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• HSM 260 Week 3 DQ1 and DQ2

• HSM 260 Week 4 Assignment Fixed Costs,

• 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

• 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 4 CheckPoint Financial Ratios

• HSM 260 Week 5 CheckPoint Forecasting

• 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

• 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 5 DQ1 and DQ2

• HSM 260 Week 6 Assignment Fee Setting

• 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 6 CheckPoint Calculating

• HSM 260 Week 7 CheckPointCatalog

• 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/
•  
• Click 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.
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• HSM 260 Week 7 DQ1 and DQ2

• HSM 260 Week 8 Assignment Foundations Paper

• 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

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• HSM 260 Week 8 CheckPoint Collaborative

• HSM 260 Week 9 Capstone DQ

• 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  

• 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
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• 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

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