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HSM 260 Entire Course

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• HSM 260 Week 1 CheckPoint Definition Scavenger
  Hunt
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• HSM 260 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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• HSM 260 Week 2 CheckPoint Accrual Method
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• HSM 260 Week 2 Assignment Personal Balance
  Statement (Appendix C)
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• HSM 260 Week 3 CheckPoint Cost Per Output Cost
  Per Outcome Response
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• HSM 260 Week 3 DQ1 and DQ2

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HSM 260 Week 1 CheckPoint Definition Scavenger
Hunt

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• Define each of the following basic accounting
  terms in your own words by finding sources on the
  Internet.
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• Provide the URL that supports the definition you
  have created for each item.
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• GAAP
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• Basic accounting formula
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• Transaction, t-account
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• General ledger

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HSM 260 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• 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?
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• 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 experts, to understand
  financial management? Why?

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HSM 260 Week 2 Assignment Personal Balance
Statement (Appendix C)

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• Read the background information provided in
  Appendix B.
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• Complete the personal balance statement template
  provided in Appendix C based on your
  understanding of the information in Appendix B.
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• Post your Appendix C as a Microsoft Excel
  attachment.

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HSM 260 Week 2 CheckPoint Accrual Method

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• 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.

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HSM 260 Week 3 CheckPoint Cost Per Output Cost
Per Outcome Response

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• 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 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• 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?
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• Explain the difference between direct cost and
  indirect cost. What are some ways to allocate
  indirect costs? Why is monitoring direct and
  indirect costs important to the financial
  stability of a human service organization?
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HSM 260 Week 4 Assignment Fixed Costs, Variable
Costs, and Break

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• Resources Ch. 10 in Financial Management.
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• Complete Exercises 10.1 10.2 on pp. 14647.
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• Post your final answers as a Microsoft Word
  attachment.

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HSM 260 Week 4 CheckPoint Financial Ratios

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• Use the data from 2002 in Appendix D to calculate
  each of the following
• Current ratio
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• Long-term solvency ratio
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• Contribution ratio
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• Programs and expense ratio
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• General and management and expense ratio
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• Revenue and expense ratio

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HSM 260 Week 5 CheckPoint Forecasting

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• Resource Ch. 9 in the text.
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• Read Exercises 9.1 on p. 130 9.3 on p. 131.
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• Forecast personnel expenses and total revenues
  respectively, using weighted moving averages and
  moving averages.
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• Explain how financial trends affect forecasting.
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• Post your final answers as a Microsoft Word
  attachment.

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HSM 260 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• 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?
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• There are four forecasting techniques described
  in the text. Briefly describe the merits of each
  one and identify the one you feel is most
  beneficial in forecasting for a human service
  organization.

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HSM 260 Week 6 Assignment Fee Setting

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• Resource Ch. 11 in Financial Management.
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• Complete Exercises 11.1 11.2 on pp. 158159.
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• Determine the most important issues for a human
  service agency to address in fee setting.
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• Determine the issues that are least important.
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• Justify your answers.
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• Post your answers as a Microsoft Word attachment.

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HSM 260 Week 6 CheckPoint Calculating Fixed
Costs, Variable Cost

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• CheckPoint Calculating Fixed Costs, Variable
  Costs, and Break-Even Point for a Program
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• Calculate the fixed cost, variable costs, and
  break-even point for the program suggested in
  Appendix D.
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• Base your calculations on the financial data for
  2002.
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• Post your final answers as a Microsoft Word
  attachment.
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HSM 260 Week 7 CheckPointCatalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance

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• 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.
• Reference the three programs chosen by including
  the URL and program title.

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HSM 260 Week 7 DQ1 and DQ 2

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• Which of the two procurement strategies is most
  effective for a human service agency? Explain
  your reasoning.
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• 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?

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HSM 260 Week 8 Assignment Foundations Paper

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• 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.

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HSM 260 Week 8 CheckPoint Collaborative
Fund-raising Activity

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• 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.
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HSM 260 Week 9 Capstone DQ

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• 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

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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, and
  revenue and expense ratio for the years 2003 and
  2004.

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