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HSM 260 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260genius.com   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    
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HSM 260 Week 1 CheckPoint Definition Scavenger
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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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hsm260genius.com 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 experts, to understand
financial management? Why?
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HSM 260 Week 2 Assignment Personal Balance
Statement (Appendix C) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260genius.com 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 FOR
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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?
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HSM 260 Week 3 CheckPoint Cost Per Output Cost
Per Outcome Response FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260genius.com 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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hsm260genius.com 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?    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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260genius.com 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 FOR
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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       Post your
final calculations as a Microsoft Word
attachment.  
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HSM 260 Week 5 CheckPoint Forecasting FOR MORE
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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 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hsm260genius.com 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?     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 FOR MORE
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Resource Ch. 11 in Financial Management.   Compl
ete 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 Fixed
Costs, Variable Cost FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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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.
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HSM 260 Week 7 CheckPointCatalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260genius.com 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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hsm260genius.com 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?
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HSM 260 Week 8 Assignment Foundations Paper FOR
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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.   Post your final draft as a
Microsoft Word attachment.  
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HSM 260 Week 8 CheckPoint Collaborative
Fund-raising Activity FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260genius.com     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.  
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HSM 260 Week 9 Capstone DQ FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hsm260genius.com     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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260genius.com  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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