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HSM 260 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260edu.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 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
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HSM 260 Week 1 CheckPoint Definition Scavenger
Hunt FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm260edu.com  
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 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hsm260edu.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.hsm260edu.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
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm260edu.com   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?
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HSM 260 Week 3 CheckPoint Cost Per Output Cost
Per Outcome Response FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260edu.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.hsm260edu.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.hsm260edu.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
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm260edu.com   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.
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HSM 260 Week 5 CheckPoint Forecasting FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hsm260edu.com   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.hsm260edu.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
CLASSES VISIT www.hsm260edu.com   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 Fixed
Costs, Variable Cost FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260edu.com   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.
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HSM 260 Week 7 CheckPointCatalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hsm260edu.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.hsm260edu.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
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hsm260edu.com   Select
one of the following funding organizations  Unite
d 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.hsm260edu.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.  Determine the strategies from your
discussion group that you feel solves the funding
needs for PHA the best.  Write a 200- to 300-word
summary detailing the three fund-raising
strategies you employ.
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HSM 260 Week 9 Capstone DQ FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hsm260edu.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.hsm260edu.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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