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• HSM 260 Entire Course

• HSM 260 Week 1 CheckPoint Definition Scavenger

• HSM 260 Week 1 CheckPoint Definition Scavenger
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• 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 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• HSM 260 Week 2 Assignment Personal Balance
  Statement

•  Discussion Questions
•  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?

• 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 Cost

• 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?
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• CheckPoint Cost Per Output and Cost Per Outcome
  Respo
• 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?

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• HSM 260 Week 3 DQ1 and DQ2

• HSM 260 Week 4 Assignment Fixed Costs, Variable

• Discussion 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 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 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

• 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?

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• HSM 260 Week 5 DQ1 and DQ2

• HSM 260 Week 6 Assignment Fee Setting

• 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

• 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 DQ1 and DQ2

• HSM 260 Week 8 Assignment Foundations Paper

• Discussion Questions
•  Which of the two procurement strategies is most
  effective for a 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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• 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 9 Final Analyzing Financial State

• HSM 260 Week 9 Capstone DQ

• 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.