Jackson County Senior Services is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing essential services to seniors who live in their own homes within the Jackson County area. Three services are provided for seniorshome nursing, Meals On Wheels, and housekeeping. Data on revenue and expenses for the past year follow:

		Total		Home Nursing		Meals On Wheels		House- keeping
Revenues	$	926,000	$	263,000	$	405,000	$	258,000
Variable expenses		480,000		114,000		209,000		157,000
Contribution margin		446,000		149,000		196,000		101,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		69,900		8,300		40,900		20,700
Liability insurance		44,100		20,800		7,800		15,500
Program administrators salaries		116,100		40,900		38,900		36,300
General administrative overhead*		185,200		52,600		81,000		51,600
Total fixed expenses		415,300		122,600		168,600		124,100
Net operating income (loss)	$	30,700	$	26,400	$	27,400	$	(23,100)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $30,700 to be unsatisfactory; therefore, she is considering the possibility of discontinuing the housekeeping program.

The depreciation in housekeeping is for a small van that is used to carry the housekeepers and their equipment from job to job. If the program were discontinued, the van would be donated to a charitable organization. None of the general administrative overhead would be avoided if the housekeeping program were dropped, but the liability insurance and the salary of the program administrator would be avoided.

Required:

1-a. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program?

1-b. Should the Housekeeping program be discontinued?

2-a. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement.

2-b. Would a segmented income statement format be more useful to management in assessing the long-run financial viability of the various services?