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	$	931,000	$	264,000	$	407,000	$	260,000
Variable expenses		469,000		118,000		200,000		151,000
Contribution margin		462,000		146,000		207,000		109,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		68,700		8,100		40,500		20,100
Liability insurance		43,600		20,900		7,600		15,100
Program administrators salaries		114,500		40,300		38,900		35,300
General administrative overhead*		186,200		52,800		81,400		52,000
Total fixed expenses		413,000		122,100		168,400		122,500
Net operating income (loss)	$	49,000	$	23,900	$	38,600	$	(13,500)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $49,000 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. Based on the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program calculated in requirement Req 1A, 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?