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	$ 927,000	$ 267,000	$ 404,000	$ 256,000
Variable expenses	460,000	119,000	190,000	151,000
Contribution margin	467,000	148,000	214,000	105,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation	69,400	8,300	40,200	20,900
Liability insurance	43,600	21,000	7,400	15,200
Program administrators salaries	115,900	40,600	38,400	36,900
General administrative overhead*	185,400	53,400	80,800	51,200
Total fixed expenses	414,300	123,300	166,800	124,200
Net operating income (loss)	$ 52,700	$ 24,700	$ 47,200	$ (19,200)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $52,700 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. 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?