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	$	922,000	$	264,000	$	405,000	$	253,000
Variable expenses		465,000		114,000		200,000		151,000
Contribution margin		457,000		150,000		205,000		102,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation		69,700		8,500		40,900		20,300
Liability insurance		43,400		20,400		7,900		15,100
Program administrators salaries		115,700		40,800		38,100		36,800
General administrative overhead*		184,400		52,800		81,000		50,600
Total fixed expenses		413,200		122,500		167,900		122,800
Net operating income (loss)	$	43,800	$	27,500	$	37,100	$	(20,800)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $43,800 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? yes or no?

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

	Total	Home Nursing	Meals On Wheels	House-keeping
Revenues
Variable expenses
Contribution margin
Traceable fixed expenses:
Depreciation
Liability insurance
Program administrators salaries
Total traceable fixed expenses
Program segment margins
General administrative overhead
Net operating income (loss)

2-b. Would a segmented income statement format be more useful to management in assessing the long-run financial viability of the various services? yes or no?