The chief administrator of Uptown Clinical, a community mental health agency, is concerned about the dilemma of coping with reduced budgets next year and into the foreseeable futute, but increasing demand for services. In order to plan for reduced budgets, they must first identify where costs can be cut or reduced and stillkeep the agency functioning. Below are soem data from the past year.
Program Area Cost
Administration
Salaries:
Administration 60,000
Assistant 35,000
Two Secretaries 42,000
Supplies 35,000
Advertising and Promotion 9,000
Professional meetings/dues 14,000
Purchase Services:
Accounting and billing 15,000
Custodial 13,000
Security 12,000
Consulting 10,000
Community Mental Health Services
Salaries (2 social workers) 46,000
Transportation 10,000
Outpatient mental health treatment
Salaries:
Psychiatrist 86,000
Two Social Workers 70,000
1. give a dollar range of costs to reduce budgets (worst and best case analysis)
2. Cut $94,000 in cost. Prioritize those cuts that can be made without impacing the opertion or quality care of the organization.
3. How would you advise the head doctor t prepare for reduced budgets?
Do an Excel Presentation