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	$ 267,000	$ 402,000	$ 257,000
Variable expenses	460,000	113,000	194,000	153,000
Contribution margin	466,000	154,000	208,000	104,000
Fixed expenses:
Depreciation	69,600	8,800	40,600	20,200
Liability insurance	43,300	20,200	7,400	15,700
Program administrators salaries	115,000	40,900	38,300	35,800
General administrative overhead*	185,200	53,400	80,400	51,400
Total fixed expenses	413,100	123,300	166,700	123,100
Net operating income (loss)	$ 52,900	$ 30,700	$ 41,300	$ (19,100)

*Allocated on the basis of program revenues.

The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last years net operating income of $52,900 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?