IHP 670 Module Five Project Preparation Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
Thus far, you have identified a health or healthcare problem and completed your needs assessment for this program. You decided to use the logic model for your program planning and have already started building the model.
Now, you must plan the budget for your program. Budgeting is the process of creating a plan that shows when the money will be spent, why it will be spent, and whether it will be covered by income from a funding source. No matter what the need for a program is, it requires a well-planned budget. Without a well-estimated, pre-approved budget, no program can move forward.
In this assignment, you will fill in the Proposed Program Budget Template provided for your program with appropriate figures and then give the rationale for your budget estimations. Before your program plan can be implemented, your senior management needs to know the costs associated with the in-house and acquired resources for the first 12 months of your program, the costs incurred once, and the ongoing expenses. They also need you to determine the expected sources of program income, which may include revenue from billing, savings, donations, or grant funding, along with the amount expected from each source. You will provide the estimated program budget to your senior management to help them make financial decisions related to your program.
Prompt
Fill out your proposed first-year program budget, and write a reflection on the items you included in the budget, as well as their estimated costs or revenues.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
1. Purpose of the Budget: Purpose of the Budget: Describe the purpose of your program budget, along with your approach toward budgeting.
2. Resource Costs: Resource Costs: Estimate the resource costs for your program, including the in-house and acquired resources for 12 months, and explain why these resources are essential for the program. Consider the following questions to guide your response:
How would you differentiate between in-house and acquired resources?
Which calculations would you use to estimate resource costs for 12 months?
3. One-Time Costs: One-Time Costs: Determine the one-time costs for your program, and describe why this calculation is important for estimating the program budget. Consider the following question to guide your response:
Which resources would you include under the one-time costs? Provide a rationale for each inclusion.
4. Ongoing Costs: Ongoing Costs: Determine the components of ongoing costs you would list under this category. Consider the following questions to guide your response:
Which resources would you include under ongoing (continuing) costs? Provide a rationale for each inclusion.
5. Expected Sources of Income, Savings, and Funding: Expected Sources of Income, Savings, and Funding: Determine the expected income, savings, and/or funding sources for your program, and describe how they meet your expense needs. Consider the following questions to guide your response:
Which types of funding would you prefer for your program and why?
Would the program’s income sustain your program into the second year?
Note that all the claims in your deliverable should be evidence based. Your citations should be from your independent search for evidence (not from the scenario, textbook, or module resources) of credible sources and be current within the last five years. You are required to cite a minimum of one source overall. Refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing—Graduate located in the Start Here section of the course for additional support. If you need writing support, access the Online Writing Center through the Academic Support module of your course.
What to Submit
Your submission should include both your completed Proposed Program Budget Template Excel and a 2- to 3-page Word document with your reflection. Also include a title page. Use 12-point
Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Module Five Project Preparation Rubric
Criteria Criteria Exemplary (100%)Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%)Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%)Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%)Not Evident (0%) Value Value
Purpose of Budget Purpose of Budget Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language
Describes the purpose of the budget for the program and shares a brief description of the approach toward budgeting Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 15 Resource Costs Resource Costs Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language Estimates resource costs for the program, including in-house and acquired resources for 12 months, and explains why these Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 15 8/14/23, 1:12 PM Page 1 of 2 resources are essential for the program One-Time Coston-Time Costs Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language Determines one-time costs for the program and describes their importance in program budget estimation Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 15 Ongoing Costs Ongoing Costs Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language Determines components of
ongoing costs that need to be
listed under this category
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt criterion 15
Expected Sources ofExpected Sources of
Income, Savings, andIncome, Savings, and
FundingFunding
Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear and
insightful manner, using
industry-specific language
Determines expected income,
savings, and/or funding sources
for the program and describes
how they meet expense needs
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors or
omissions
Does not attempt criterion 15
Articulation of ResponseArticulation of Response Exceeds proficiency in an
exceptionally clear and
insightful manner
Clearly conveys meaning with
correct grammar, sentence
structure, and spelling,
demonstrating an
understanding of audience and
purpose
Shows progress toward
proficiency, but with errors in
grammar, sentence structure,
and spelling, negatively
impacting readability
Submission has critical errors in
grammar, sentence structure,
and spelling, preventing
understanding of ideas
10
Professional SourcesProfessional Sources Incorporates more than one
professional, current (within
the last five years) source, or
use of source is exceptionally
insightful
Incorporates one professional,
current (within the last five
years) source that supports
claims
Incorporates one source that is
not professional, not current
(within the last five years), or
does not fully support claims
Does not incorporate sources 10
APA StyleAPA Style Formats in-text citations and
reference list according to APA
style with no errors
Formats in-text citations and
reference list according to APA
style with fewer than five
errors
Formats in-text citations and
reference list according to APA
style with five or more errors
Does not format in-text
citations and reference list
according to APA style
5
Total:Total: 100%
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