Description

Cost allocation is an essential part of budgeting decisions. This workshop will provide participants with the skills to accurately determine the cost of providing individual aspects of their services, and in turn make the best use of limited resources.

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Jed Johnson, director of the National Center on Senior Transportation (NCST) and Carol Wright, associate director of outreach and training at the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center (SURTC) will review the principals of cost allocation for human service agencies that provide transportation services. CEOs, CFOs, agency transit managers and anyone responsible for budgeting for their agency’s transportation services will be interested in joining us for this free 90 minute audio conference.

Service organizations provide a variety of services in meeting their mission. Very often, transportation services are part of the mix without being considered a major focus. With no other options available to assure that people get from “here to there” in order to avail themselves of needed services, the ride becomes important. Transportation can impose expenses that remain uncounted and disregarded. Many service organizations are unaware of the true costs for providing transportation services, and therefore, how these resources could be used more effectively to provide mobility for the people their organizations serve. Cost allocation is a key component of solid business management and overall program operations.

This will be a free 90 minute audio conference presented by the National Center on Senior Transportation in partnership with Easter Seals Project ACTION (ESPA) and the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center (SURTC). A PowerPoint presentation will be emailed to registered guests a week before the event for download and review. Please register before Wednesday April 14th.

This event will be transcribed. Approximately 45 days following the program a PDF and text file will be available on the Web site, and braille and audio CDs can be requested by contacting us at ncst@easterseals.com.

The following resources will be used during the audio conference. Please download them now and have them ready to view during the audio conference.

1. Transportation by the Numbers, an online resource consisting of several excel spreadsheets and a 19 page PDF instruction book that you can download and use to help identify and evaluate the true cost of providing transportation to your clients as an additional service. Please make sure to have the Excel Workbook titled Qtr_Expenses__Revenues_and_Program_Performance [LML1] available, we will use all three of the spreadsheets in this workbook during the call. We recommend that you try and fill in some of your organizations numbers before the call to make this information more relevant.
2. COST ALLOCATION FOR HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION Notes (PDF)
3. Event Outline: Cost Allocation for Human Service Agencies that Provide Transportation (PDF)

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Speaker's Bio

Jed Johnson provides strategic leadership for Easter Seals’ focus area of services for older adults and their caregivers. In addition, he spearheads the National Center on Senior Transportation (NCST), a partnership with the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, whose mission is to enhance transportation options in support of older adults through technical assistance, outreach, education, and research.

Mr. Johnson holds a joint-masters degree in business administration from the Wharton School of Business and in social work from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice.  In 2007, he was elected Treasurer of the American Society on Aging, the aging network’s premier membership organization with over 5,000 members.

Carol Wright joined the staff of the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center (SURTC) in 2006 as Associate Director of Training and Outreach. She is responsible for the oversight of SURTC's national training and outreach efforts. She has more than 12 years of experience as Executive Director of public transportation for a multi-county project in central North Dakota, where she managed all aspects of public transit, including rural transit, specialized transit, Dial-a-Ride and contracted services. Her responsibilities included planning, operations and fiscal management, and supervision of 57 full- and part-time employees.

Ms. Wright has also served as an independent consultant for marketing and development with planners, developers, architects and contractors. She has served as a trainer and keynote speaker for national, state and local conferences for the past 20 years.

Please contact Lucinda Shannon at 866-528-6278 or lshannon@easterseals.com if you have any questions about this event or Transportation by the Numbers.

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Note: The time listed is Eastern Daylight Time.