Assignment 2: Final Project: Methodology and Evaluation Plans YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTER

Running Head: HOME FOR THE HOMELESS 1

HOME FOR THE HOMELESS

HOME FOR THE HOMELESS

Alexis Lowe

Walden University

March 31st, 2019

The homelessness has been a serious problem facing the general population because of the high cost of housing throughout the country. The problem is worse when youths are involved when they are still in school. It makes studying problematic because of the stress involved in carrying the personal effects the whole day and finding the spot to spend during the night. For the future of this country, there is a need to find a stable home for such youths so that they can build their future along with the future of this nation more securely. The budget below includes all that is needed to build homes and renovate the available ones to create enough rooms for all the youths in this state. All shall be required for this project to be completed from personnel to the numerous equipment and machinery. The budget below shows how the project is broken down (Von, 2016).

The total budget for the whole project that will involve the construction of building from the ground and renovation of the old ones is $4,012,938. This amount is expected to cover a total of 25 sites corresponding to the tertiary institutions in this state and shall be broken down as explained below. The leading members of the project are the director, project coordinator, secretary, academic coordinator, clinic coordinator, and project evaluator. Most people are supposed to work full time because the project is large and demanding.

Salaries for the people coordinating the whole process is significantly large because of their qualifications and skills which was a requirement for transparency, efficiency, and competence that were needed to accomplish the project. Among those working full time are project director, clinic coordinator, project evaluator and project secretary who will be paid $ 9,822, $ 7,587, $ 7,124 and $ 6978 respectively. Per hour, each will be paid $ 61.4, $ 47.42, $ 44.52, and $43.61 according to the minimum wage requirement in their respective job group. Each one of them will be working a maximum of 40 hours in a week, and all of them will be reporting to the project director. The whole project will take a whole year to complete the above-mentioned salaries, and their benefits are monthly for the whole year. In one month, salaries will be totaling to $ 41, 410 and the benefits will be $ 2,074 which sum up to $ 43, 474. In a year this will be $ 521,688. Project coordinator and academic coordinator will be working part-time since they are the employees of one of the tertiary institutions in the country where they will still be serving for the most part of their time.

The cost of consultation $ 2,750 for the whole year. It is not possible to break it down into weeks since consultation will be done once for every site that shall be open where about 25 sites are expected to open in the whole state that corresponds to the number of tertiary institutions in this country.

For contracts, the whole amount needed is $ 3,456, 000 which include all the subcontractors such those who will install lighting and elevator, ventilation and air condition, drainage, and water piping, doors, and kitchenware, painting, among many others. Travel will cost around $ 10,000 for the whole year where each month $ 833 will be spent on fuel for traveling from one site to another attending meeting in the many sites. Itemized equipment includes site safety equipment for staff, office furniture, printers, and desktops in the office that will cost around $ 10,000 the whole year. Supplies will only cost $ 3500 for the whole year. Supplies will include printing papers, ink for printers, files, and stationery for the whole year. Other expenses are the insurance, electric bill, water bill, and first aid equipment. They will cost approximately $ 9, 000 for the whole year (Von, 2016).

Personnel Name	Personnel Title	Time/Effort Percentage (%)	Time/Effort Hours/Week	Dollar Amount Requested for Salary	Dollar Amount Requested for Fringe Benefits	Grand Total Dollar Amount Requested	total for the whole year
Dr. Johnson Davis	Project Director	100 %	40 hrs	$ 9,822	$ 500	$ 10,322	$ 123, 864
Eng. Trevor Ramsey	Project Coordinator	50 %	20 hrs	$ 5542	$ 400	$ 6942	$ 83,304
Prof. Nancy Williams	Clinical Coordinator	100 %	40 hrs	$ 7587	$ 345	$ 7932	$95, 184
Prof. George Williams	Academic Coordinator	63 %	25 hrs	$ 4357	$ 253	$ 4,600	$ 55, 200
Mrs.	Project Evaluator	100 %	40 hrs	$ 7124	$ 345	$ 7469	$ 89,628
Name #6	Project Secretary	100 %	40 hrs	$ 6978	$ 231	$ 6209	$ 74,504
Subtotals			205 hrs/ week	$41,410	$2,074	$43,474	$ 521,688
Consultant Costs	n/a	n/a	50 hrs ( for whole year)	$ 2,750	n/a		$ 2,750
Contracts	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$ 3,456, 000
Staff Travel	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$ 10,000
Itemized Equipment	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$ 10,000
Supplies (itemize by category)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$ 3500
Other Expenses ( insurance )	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$ 9,000
Subtotals
Grand Total Direct Costs

Reference

Von, D. L. (2016). Fiscal decentralization and budget control.