Use the information from this table and the description below to answer the following questions. This table is modified from the Aos et al., 2004 article that you will use to complete Paper.
A community has about 100 infants born to young, single, low income mothers each year and about 200 other infants born to two-parent low income families each year. About 800 other infants are born each year.
Given a budget of $500,000 to spend on child welfare / home visitation, Meredith decides to budget $455,900 on NFP for 50 young mothers and $38,880 for Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for 30 other parents in this community (for a total of $494,780). This will yield a total benefit of $1,456,620.
Given the same budget of $500,000, Carl decides to spend $489,200 on the Home Visiting Programs for at-risk mothers and their children for 100 youth in the community. This will yield a total benefit of $1,096,900.
A description of these programs can be found in the Aos et al. (2004) article. In your post, please respond to the following 7 questions:
1. Considering all 8 child welfare / home visitation programs, which program costs the most per person? Which program has the highest benefit per person?
2. Why did neither Meredith nor Carl decide to spend any money on the Healthy Family Americas Program?
3. Consider Meredith's budget. Are all of the needs of the community members being met? If not, who is not being served?
4. Consider Carl's budget. Are all of the needs of the community members being met? If not, who is not being served?
5. What is one advantage and one disadvantage of Meredith's budget plans?
6. What is one advantage and one disadvantage of Carl's budget plans?
7. A third person, Jon, hopes to provide Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) to families in the community. Will $500,000 be enough to provide PCIT to 400 families? Why or why not?