Operations
(Y)our investment in youth development
The Doorway maximizes cost efficiency when operating at 100-120 active participants. Current fiscal period costs (below) reflect 20% reduction in participants due to insufficient funding. A Total 109 young people participated. Budget share calculated for each participant this year was $325 per month. Of this amount, each young person qualified for up to ten $15 cash incentives/mo. invested in each individual planned step.
This cost per person is considerably less than that of prison and income support/programming systems. The Doorway consistently delivers a cost-effective way for young people to move from street culture to mainstream economy and community.
Doorway expenses
THE DOORWAY keeps operational costs aggressively lean. Staffing covers front line as well as research and development costs. We are proud to invest incentives directly into the planning of our participants as they transition to success in accessing legal income (employability) as part of their sustainable stability.
Figure A: breaks down THE DOORWAY’s expenses fiscal year ending May31.2011.
| Total Expenses: |
$ 424,649 |
|
| Participant Contract STEPS & Costs |
$ 87,015 |
20% |
| Community Learning and Awareness |
$ 22,142 |
05% |
| Occupancy, Operations |
$ 108,503 |
25% |
| Wages (includes R&D staffing) |
$ 192,955 |
45% |
| Program Dev’t & Training* |
$ 14,034 |
05% |
*8-10 community volunteers participate individually each week
Figure B illustrates how this money is used by participants in their planning and adaptive learning in specific life categories.
Figure B:
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