Evaluating Eligibility Rules Paper

Evaluating Eligibility Rules
Renee Ertel
HSM/240
December Sunday 4, 2011
Catina Erwin

Evaluating Eligibility Rules
The Red Cross organization is a non-profit organization with the goals to provide assistance to others in need at a time of natural disaster or deprivation. The Red Cross organization provides individuals or families with emergency assistance when a natural disaster strikes, such as a fire, tornado, flood, or hurricane. The Red Cross organization also has programs, which works with the homeless, less fortunate, and the military. The Red Cross organization provides programs which are educational, safety, and health related. The Red Cross organization has a set of eligibility rules, which helps to determine if the individual or family qualifies for the certain assistance through one of the many programs offered through the Red Cross organization. The eligibility rules helps to determine how much assistance is needed and can be received by the individual or family applying.
Many organizations have many different eligibility rules. Some of the eligibility requirements are the prior contributions, private contracts, administration directions, administrative ruling, professional discretion, judicial decision, means
If the Red Cross organization over utilized the eligibility rules the long term cost would impact the organization in a negative way. If the Red Cross organization were to under-utilize the eligibility rules would also have a negative effect as well. Under-utilization could allow individuals to take advantage of the services provided through fraudulent measures. In the case of the Red Cross organization on under-utilization of the eligibility rules can impact the organization negatively, by depleting the available funds on individuals who do not meet the requirements for the