A microcosting approach for planning and implementing community-based mental health prevention programs: what does it cost?

Roy, Sharmily; Brown, Henry Shelton; Blinn, Lisa Sanger; Narendorf, Sarah Carter; Hamilton, Jane E.

doi:10.1186/s13561-024-00510-w

Table 2 Domain costs

From: A microcosting approach for planning and implementing community-based mental health prevention programs: what does it cost?

		Personnel Hours^c		Total Personnel costs^c,d	Other Costs^b,c,d	Grant Funded Costs	In-kind^c		Total costs	Total cost per capita (Cost/pop)
Category	Activity	Lead	Others				Personnel	Material Support
Project Management	Hire program staff^a (63% of domain cost; 7% of total cost)	360–480		$56,193-$74,924	$19565	$56193-$74924.15			$75758.11-$94489.15 (Mean:$65559)	$ 0.66
	Project metrics development	20		$1,050		$1050.59			$1050.59	0.001
	Staff Development	260	52	$15,641	$8400	$24041			$24,041	$0.19
	Marketing RFP Development	480		25606		$25606			$25,606	$0.20
Total Project Management Cost				107857	27965	135822			135822	$1.06
Community Engagement	Precinct mtgs	90		$4,728		$4728	$7,780		$12,508	$0.10
	Stakeholder identification	110		$5,778		$5778			$5778	$0.04
	Virtual Launch				$420	$420			$420	$0.002
	Community Learning Circles (CLC)	33	132	$6770	$69195-$71745 (Avg: $70,470)	$75965-$78515 (Avg: $77,240)	$70421	$6000	$152386-$154936 (Avg:$153,661)	$1.15
	Community prioritization (53% of domain; 15% of total)		4800	$183,159	$8,690	$191,849			$191,849	$1.49
Total Community Engagement Cost				$200,435	$79,580	$269,089	$84,201		$364,216	$2.78
Design and Execution	Comm and outreach plan	60		$3122	79	$3122			$3122	$0.02
	Communication contracts^a (68% of domain; 41% of total)				$515625	$515625			$515625	$4.00
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	Capacity for ASK (T4T)	24	40	$1554	$5729	$7283			$7283	$0.06
	Identify culturally appropriate program	48		$2466	$3,437	$5903			$5903	$0.05
	Mental Health First Aid training		2400				$225000		$225000	$1.75
Total Design and Execution Cost				$7142	$524,792	$531,994	$225,000		$756,934	$5.88
Total Cost across Domains				$315,434	$632,337	$936,905	$309,201		$1,256,972	$9.72

^aDenotes cost driver
^bActual cost
^cEstimates from program. MHFA training time is 2400h. This training costs $1500 per session when contracted by various schools, non-profits, and other agencies. ~ 50 sessions were accessible in the target community
^dEstimates from literature

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