Cost Containment
Cost containment refers to strategies and measures aimed at controlling program expenses while maintaining or improving the quality of goods or services provided. It encompasses various practices, such as enhancing efficiency, negotiating cost reductions, optimizing resources, and adopting technology. Cost containment is essential for ensuring financial stability and promoting the sustainability of nutrition programs.
Quick Guides
- Identifying the Total Cost of a Meal — Summary brief for meal cost calculations
Tools & Toolkits
- Managing Finances— Planning budgets, managing money, and more from University of Kansas Community Tool Box
- Senior Nutrition Program Spending — Resources that offer new or expanded ways to meet older adults’ nutrition, socialization, and wellness needs with OAA funds
Presentations
- Reducing Meal Cost in Maryland — Bethesda NEWtrition and Wellness Solutions case study on meal costs
- How Nutrition Services Boost Your Bottom Line — Minuteman Senior Services 2017 presentation about how nutrition services can offer cost savings