Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention Through the Lens of Cost-Benefit
A Manual for Domestic Violence Prevention Practitioners
(and the State and Local Policy-Makers They Present to)
Ratio of Benefits to Costs
When we divide the benefit of that program by the cost of that program, we get a ratio of benefits to costs.
Using the example above, when we divide the $300,000 benefit by the $150,000 costs, we get a cost-benefit ratio of two to one (2:1). ($300,000 divided by $150,000 = 2.) This ratio indicates the benefit of the costs of the prevention program.