Alabama is the seventh poorest state in the nation, and nearly 900,000 of our neighbors live below the federal poverty line.
Poverty is not a game. It’s a reality for people in our own backyard. Taking the poverty challenge means learning what it’s like to live in poverty.
The Community Action Poverty Simulation is a unique, interactive experience that helps facilitate understanding of the challenges faced by individuals in our community who are living at or below the poverty level. The simulation increases the participants’ understanding of hardships and the emotional toll experienced by impoverished members of our society and the work it takes to achieve self-sufficiency.
This educational and professional development experience was created as a way to help business and community leaders; students, faculty, and administrators; faith-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others understand the realities of poverty. During the simulation, participants role-play the lives of families living at or below the poverty level. Participants will experience typical challenges faced by individuals living in the context of constrained financial circumstances including maintaining employment, caring for children or elderly family members, seeking public assistance, and dealing with transportation issues.
All information supplied by Community Partner Alabama Possible.
