How do we get the community to understand that poverty affects the entire community?

The Community Action Poverty Simulation is a unique tool that community action agencies are able to use to educate everyone, from policy makers to local community leaders, about the day to day realities of life with a shortage of money and an abundance of stress.  The Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) will open your mind to truly understand the dynamics of working poverty. CAPS is a copyrighted tool that will help promote a greater understanding of poverty. 

During a simulation, participants role-play the lives of low-income families, from single parents trying to care for their children to senior citizens trying to maintain their self sufficiency on Social Security.  The task of each family is to provide food, shelter and other basic necessities during the simulation while interacting with various community resources staffed by volunteers.

We will follow up this simulation with an afternoon discussion on how to apply these lessons when working on Family Partnership Agreements.

10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Central Community Church, 6100 Maple, Wichita, 67209

Facilitators: Marion Nichols, Mid-Cap, Inc. and Dana Moses, Kansas State-Based TA

Registration is $50 and will include lunch