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2. Poverty Awareness Paula M. Hella, Family Living Educator, UW Extension, Calumet County Pierson Kohrell, Community Educator, UW-Extension and AmeriCorps, Calumet and Outagamie Counties

3. Workshop Objectives  Gain insight into how life circumstances shape personal paradigms.  Examine myths about poverty.  Examine personal access to power and privilege.  Learn how poverty is measured.  Gain knowledge of poverty data.  Commit to personal, workplace and/or community action steps.

4. Personal Reflection Recall the first experience you can remember regarding poverty.  What emotion do you recall feeling at that time?  What impact did that event have on you then?  What do you think of that situation now? Have your feelings or perspectives changed?

5. Poverty Defined  “ Having an income below a federally determined poverty threshold.”  “Represents the Federal Government’s estimate of the point below which a family of a given size has a cash income insufficient to meet basic needs.”  “Any family/individual with total income less than an amount deemed to be sufficient to purchase food, shelter, clothing and other essential goods and services is classified as poor.”  “The state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.”

6. Poverty Defined  Insufficient means to provide, in a socially acceptable manner, the basic necessities of daily life in order to live healthfully.  The difference between what will we eat for dinner and will we eat dinner.

7. What’s Class Got to Do With It?

8. Federal Poverty Guidelines: 2015 Household SizeMonthly Gross IncomeAnnual Gross Income 1$980.83$11,770 2$1,327.50$15,930 3$1,674.17 $20,090 4$2,020.83$24,250 5$2,367.50$28,410 aspe.hhs.gov/2015-poverty-guideline

9. the poverty rate in Wisconsin increased by more than 50% over the past decade Poverty in Wisconsin

11. Who is in Poverty? Wisconsin Poverty Rates, 1970-2010 children are more than twice as likely to live in poverty as are the elderly from 2005 to 2010, child poverty increased 3 times as fast in Wisconsin as nationwide

12. Living Wage in Wisconsin http://livingwage.mit.edu/states/55 HouseholdLiving Wage in Wisconsin Federal Poverty Comparison (100% FPL) Difference 1 Adult$10.13/hr$5.66$4.47 1 Adult, One Child $22.38$7.66$14.72 1 Adult, Two Children $28.88$9.66$19.22 2 (working) Adults, Two Children $15.79/hr/each$5.83$9.96/hr/each aspe.hhs.gov/2015-poverty-guideline

13. Making Ends Meet in Wisconsin 1 Adult and 2 Children, 2014 $7.50/hr $12.50/hr $23.44/hr

14. What Makes Poverty so Harmful  Few financial resources  Lack of nutrition  Decrease in mental health  Home environment  Neighborhoods struggling  Stress

15. What Makes Poverty so Harmful  Brain on Poverty  “Responding to constant, urgent, immediate needs prevents us from getting out of crisis mode to be able to make clear, long term decisions or implement a plan.” Paulo Freire

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17. Poverty Call to Action How can you address poverty:  At a personal level?  At a professional level?  At a community level?

18. Thank you!!