A Poverty Simulation Experience
More about the simulation
The Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) is a unique tool that local agencies are able to use to educate everyone from policymakers to community leaders about the day-to-day realities of life with a shortage of money and an abundance of stress.
CAPS is made available by the Missouri Association for Community Action to organizations that want to promote a greater understanding of poverty.
During a simulation that uses “play” money and other props, fictional scenarios and time limits, 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.
Learn more about CAPS: http://www.communityaction.org/poverty%20simulation.aspx