{"id":2047,"date":"2009-09-04T08:07:42","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T16:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icpj.org\/?page_id=2047"},"modified":"2020-01-30T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:28:18","slug":"welfare-simulations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/program-areas\/racial-economic-justice\/welfare-simulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Poverty Simulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image208\" title=\"Welfare Sim pic from Lansing City Pulse\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/061011_cover.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Welfare Sim pic from Lansing City Pulse\" align=\"right\" \/>A Poverty Simulation is an experiential workshop that exposes participants to the realities of living on public assistance. If you\u2019re interested in learning more or hosting a Poverty Simulation for your own group, please email <a href=\"mailto:info@icpj.org\">Info@ICPJ.org<\/a> or call 734.663.1870.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/100_1018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"100_1018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/100_1018-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Welfare &quot;recipients&quot; use food stamps to make purchases at the Simulation's Food Pantry.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Groups that have hosted Poverty Simulation include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>U-M School of Public Health \u2013 (Summer Enrichment Program students, faculty, and staff)<\/li>\n<li>U-M Hillel (students and community members)<\/li>\n<li>U-M Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning \u201cLearning from the Community\u201d Program (students and community members)<\/li>\n<li>Faith in Action & Mission Marketplace in Chelsea, MI (families, community members from Chelsea, MI)<\/li>\n<li>Starfish Family Services<\/li>\n<li>New Beginnings School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Others Are Saying:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The University of Michigan School of Public Health\u00c2\u00a0<em>Findings<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0Publication recently included an article written by the publication\u2019s editor who attended a\u00c2\u00a0Welfare Simulation this summer. Leslie Stainton\u2019s\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sph.umich.edu\/news_events\/findings\/fall08\/news\/index.htm#note \">article<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(the Editor\u2019s Note is on the right side of the page).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how many people are living in this situation and how broken the system is.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI think this is a good experience for people to go through to have a better understanding of what people on assistance go through.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTrying to get through every day was very frustrating. The system is broken. I know I am very grateful for my life and I hope that there is more I can do to help others that are going through this system.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\" http:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/topics\/wealth-poverty\/pretending-be-poor-can-change-your-perspective \">Marketplace Money<\/a> did a story about participants using the same simulation in California.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Sign your group up today!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Poverty Simulation is an experiential workshop that exposes participants to the realities of living on public assistance. If you\u2019re interested in learning more or hosting a Poverty Simulation for your own group, please email Info@ICPJ.org or call 734.663.1870. Groups that have hosted Poverty Simulation&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/program-areas\/racial-economic-justice\/welfare-simulations\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2047","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2047"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10642,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2047\/revisions\/10642"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}